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God Bless all of my long-time FReeper Family, it does my heart, which has aged for many years with so many of you ... not just good, but fills it with warmth and joy ... and those with whom I have seen familiarly in more recent years.

While I would hope there is nothing to report until after the biopsies, I will let all know next week the doctors' decisions for Jim.

Following is the latest report from his daughter Maureen ... and we know it will be a waiting game:

New update.
I just spoke to Dr. Waddington, Dad's dr., just after Mom left.

He spoke with dad and brought him a picture of his PET scan.

The PET scan shows a bright tumor that he is fairly positive will be cancer.

He let him know that they still plan to biopsy the tumor and the lymphnodes as soon as his coumidin level is good.

Dr. Waddington will meet with his colleagues on Monday to determine the stage of cancer and the next steps to take. Nothing will be done over the weekend other than keep getting him off coumidin.

So please pray. I also just spoke with Dad and his attitude is still very upbeat, so try to be that way too....after you absorb the shock.

I will update again after his consultation with Waddington on Monday afternoon.

He's at the VA in Long Beach.