The following message is from Sandi's brother, Tom. Please read carefully for this important update on Mike:

My brother-in-law, Mike, is closer to death. He has had some seizures, great weakening, some personality change and disorientation. The oncologist told my sister Sandi and Mike on Wednesday this week that they have not slowed the progress of the disease, the cancer is in his brain and is likely progressing, and he would not resuscitate as there is no hope. Of course, he was speaking in a temporal sense, for us it is in these moments that we rejoice in hope, and confirm in faith that Jesus Christ has made provision for us. Mike will know what it means to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. He will then sleep in Christ, waiting in joy for that moment when the trumpet sounds and he shall be glorified, rejoining all like him, and greeting all those who are living and also glorified. He will meet Christ in the air, and will be forever with the Lord. I say Amen and Amen.

Tom

Mike is now receiving care at Tidewell Hospice House, Room #6, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota. The family prefers that visitors be limited to one at a time. There are comfortable places to wait, if someone else is visiting when you arrive. If you would like to see Mike and talk to him (according to hospice he can likely hear you) please be aware that he can no longer respond.