Anthony V. Pusateri Nov 8, 1945 - May 2, 2011

Our family walked Tony to Heaven's gates this morning at 3:20 AM.

Arrangements and charitable information pending.

Update

We believe that we are currently spending Tony's final days, possibly hours, with him. Friday was a rough day and the first we have seen Tony uncomfortable. Michelle made it safely back from California early Saturday morning and Tony peacefully slipped into a coma shortly after. The last 48 hours have been long, but we wouldn't trade them for the world. We are keeping vigil by his side and he is, again, pain-free.

We can feel your prayers and know you are all lifting us up across the country. Please continue to pray for peace for Tony and strength for our family in the coming days.

Message from Tony & Family

Thank you for being patient with the updating of the blog. Thank you for your thoughts wishes and prayers. The site has been wonderfully received and I am blessed to have met, learned from, created friendships and shared my life with each one of you.

With Deepest Gratitude,
Tony


From our family:

While we continue to see the progression of his body slowing down Tony continues to warm our hearts with his smile and his strength. He is amazingly brave and he still has that special "twinkle" in his eye. We are extremely grateful to spend so much time with each other and overwhelmed by all the love support and prayers each one of you has unconditionally given us.

Patty, Angi, Michelle, Michael, Jamie and Asher

Update

After prayerful consideration and advice from Tony's medical team, we have decided as a family not to proceed with chemotherapy treatment. We were not given favorable odds that treatment would be beneficial, and we do not feel Tony is strong enough to handle the potential side effects. Although the tumor does not appear to be growing rapidly, we are seeing evidence of its infiltration. This is not an easy update to post. Our inclination is to protect Tony and the time we have with him, but we are so grateful for all of you and your continued thoughts & prayers and want to share where we are now. We understand the questions that will arise from this post and the truth is we don't have many answers right now. Tony has had some good days and some bad, but we are so thankful that even the bad days do not include pain. We are doing everything we can to ensure he is comfortable. Tony & Patty are consistently surrounded by family right now and we are incredibly blessed by all of the meals. As you know, it is typically Tony doling out the food, so we are humbled by your generosity.

Message from Tony

Thank you for the cards, thoughts and prayers and we are glad you are here to be with us. I wish I could thank all of you but I am trying my best.

I love and miss you.

Tony

A New Week

Our family met with the neuro-oncologist this morning and received some encouraging news. The MRI results revealed very minimal growth in the past few weeks! Tony will begin chemotherapy at the end of the week and while we don't know what effect it will have on the mass, Tony's spirits seem to be lifted by the opportunity to do something. We pray that God uses the treatment to do something miraculous. We will continue to update you as he begins treatment, but until then...a glimpse of our weekend.

This week

We don't really have news to share, but wanted to post a quick update. Tony had another MRI this week and we hope to receive the results early next week to see how things are progressing. He is so glad to be home and we are too. Its been a good week catching up on much needed sleep and settling into a routine. We are incredibly thankful for the time we are able to spend as a family and don't take one minute for granted...we encourage you to do the same with yours!