Mom and dad saw the Oncologist yesterday, 20 May. He went over the pathology report again, which confirmed the cancer is in the blood. This is how it got to the piece of the lung the surgeons removed.
The next step is to attack the cancer in the blood to stop any spread. At some point, dad will undergo more chemo. There are trials at Johns Hopkins which may be available. The good news is there has been no major spread of the cancer. Dad has a CAT scan on 30 May, and how soon chemo starts, depends on the scan results. We believe it will be clear.
Please pray for complete elimination of the cancer from dad's body and rapid healing from the surgery.
Dad is also working hard to stop his weight loss and stabilize his weight. Please pray that he is able to gain some weight. All those recipes that mom shares on Facebook will be put to good use as dad tries to gain some weight as the guinea pig for new recipes!
Thanks to all for your prayers, love, and support. Keep them coming. Please pray for mom as well. She has been a marvelous caretaker for dad and continues to be his wife, friend, confidante, nurse, nutritionist, office assistant, etc, etc, etc.
Praise God for all He has done!
Isaiah 40: 28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting
God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow
weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the
faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths
shall faint and be weary,and young men shall fall exhausted; but they
who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up
with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall
walk and not faint.
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