GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

We are thanking God today that my dad was given the good news results that his bone marrow test came back completely clear of cancer!!! That is..... there is NO cancer in his bone marrow like before. The only cancer that remains in his body is the mass on his pancreas; when this began, the cancer was in his lymph nodes around his chest/heart, in his spleen, lymph nodes in his upper leg, bone marrow, inside and outside of the pancreas.

Can we just say that we are SO tremendously grateful to have family and friends surrounding our family and praying for my dad. We continue to pray that all cancer will be completely gone from his body.

The doctors have decided to still do the steps of the bone marrow transplant and they feel this will attack the mass. At this point, that sounds confusing to us and we are trying to get more details. What we do know is the next step; that is getting him scheduled for a one day chemo treatment that they have never used on him and will now try to use to see if it can get rid of this mass. They will then begin pulling the "good" cells out of his bone marrow through which a process will be done to recreate more of those "good" cells. They will then put those back into his bone marrow, which should then attack the cancer itself. If this fails to work, they will begin the process of looking for a bone marrow match to do a transplant.

Please pray with us that one of these next steps WILL WORK and that my dad will be completely healed from what was once STAGE 4 cancer.

It sure has been a roller coaster and we know that this fight is not over, but we sure love getting good news these days and watching God answer prayer..... one cancer cell at a time.

When dad heard the news today, he reached his hands to the sky to thank his Papa above. Though his face was down as he had a rough day getting sick three times, his heart was thankfully rejoicing. The doctors had given him Regalin to take before eating meals; this was supposed to help the food stay down. Though it is not working, the positive side is that he will begin eating a little bit, have to vomit, then will be able to eat again holding down the rest of that food. We are thankful that he is getting that nutrition. He has been gagging on fluids also, so he's been drinking gatorade and eating pedialyte icicles to stay hydrated.

My dad enjoyed having his mom over to have lunch with them and played dominoes. He also has had hard times sleeping at nights, so he enjoyed a cozy nap by the fireplace today. He's had some company visit; some of our family, Wendy and Mario, Denise and Larry, and Vicky and Donny. They blessed mom and dad with some yummy foods and Aunt Vicky gave him a new beanie to keep his head warm during this cold season.

Dad and Mom are so thankful for the amount of love and blessings of support that continue to be showered over them. Thanks for loving on my parents! It sure means a lot to Trav and I.