Faith

On Tuesday we received the results from John's PET scan. They were not the results that we had been praying for. There are multiple new tumors. Two small ones in his lungs, and multiple new ones in his belly area. (Explains why he is having such a hard time eating and the shortness of breath).

The doctor told him that there is one last treatment that he would be willing to do for John, one that he has hesitated to use because it will be so hard on John's body. This treatment consists of one oral chemo tablet taken once a day, and an IV treatment taken once a week - three weeks on, one week off. The side effects of this treatment are: skin rash, flaking of hands and feet, nauseousness, vomiting, diarrhea, and low blood counts. John will most certainly have to have blood transfusions while on this treatment plan.

The other option the doctor gave him was no cancer treatment at all, and live out his life as comfortably as he can. John asked him how long he thought he would live if he chose that option. Dr Choi makes it a point that he is not God and can not tell anyone the time line of cancer, but given how this disease has behaved with John, he feels that it would be highly unlikely that John would live a full calendar year.

John has decided that he is going to continue to fight this and give it everything he has. Please keep our family in your prayers as this is going to be a very rough road ahead for our family. Pray for John's body that it will be strong enough to handle the chemo, and that the chemo will do it's job and kill the cancer. Alaina will be turning 10 years old and going back to school the same week that John will be starting this, keep her in your prayers as well.

Over the last year there has been a verse in the Bible that expressed more than I can explain how I feel. It is Romans 8:26 "We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."