Wednesday 26 September 2018

September Update

It has been quite awhile since the last update and we have had a number of people asking about how my Dad is doing, so we thought it was about time to share how the last month or so has been.  Since my parents returned from Mexico in July, things have been getting more difficult. Both of my parents are emotionally exhausted from this battle against the beast. My Dad has had less energy, more headaches, and he has been more forgetful.  So when we met with the oncologist at the beginning of September to review an MRI that was done at the end of August, I think we were all more worried than usual about the results. The MRI showed that the tumour had grown slightly but overall, it was a very minimal change again.  That was amazing news that we were so excited to hear. But since that time, things have continued to get worse. My Dad doesn’t have much of an appetite so getting food into him has been challenging. He has significantly less energy and spends a lot of time resting and napping. It has been so hard for us to watch his body struggle to fight the cancer and to see the way that the swelling in his brain is affecting him.  We have been trying everything we can think of to help him conquer the beast and we don’t know where to go from here. We have always known that beating the beast was going to take a miracle, so we continue to beg God for a miracle as this war against the cancer is getting more difficult each day. We don’t know what is causing these drastic changes we’ve been seeing, so we are trying to get another MRI scheduled for as soon as possible.

We ask that you continue to pray for a miracle - that God takes the cancer away and allows my Dad’s brain to bounce back.

We also ask that you pray for peace as we make some decisions about what treatments to continue with and which treatments to stop.

And I ask that you pray for my Dad and my Mom, that they would feel God’s presence and comfort and guidance as they navigate through this battle.

- Tara

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