Today the chemo specialist came to visit Dad. She said the cancer specialist had asked her to look at the case. She proceeded to tell Dad why he was not a good candidate for chemo, she then explained that radiation was a slight possibility but unlikely,that he couldn't continue on the intervenous food for that much longer as it would cause liver damage etc and then we briefly discussed the unlikelihood of him going home. Wow, uplifting stuff! As she was leaving she said to me "he looks so good, I'd heard he wasn't looking good at all. He looks great!" I went back and held Dad in my arms and he shed a few tears and said "it doesn't look hopeful at all, does it" and I said "No, it doesn't Dad" He was upset because my girls were there and had to hear all this bad news. I told him the girls knew everything anyway, it was nothing new to them. I said "Dad, the problem here is that you're doing so well the hospital just doesn't know what to do with you, you're surprising the hell out of them. So you just keep doing what you're doing for as long as you can" It's absolutely true. His cancer specialist said earlier in the week that Dad was a rare case because usually terminal cancer patients don't do well on the food but Dad's doing great. He's walking every day and looking good. The chemo specialist said that they might try him on solid food again. So, she's meeting next week with all the other doctors who are involved in the case and will meet with Mom and Dad next Wednesday to discuss the outcome of this meeting. On Friday night I went down to the hospital thinking Dad would have nobody there in the evening but there ended up being six of us. Mom said he phoned her after we'd all left and was so happy saying "the gang was all here". Maybe he's doing so well due to all the love that keeps pouring in, it keeps him pushing forward. So, that's my update. Please keep praying because that's also a huge encouragement to him, knowing that so many out there are praying for him. Btw, they still haven't found my friends sister but they are checking hotels in Niagara Falls apparently.
