Too Much

There is just too much to catch up on that I'm not even going to try right now. My life is just too busy. I really just wanted to let everyone know about my dad. Dad's cancer has taken a turn for the worse. He wasn't doing really great on Thursday. He was coughing a lot, couldn't drink liquids and he couldn't talk more than just a whisper. He went in for his scan on Friday morning and late that afternoon the Dr. called and told him to head up to the E.R. right away. What they found in the scan is a tumor that has wrapped itself around his esophogus, in between it and his voicebox. He's had a hard time swallowing because it's made his esophogus about the size of a ball point pen in diameter. His cancer has also gotten bigger and spread and he has fluid around his heart. Gary and I were at the hospital when Dr. Dixon came in to talk to Dad. Basically they are going to do what will make him the most comfortable, because the cancer is just so aggressive, that there is no way to keep up with it. Dad told Dr. Dixon that he just wanted to make it to the new year.....Dr. Dixon is pretty confident that he can do that for him. But anything much past that will be up to our Father in Heaven. It would just be band-aid after band-aid, and Dad always said from the beginning that he would do what he could, but would rather have quality time over quantity. So, today he's going in for surgery to have a trach put in. This is a precaution in case the tumor grows enough to cover his wind pipe. This way when he is home and can't breathe in the middle of the night a few weeks, that he can uncap it and still be able to breathe. Because of the size of his esophogus they are putting a tube in his stomach so that he can still get fluids, nutrition and medication to be comfortable in the little time that he has with us. If all goes well with the surgery, he should be able to come home tonight. I will try to keep everyone updated as best as I can. I love all of you and am so grateful for your love and support. I'll let you know how his surgery goes. Thank You!