June 20, 2011

Happy Father's Day!!! And Prayer Updates!

We hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day weekend!  We were able to celebrate Father's Day two weekends ago as a family.  We enjoyed a great cookout, swimming, and a water balloon toss....who doesn't love that?  We had a great time!  I've posted some pictures below.

Updates on Dad:

Strengthening of his Hip Bones:
This past Friday, dad has his infusion therapy and thankfully, the new medicine isn't making him sick.  He's feeling good!  Yeah! 

Brain Tumor:
Dad has also met with his neurosurgeon to discuss the found brain tumors.  As a reminder, dad gets checked every three months and this last check, they actually found two tumors behind where his former brain tumor was.  One is the size of a quarter and the other is the size of a pea.  Dad loves his Brain Surgeon.  He's a positive guy, makes dad laugh, and dad makes him laugh.  We are in need of much more positive doctors!  The doctor has been really encouraging and believes he can treat these tumors.  This THURSDAY, dad will have a mega blast of radiation on those two tumors.  Pray that this radiation "zaps" the tumors and there are no complications. 

Doctors:
Another prayer request is for the other doctors dad sees.  Pray that they will have compassion towards dad.  That they will have words of encouragement and understanding.  Sometimes dad feels like a statistic when in their presence and they don't always seem like they want to fight this cancer. 

Dad needs words of encouragement and love.  Thank you to so many of you that have shared your love for dad and our family with your prayers, words and cards!!

Mom and Dad
 Dad cooking Steak Kabobs
 Lunch is served!



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing this Colleen! It's great reading the updates and seeing these pictures. Your dad is so awesome. :) We are definitely praying for his treatment on Thursday!!!
Courtney