Saturday, September 19, 2009

update on my Dad

I just wanted to give an update on how my Dad is doing. He went down to Indianapolis on Monday for a second attempt at the surgery to remove his pancreatic cancer. The surgeon believes he was successful in removing all the cancer. Dad has been in the hospital down there recovering all week, and he is doing remarkably well. The doctors are actually amazed at how well he is doing. There are tests being done on his tumor, and the lymph nodes that were removed, that will tell us more about whether any cancer might remain in his body, and what the future might hold as far as prognosis. We are still awaiting the results of those tests.
Dad is in good spirits, which is such a relief for my brother and I, and we are hoping he will be released to come home in a couple of days. This last week was challenging as my family was seperated for the week. I was staying down in the Kokomo area all week with my four oldest kids, and driving back and forth to Indy every day from there with the kids. Rob and the littlest ones were up here staying with his parents, and Rob had to work a lot also. It was a rough week, but we are all back together for now, and if Dad continues to be well, we will likely not seperate again, and hopefully just bring dad home here soon.

Thank you everyone who has been praying for our family through all of this. The prayers were definitely felt this last week!!

6 comments:

  1. good to hear, still praying that all the tests come back cancer free.....what a wonderful testament to the power of prayer !! AMEN

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  2. This must be such a difficult time for you all. Thanks for giving us an update and best wishes to your Dad.
    Love Collette xxx

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  3. Good to hear. May the Lord continue to uphold you during these times.

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  4. Thank God your Dad is doing ok. Following from momblogger.

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  5. I'm so happy that he's doing so well! I know that he's home now! How amazing! The Lord is good!

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  6. Continued prayers for your father, yourself and the entire family.

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