What's Next

Hello all. Dad reports that he's recovering well from the latest chemo, still tired but feeling better than last week. He's been able to spend some time working in the garden with Mom, and he was talkative and chipper over the phone, too, all of which is encouraging.

At their visit earlier this week, Dr. Stadtmauer indicated that he wants to go in a new direction with Dad's treatment. While Dad and Mom had understood that he would start on a milder, oral chemo at this point, Dr. Stadtmauer has decided instead to proceed with one of the drugs from the CVAD regime Dad's been on, administered intravenously from a device worn around his waist--from the sound of it, sort of like one of those portable insulin pumps for diabetics. Kind of a chemo fanny pack. While you struggle actually to picture this, just note that it'll be a more aggressive chemo than the oral forms, but not requiring a hospital stay, for which we're grateful.

Please pray that Dad's newly won health will be preserved by these measures, and continue to thank God for the remarkable improvements in his condition over the past few months. We will keep you updated. We might ask you to pray as well for Nancy Macha, who, if you didn't know, is an old New Life friend also battling cancer. She and her husband Dan found out a couple of weeks ago that the cancer had metastasized to her liver. The situation is grave, and she is now on a very intense chemo regimen.