I truly covet your prayers as my family petitions the throne of God with every ounce of hope we’ve got!
Some of you may remember my dad’s heart and liver transplant journey almost a year ago now. Those postings can be found here for the original first post and here for the second post.
I asked for much prayer then...and so many did just that! It was a roller coaster ride with lots of ups and downs...But God ultimately showed up in a mighty and miraculous way!
He was doing awesome and healing quicker than the doctors expected! His kidneys, which were also supposed to be transplanted but because of complications during the transplant surgery, weren’t, but have bounced right back and he still hasn’t needed a lick of dialysis! This itself was also a huge miracle! He was doing wonderfully and so very thankful for this gift of life!
In February though he started having severe abdominal pain. The dr’s discovered that the prostate cancer he had prior to his transplants returned, but more aggressive than before...Stage 4. This is due to the immunosuppressive drugs he must be on to keep his body from rejecting the transplanted organs. He did start hormone and chemo treatments which has lowered his PSA levels back to a normal range and significantly shrunk the tumor. Unfortunately it was also recently discovered that the cancer has metastasized and Monday morning we learned that this new/separate tumor is also cancerous. The name for this cancer is, Poorly Differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma and it is very invasive and very aggressive.
As you can imagine, this diagnosis has hit him very hard and he is very discouraged.
I am asking once again for sooo much prayer! Please if you know any prayer warriors, I ask that you ask them to pray for our father. We saw mountains moved while he was waiting for his transplants! I know my God, the creator of the universe, who holds all things in his hands, is mighty to save!
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