So it all worked out, got the feeding tube fixed on Monday afternoon.  They had to replace it again.  BOO!! it is not fun at all getting the tube shoved down your nose and throat while awake. 


Randy had been fighting bouts of nausea and being very weak.  His energy level is very low.  Probably was little dehydrated from not being able to have enough water for 2 1/2 days.  :(

We have our appointment on Monday with the Oncologist and hope to discuss a more permanent way for him to get nutrition.  Whether they insert a stent into his esophagus or a tube directly into his stomach through the abdominal wall, either will have to be better than the feeding tube in the nose and the problem of it plugging up.  Even following all the rules for taking care of the feeding tube it still can plug up.


Wednesday will be the long chemo appointment.  Hoping and praying that the drugs are doing their job and slowing the growth of more tumors. 


Matthew and I attended another counselling session with the physiologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre on Thursday.  Matt has been struggling quite a bit.  Christmas and New Years were not what he was used to and felt very sad because it wasn't.  Hard to be joyous and festive with this situation but we made the best of it.  Hoping these sessions help Matt, and the rest of us, ways to deal with this awful diagnosis and offers us encouragement to get through it.


It will be the 3rd cycle for Randy and we expect to have a CT scan to see if there is any changes.  All prayers for a positive report are greatly appreciated.


Dear Lord, as my loved ones and I await the results of medical tests about my affliction, let us offer you our anxieties for our good and your glory.
Calm us in our worries, knowing these don’t add wisdom but rather stress to this situation.
Enlighten us, though the power of your Spirit, to make wise decisions as to treatment.
Help us not to turn away from You in these fragile, painful moments, but rather towards you for grace and strength.
Comfort us in seeking you now as we place all our concerns in your loving hands as we say “Thy Will Be Done.”