Our visit with the doctor today was another long day for Randy.  We talked about the CT scan that was done on March 19th.  I'm afraid it was not very good news.  The tumors have not shrunk much and the ones on the liver have increased 25%.  In talking with Dr. Tam they expect a 30 - 35% decrease in tumor size with the treatment plan Randy was on.  Randy has decided to stop the current chemo treatment of the 3 drugs and start the second line chemo treatment.  It will be one drug administered every 3 weeks thru the IV port and will start this Wednesday.  There will still be side effects for Randy but the new chemo drug, Docetaxel, is a bit easier on the body and hopefully the side effects aren't as severe.  Still hoping and praying it will either halt the tumor growth or even shrink them. 

We decided that quality of life is more important then quantity.  The 3 drug plan was knocking the S**T out of Randy so he did not have much "quality" of life.  These past two weeks have been so nice.  Randy is a bit more like his old self.  Still gets tired but at least he's a bit more awake for longer stretches of time.

Dr. Tam is also sending Randy to the Pain Clinic to see if they can help control the stomach pain better.  The morphine does not alleviate it at all.  Every time Randy hiccups its like a knife being stuck into his side.  He hiccups every time he moves positions!!

The CT scan is not needed on Wednesday and will be re-scheduled in two months time to see how the new chemo drug is doing. 

Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers. 

O Merciful Infant Jesus!
I know of Your miraculous deeds for the sick.
How many diseases You cured during Your blessed life on earth,
and how many venerators of Your Miraculous image
ascribe to You their recovery
and deliverance from most painful and hopeless maladies.
I know, indeed, that a sinner like me
has merited his sufferings
and has no right to ask for favoUrs.
But in view of the innumerable graces
and the miraculous cures granted
even to the greatest sinners
through the veneration of Your holy infancy,
particularly in the miraculous statue of Prague
or in representations of it,
I exclaim with the greatest assurance:
O most loving Infant Jesus, full of pity,
You can cure me if You will!
Do not hesitate, O Heavenly Physician,
if it be Your will
that I recover from this present illness;
extend Your most holy hands,
and by Your power take away all pain and infirmity,
so that my recovery may be due,
not to natural remedies,
but to You alone.
If, however, You in Your inscrutable wisdom
have determined otherwise,
then at least restore my soul to perfect health,
and fill me with heavenly consolation and blessing,
that I may be like You, O Jesus,
in my sufferings,
and may glorify Your providence until,
at the death of my body,
You bestow on me eternal life.

Amen.