update.

back at freed, soccer is killing me, as expected..
i just want to thank everyone for being involved as prayer warriors for my dad. almost everyday i see someone or talk to someone that i haven't spoken to in a while, they ask me about my dad and tell me that he has been in their prayers. it is so amazing to be a part of a family like this family we are a part of. people from freed who are only aquaintances of mine are praying for my dad. i hear from friends that i haven't heard from in years telling me that my family is in their prayers. i cannot describe the level of appreciation that i feel when i hear about these prayers going up for my dad. and these are just the stories that i have heard.. i'm sure there are countless others that are sending up prayers to our father asking for health for my dad. God is hearing these prayers, i assure you..
as far as the treatments go... the electroporation was the most intense pain my dad says he has experienced throughout this whole process. each tumor was injected with a low level chemo drug that has a gene in it designed to reproduce the chemo drug after it is shocked. the actual shocking part lasts 7 seconds per tumor, so 28 seconds total. they are putting 50 volts through the needles (the human body can only take about 110-120). the machine used to send the shock is pretty intimidating. this part of the treatment is over now. he had 3 different treatments of the electroporation, and now it is a monitoring process until the 13th of september, when they will remove any excess cancer. what the doctors, and our family of course, are hoping and expecting is that this drug will kill the cancer cells and eventually destroy the tumors. what we are seeing right now as progress is that the tumors are in fact shrinking, which is remarkable news, and the doctors are very excited to see it working.
let us remember, however, that God is the great physician, and that He will be the one healing my dad. if these doctors are his vessels for doing so, praise Him for that. we have to keep relying on His awesome power to heal my dad.
thankyou for your prayers and concern for my family. please keep us in your prayers and continue praying for a total healing upon my dad. God will answer our prayers.
i'll keep you all updated when i know more

NCR

back home..

sorry it's been so long. i arrived back in the states last friday, back in sarasota on saturday, and i've been getting settled and ready to unsettle and pack for school and spending time with the family. i have to say, it's nice to be home. there's nothing like it. and i have been reassured that sarasota is the most beautiful city in america. it IS america though, and it's been different getting used to that again. normally i've only been gone for a few weeks at a time, this time i've been away for 6 months, so being in the states feels a little different.
my dad had his first new treatment yesterday. for those of you who dont know, he is involved in a new clinical study for his cancer. he is one of the first people in the world to recieve this treatment, which is very exciting for us because this is a new technology that has worked very well in all of the research and studies. obviously, like all clinical studies, what happened in the labs isnt guaranteed to work on the patients, but we are hoping that it will be the case with dad. please keep him in your prayers. keep the doctors in your prayers, and pray that this will be something positive for my dad and the millions of others who suffer from this terrible disease.
i do plan on keeping up with the blog even though i am back from honduras. i plan on writing more of my thoughts about honduras after i've been home a little longer and i have gathered my thoughts some more.
thank you all for your prayers and support.

NCR