Thank you all for remembering us in prayer with regard to Cindy's last CAT scan. We are still waiting to hear the results. We thought we would have heard by now but sometimes these things take time. Since Sunday a lot has happened. Cindy could not seem to get over her nausea and so on Monday she was admitted to UNM hospital. It was determined her nausea and intense cramping were caused by another bowel obstruction. In the words of Yogi Berra, "This is deja' vu all over again." She was first diagnosed with an obstruction way back in May so of course this causes us great concern. Back then I was incredibly naive thinking the obstruction would be removed and we would go on our merry way. I had no idea what would ensue. Presently, we do not know the reason for this new obstruction. It could be that her bowel is just not working properly. This often happens in people who have had a tumor removed from their colon. The doctors do not think it is a new tumor, praise the Lord. So on Monday evening they put a gastric tube in her stomach to relieve the pressure that was building. Since this procedure she has not experienced nausea. The past couple of nights she has run a fever that has spiked to 103. This suggests she has some sort of infection going on somewhere in her body. They are running all sorts of tests to determine the cause. This week we were supposed to begin round five of her chemo regimen. We are not sure what her present condition will do to that possibility. All I know is that Cindy is very sick and in need of some healing time. Although she is very weary, she is still full of faith and hope. Just minutes before she had the gastric tube inserted into her stomach we were discussing the procedure with her surgeon, she reached out to me and said, "Kevin you pray for this good man who is about to do this procedure." So, I stopped the surgeon in mid-sentence and said "We are going to pray about this first." I held Cindy's hand and the surgeons hand and we talked to the great physician before I placed my beautiful bride into the hands of a fallible, human physician. She felt much better and the surgeon told us later the procedure went very well. As soon as I hear any news about the CAT scan I will post it on this blog. As always, thanks for your encouragement and support.

Your fellow struggler,

Kevin