December 7 Update

Friday, Dad went to a different doctor about his ankle.
This doctor told dad that he:

1) Did not need to have the hard cast, after all
2) In fact, he didn't need the boot, either
3) and he probably won't need surgery
4) He should feel free to move the ankle, as long as it isn't causing pain.

Quite different from the news last week! You can imagine how wonderful this is to him. The cast was so uncomfortable, and of course the upcoming surgery wasn't very good news.

The cast is off, and dad only wears the boot here and there, mostly to protect it when they leave the house. No more uncomfortable, hard cast! Yay!

It should be noted that both of these doctors looked at the same set of x-rays, and had vastly different opinions.
We are praying the same goes for the cancer.

As of now, Dad will be doing the proton therapy; however, he must be "accepted" into the program. What may keep him from being accepted is a troublesome spot that showed up on the x-rays in his chest area. There is an area on his chest, in the bone part, that is showing some "questionable spotting."

If it is more cancer, or a different type of cancer, then that may disqualify him from the proton therapy. (If interested, see link HERE )

Dad left the x-rays with a doctor on Friday (December 5) to review, to see if the questionable spot is cancerous or harmless.

This is short but since we have had such an answer to prayer for the foot I wanted to give you all an update.

Prayer requests:
Please pray that there will be NO further cancer that might disqualify him from the proton therapy and that the ankle/foot will continue to heal. Please pray for wisdom and clear diagnosis from the doctors who are looking at the x-rays and the reports. Please pray for speedy processes; with Christmas coming up, it is getting difficult to schedule appointments because of the limited schedule.

Thank you all and God bless you. Have a great week and I will post/email more information as it becomes available.