Grandpa Update

It's been awhile since I've blogged about my grandpa's fight against stomach cancer.

He's been gaining strength very slowly as he's spent much of his time recently watching football (his favorite). He's lost another 10 lbs. so that he's gone from 205 to 160 in 4 months. Now, he cannot eat much because his stomach is so small (25% of its original size), but even if he could eat, nothing tastes good. This is quite strange because ever since I was a child I marveled at never seeing him come across a food he didn't like.

With no stomach and all foods tasting bad, he just looses more and more weight, which keeps him from getting strength to fight. He is drinking a lot of tea (especially Essiac) and taking his vitamins regularly, which may explain why he sweats so much, but it does not explain his frequent back aches.

We're going to the doctor tomorrow, Tuesday, to find out what the next steps are for him and what we can do about his diet. He changed doctors after the debacle of the last two months, so now he'll be going to Hoag, which we hope will be a better situation for him.Any explanation and/or advice on any of these ailments would be greatly appreciated.

Finally, we're praying almost every night before he goes to bed--something I've only dreamed of for the past 10 years. My grandpa was a cop and court clerk for many years, so when he confessed some sins on Christmas Day, I told him "That's what Christmas is all about. Because of what Jesus did on the cross, He gets all your sin and is punished--getting what you deserve. When you trusted Jesus' work on your behalf, you get all His perfection and get what He deserves--heaven. When your case comes up, God the judge says 'Thrown out for lack of evidence,'" to which he smiled really big.

So, please keep praying for his physical and spiritual health in the new year. Thank you.