Grandpa Update

I haven't blogged much this week because I've been at the hospital most of the time. The pneumonia never got too bad because it was caught so early (thank God!). All his vitals are stable (except his body temperature is low, between 95 and 97) and his all-there mentally.

Aside from his general condition, which is weak, and his general mental state being pretty depressed I think he's doing well--much better than when he entered.

I just received word that he went for his longest walk of the past couple weeks, which tells me he's not giving up. I've heard that if you give cancer an inch, it will take a mile, if you let up on it for one second it will kill you.

Aside from his surgery on Dec. 1, the last time my grandpa was in the hospital was the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He's lived a very healthy life so all of this is really new and uncomfortable and discouraging to him. That's why aside from praying and reading the Bible with him every night I'm also trying to encourage him to keep the fight going.

Because he's doing so well and no longer needs the antibiotics for the pneumonia, it looks like he's being moved today to an assisted living facility where they're going to work on rehabilitating him to come home and to be able to withstand the chemo.

Please pray that his health stays good, that his strength increases considerably and that he sees good things happening so that he'll be encouraged. Many can see God's fingerprints on the whole situation. Not only has God helped him while in the hospital this week, but He's helped us learn what to do for him when he gets home.

I truly thank God for all He's done this week and look forward to what He's going to do in the future.