My sincerest apologies to everyone here for my delay in thanking you all for your thoughts and prayers.
And a special thanks to my very dear friend Hugh for his prayer call.
My father has returned home from the hospital after receiving eight doses of radiation to shrink the tumors in his head. Thanks to God and to some terrific care providers from the VA hospital in Charleston, my fathers mental faculties have returned to normal as, initially, he was disoriented, confused, and could not walk, speak, hear, or see, properly. He has since begun chemo treatments to stop the growth and/or spread of the tumor in his lung. So far, other than some relatively minor side-effects from the various meds he is taking, he has had very few ill effects from the chemotherapy. Emotionally, too, he is doing extremely well. My father is not a religious man and does not believe in an afterlife and, therefore, has no great fear of death. He has expressed a reasonable fear of pain and also a rather selfless concern for the people he has spent his life caring for and whom he will soon leave behind.
Thanks to your prayers, God has given my father, myself and my family a few more precious days to enjoy the lives we share with one another. I am eternally grateful to you all and I pray that my blessings become your own.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
