One month update

 Things are looking better everyday. Ed is now eating, or swallowing I should say, creamed soups and protein shakes, plus the feeding tube twice a day. Also, still keeping Kentucky Fried Chicken mashed potatoes in business. All this is helping to gain his strength back and his humor. We went to the doctor Tuesday for the one month check-up. A little good news and bad. No teeth for 6 months, not a good news item. I guess the radiation causes the mouth to change a lot and awhile to return to normal. They will be leaving in the feeding tube until they do another pet scan which will not be for another two months. The tumor will hopefully continue to shrink and if there is any left over tumor they will try to surgically remove it. The lymph node on the left side is still very swollen, if it remains that way when they do the pet scan they will just remove it. He is having some hearing changes, high frequencies hurt him, guess we will wait it out. Amidst all the pain and and suffering God is still using him for his glory.
He is in the October issue of Blade magazine, two orders so far came out of that. Awesome.......he is very encouraged by something to drive him to get well. Keep praying, it works.

Two weeks out from radiation

The last few weeks have been getting a little better every day. Last week the feeding tube got clogged and he was throwing up everything we put in the tube. We went in on Friday the 15th they gave him a new feeding tube. It has been uphill from there. Yesterday, Sunday he actually ate, or drank some cream of pureed celery soup. Yes, we celebrated the small miracles. Today he drove to West Valley, big outing for him. He drove home past Kentucky Fried Chicken and was pulled inside to have a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy. Wow, what a milestone. I think we are on the way. He is still very weak and has lost about 30 lbs. (more gravy I say). Thanks to all the kind people and your prayers are still coveted. He will be needing teeth and a long recovery.