"Christ is Our Prince Of Peace"

 

Today is Day 8

My dad was moved to the step down unit for an upgrade on an oxygen machine.

They were finding that at times he would need double oxygen so they decided to move him to the 7th floor.  This will help him breath a bit easier.

He is still on "High-Flow" oxygen but He's still going strong. Hallelujah!

 

Our family requested a referral to Stanford hospital to see if the advance medicine and treatment they have there, could help with our dad's condition.  The doctors here spent time doing research to see if they could find any medical indication to be transferred to Stanford.  We were told that there is none because there would not be anything they could offer there that they would not be able to offer here at kaiser.  My dads doctors will give a courtesy call to the Stanford doctors to see if they would even take his case.  We will now wait to hear back from them.  Our family will try everything we can to see if there's anything else out there that could possibly help.

 

After speaking to one of the doctors,  I was told the cancer is quickly advancing.  His need of oxygen continues to increase everyday.  This "High-Flow" is quite intense on the lungs and heart but because he's still young and very strong,  He's been enduring and taking it in pretty well. 

He may be able to continue on for a few weeks but we were told to be ready for anything.

 

What's Next

Because he is not strong enough to continue with his current chemo treatment, tomorrow they will try a new oral medication to treat this cancer.

This medication has minor side effects and if found that his cancer has a specific mutation,  we should see improvement.  From His tests early this year,  they found he did not have this specific mutation but the Dr. said that it could be that it just may have been difficult to detect or it may have appeared over time.  So because he meets the criteria, "Asian and Non-Smoker with Lung Cancer"  they are choosing to give it a try.

 

Christ is Our Prince Of Peace

We know we are at this part of the road where there are not many options left. 

But we will continue to Stand in Faith in the one who is still in the business of doing miracles!

I'm finding that it is getting tougher and my heart is aching more and more each night I walk out of that hospital.  But earlier today, my dad said this to the doctor:

 

"But I have faith in God.

If he wants me to die now,  i'm ok with that.

May His will be done!"

 

If my dad's not afraid, why should I be right!!

Today I truly saw the Peace of Christ rule in his heart.

To God Be the Glory!

 

 

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