My wonderful daughter in law, Lindsey called me tonight. Richard had a biopsy of his liver done today. The news is not good.

Without treatment, he has 2 weeks to a month to live. With treatment, and the doctors weren't optimistic at all, he might have a year. Because the cancer wasn't stymied by this last aggressive chemo treatment, they don't think that this next treatment, chemo and biochemical infusion will help much.

Also, my son said that if the treatment makes him as sick as this last three months of chemo did, he does not want it. He wants to spend the best quality time he has left with his wife and son. He doesn't want to spend it laying in bed, curled up and not able to move because he is so weak and sick.

Thank you for all the prayers that were offered. I am heading to Washington this week to be there with him and his wife and son.

Melinda
 

Will you all pray for my son. He has been fighting a battle with cancer for the past year. Last May, after several months of chemo and radiation, he went in for Esophageal Cancer surgery. Then he spent another 3 months on a hard regimen of chemo treatments again. His last treatment was 30 days ago and he was just starting to feel good.

He was starting to enjoy his son who was a year old on June 1st, and was also going back to a job he loves, flying Blackhawks and Hueys in the Army.

Last night he had a severe pain in his side, so severe that he went into the emergency room. They did a scan and found cancer in/on his liver. They said there was quite a significant amount of cells found.

They will get together tomorrow to figure out a treatment plan, but said that a liver transplant would probably be the only thing that would work, if the cancer hasn't spread anywhere else. They will find that out with further testing.

To tell the truth, it doesn't look promising. As I talked to Lindsey on the phone, she broke down sobbing as did I.

My son loves his family and is head over heals in love with his son. I can't stand the thoughts of him not being able to enjoy the future and watch his son grow, and to be there for him.

Please, he needs all the prayers he can get to get through this.

This picture was taken the day before yesterday. They went to an orchard to pick apples and get some cider and cinnamon donuts.

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Thank you so very much
Melinda