"Everyday is an Adventure!"

Mike is always telling me, "Everyday is an Adventure", and it really seems to be ringing true, especially with this last treatment. It seems we're up one day and down the next. Although Mike's made it into work today, he hasn't felt well, and he's feeling and looking tired. I can easily tell when he's feeling weaker because it becomes harder to hear him when he talks, he becomes a little more frustrated with everything, and it seems like it takes everything he's got, just to get up to a standing position.

I think one of the hardest things about all of this, is watching someone you care about, suffer continually for so many months. You just hurt for them so much, you would do anything to try and make them feel better. But often, what I think would make Mike feel better, some times only makes him feel worse. For example, if I see something needing to be done around the house, which Mike would normally do, I'm wanting to be helpful, by taking care of it for him, but it often makes Mike only feel more frustrated. It's all such a delicate dance, knowing how to help.

Cancer can be more than just a battle with your body. It's a battle with your mind and heart as well, and it involves more people than only the patient. Mike and I would really appreciate prayer for the grace needed in situations like these; dealing with the "everyday life" type of things, in the midst of a serious illness. Life can be challenging when everything is going right, let alone when it is being severely tested.

Thank you so much for always being there for us and praying. You might feel it is doing little to help, but you may never know how much of a life preserver it has been.

"Lord, My God, may Your unfailing love be my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant. Psalm 119:76