The scanned drawing above is to help you understand our situation a little better and possibly help you pray more specifically. This particular drawing has a tube coming in to the biliary tree from the patients right side, that has holes in it to help you see how it's helping the liver drain. Mike actually has two tubes, another coming out from the middle of his stomach, entering the left biliary tree. Mike's tumor was in the "Y" part of the biliary tract. Even though the tumor is smaller (.9 centimeters), the scar tissue remaining is still blocking the biliary tract. Please continue to pray with us, that God will help the doctors figure out a way to correct this problem.

Corporate Angel Flight was unable to put a flight together for us from LR to Houston when we needed it, so we will be flying commercially instead, leaving out Monday. With no need for the oxygen anymore, it released us from the trouble we were having flying.

Mike is doing better everyday. He feels he's turned a corner and is back on the mend. The only trouble he's been experiencing the past day or so, is having some trouble sleeping, but he usually begins wearing out around 3-5 daily anyway, and lies down for a nap.

We will be using a wheelchair at the airport, and also at MD Anderson, mainly because of the expanse of those facilities, and because Mike's energy level is pretty much gone. He becomes very winded trying to walk very far. He pushes himself going up to Goody's Distribution Center, the few times a week that he does that, hoping to regain some of his strength back eventually.

We are praying and hoping MD Anderson will offer us some kind of solution to our situation. If anything were to be done, it's likely we would return home first, since the final decision has to pass the committee. Then we would head back down, and probably would need to stay in the area for about a month. If that trip happened, we would likely drive.

Of course we're a little bit anxious, wanting desperately for there to be a solution to all of this. God has reduced the tumor greatly. All we need now is to come up with a solution to this other issue in addition to shrinking the tumor gone. Please pray we will find the help we need. Please pray Mike will remain protected from any viruses or infections in the meantime. Please pray Mike's strength would continue to grow stronger and that he would put on a little more weight, just incase surgery was offered.

Thank you for standing beside us through all of this and for praying as mightily as you have been. We are so grateful for everyone's encouragement to us and the many ways so many of you are helping.

"He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20