We made it home safely this evening from Houston. Mike had the right tube exchanged on Wednesday and handled everything well. Thank you for praying us safely down and back. I only missed a turn once and the car came back home without any scrapes. ;)

The Intervention Radiology team increased the size of Mike's right tube, although to the naked eye, it's difficult to see any change. So far, everything is working well, and Mike has not been in very much pain from that procedure. We were in and out of MD Anderson within 2 1/2 hours. We didn't want to risk Mike traveling, just following the procedure, so we waited until this morning to head home. Everyone is hoping we won't have any trouble until we see them again in January.

I do have a special prayer request for Mike though, concerning his weight. Since Sunday he has dropped another 8-9 pounds. He has been having trouble with his stomach feeling full even though he's hardly eaten very much, and last evening, he couldn't keep his only meal of the day down. I'm concerned, so I would appreciate your continued prayers for him in this area.

I would also deeply appreciate your prayers for me, for an extra measure of God's strength and grace. The past few days particularly, have been a little hard, seeing Mike so sick.

"I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great His power is to help those who believe Him...." Ephesians 1:19 TLB