Visiting Papaw

This morning Cade and I headed to Sulphur Springs to visit my papaw (his great papaw)in the hospital. A few months ago he was diagnosed with cancer. The last month has really been a struggle for him and the rest of the family! He has been going through chemotherapy and radiation. The treatments really suppressed his appetite and he had no desire to eat and wasn't drinking enough fluids. He lost a lot of weight and got to the point he couldn't even get up to walk because of dehydration. The doctor put him in the hospital and then they decided that putting in a feeding tube would be the best way to keep him hydrated and eating. He was then sent home with the feeding tube and had a home healthcare nurse coming to check on him. The end of last week he started having severe stomach cramping and was again admitted to the hospital. After different scans and all that stuff the doctors and nurses said it was just pain from everything healing from putting in the feeding tube,so he was sent home. Well yesterday he was hurting again and the home healthcare nurse had him taken back to the hospital. The determined that there was an infection and abcess from the feeding tube. Once again he was in severe pain! At this point he had really gotten down in spirits! He was basically telling everyone he was tired and was ready to give up! But God had different plans! Today they went in to remove the feeding tube and put in a new one but once the doctor was able to see the abcess he was able just to clean it up without having to have him go through the whole process again. This was another answered prayer! If he continues to do well he will get to go home tomorrow! PTL!
I was so thankful that Cade and I made it to the hospital to see him before the surgery! Oh and my wonderful, precious, thoughtful husband decided to surprise us and show up at the hospital to visit too! Papaw's face just lit up watching Cade run around his hospital room. Each time Cade would giggle a huge smile would cover papaw's face! I truly believe God used Cade to give him a little more hope and to brighten his spirits! Before I left he told me how much he appreciated us coming to see him and that Cade had brightened his day! He smiled and told Cade that hopefully the next time he saw him that they could go for a ride on the four-wheeler! Please continue to pray for him and my family through this trying time!