Hello again. Mark seems to be just a little bit better today and I am happy to see that. He had a really rough night with a lot of pain and we were both up most of the night. He couldn't get control of the pain, so we started giving him 2 pain pills at a time which started giving him some better relief. I rubbed his back or belly half the night. By early morning, he was able to fall asleep and get some rest. This morning he was up and having a pretty normal conversation with his parents, my mom (who flew in yesterday) and me. It felt like the old Mark and was great. His pain is much worse now and the 2 pain pills aren't touching the pain. He has been pretty miserable. We have a call in to the doctor's office to see if we can get something stronger to help control Mark's pain. I think if we can get that under control, he will be able to get up and do more.
He has managed to gain a few pounds back and we are so excited about that. He is almost up to the 170 mark again. He has been drinking chocolate milk to give him extra calories and protein and ate a PB&J sandwich for breakfast.
Mark is a fighter and is trying his best to battle this awful beast. We really need to be able to restart that chemo as it is our only hope at this point. Please pray that Mark is able to get pain control and to regain his strength to endure more chemo.
There are not enough words to say Thank You to so many of you who have been so kind to us. Your words, phone calls, dropping in with food, coming to do yard work, and leaving kind words on the blog site or just praying for us means so much to us. Thanks to all of you who have been so kind. Please continue to pray for Mark. Also, Bennie Pierce is not doing well and is also battling cancer. Please remember him in your prayers also. God bless!!!!!
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Glad to hear Mark is able to eat something and hear that he is putting on a few pounds. We will continue to pray for pain relief and renewed strength so that chemo treatments can be resumed. Thank you for keeping us posted. Hope you are able to get some rest - sounds like some long nights.
Mark never fails to amaze me with his tenacity. God bless him and your family.
Praying for you!
Glad Mark is some better. "Meat" says that he misses his buddy at ballgames so Mark has to get better and get that chemo going. Chris makes a mean protein shake if Mark decides he wants any!! Keeping you in thoughts and prayers!! :) The Golsons
P.S.- am gonna get you for that OU brainwashing you did. We are keeping up with OU now.....
Praying for your family daily. Hoping that Mark can get pain relief and that you are both able to rest tonight.
We're continuing to pray that Mark will gain some weight and strength so that he can continue this fight. Glad to hear that he's making some small steps! The Plans
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