update

Dan and Ashley spoke with the doctors last week to explore the options to surgery. Unfortunately there are no really good ones so the "part 2" surgery will take place sometime in the next few months. Dan will have the embolization procedure of his right hepatic artery sometime in early June and then wait at least a month to verify that it has been successful in stimulating the left liver lobe to grow so that his right liver lobe can be operated on. The surgery will follow that verification depending on the extent of liver regeneration. Please pray that his liver will grow and that the surgery will be successful in removing all traces of cancer cells, dead or alive! He has regained 5 pounds of his 35 pound weight loss which is a good start. Pray, too, that his weight gain will progress.
On a very happy note, Ashley is graduating in less than 2 weeks!. She will then take her boards and locate one of those rare jobs for newly graduated nurses. We ask for your prayers on her behalf for the right job at a great hospital in a location north of southern Cal.
Thanks for your love, prayers and concern. I continue to marvel at all who are fighting this battle with us. You bless me and may the Lord our God bless you!

His Word:
Psalm 34
I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
My soul will boast in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord redeems his servants;
no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.