The Pill

Well - thank you for your prayers! Since Daddy is not a candidate for surgery or chemo, the Dr gave him a prescription for a pill that, if it works for him, is supposed to strangle the blood supply to the carcinoma. If that works, the cells will die off because they are not being nourished. They cost $3600 for 30 pills!!! Their insurance will pay half, and they decided to try it for at least a month to see if it would work. There is about a 25% chance it will. That was hope enough, so they ordered the pills. THEN - Their regular Doctor called mom in yesterday and told her he had called the Oncologist to sort of plead their case and mom doesn't know why or how, but they got the drug company to provide the pills for FREE for as long as he needs them!!! Wow!! Even when you don't know exactly how to pray, God knows exactly how to answer!!

So now, we pray that the pills work! If they do, they will start to see a difference within 30 days. Their Dr says that since Dad is really healthy in most respects he has a good chance! He is on dialysis because a high-blood pressure medicine he used to take damaged his kidneys, but in every other way his heart and general health is great! (There was a class-action suit several years ago over this blood pressure drug, but dad opted not to join it. It seemed more like a racket, and the drug had already been pulled from the market. He decided that the suit would not restore the kidney function, so why make lawyers richer!)

So, there is hope - and they will hang on to that!! Thank you all for your continued encouragement! Blessings!