In The Tunnel

Kary asked me to write a short update tonight. He really feels like he is in a tunnel and struggling to find the end to either side. The pain is never never ending and it is intense and shrill. Yesterday he weighed in at 118 pounds and he is 6'3-- He does not have any thing left to him and Kary uses the words, "horrifying" when he sees his body now. Kary did find out that his tumor markers have gone down in one week from 97,000 to just over 41,000. This has been cut in half, but when you consider that when he was getting close to 100 the doctors were beginning to worry his cancer is still far to active. From what I understand he has been downgraded from a Hurricane 5 to maybe a 4 1/2, but still a major life -changing storm. So although this makes me want to sing hoping that his chemo has been working, Kary just does not have much on his body to fight with 4 more rounds of chemo. It is tough being on chemo, even when you have a little extra weight on you. I wish I could take his pain. It is hard to watch someone you love, who has fought so so hard with such grace, suffer like this. Kary has to be one of the strongest people I have ever known. Please pray( beg) God to comfort Kary and be that miracle that some do not think is possible. Nights are hard and long-- if you are awaken at all please think of Kary and pray for him to have peace during these hours. The hugs are not long enough and there are not enough words to express how valiant he has been. I love you my dear brother!