Update on Ford

I felt it was time to do a little update on Ford's progress. His wound is continuing to heal, which is still amazing to everyone who has worked w/him. The wound is very small now, but still has some depth to it. The pain is the bigger issue. The longer he goes having severe pain to deal with makes it more possible that it will end up being the chronic pain I mentioned in my post about his cancer history. We are seeing a pain management Dr. tomorrow morning to see what he has to offer to better help Ford control his pain. Since my last posting, Ford has also been to sleep labs to determine if he indeed has sleep apnea, which has proven positive, a mild case of it, but they still want him to use the Cpap machine at night to help him have more oxygen & be able to breathe & sleep better during the night. He has been using the machine for more than a week now, & he still is not real happy about wearing the mask at night. He wakes up at night w/different problems that interrupt his sleep, so I'm not sure that he is resting any better since being on the machine. They did warn him that it would take a little while for him to get used to it, but once he did, he wouldn't want to be w/out it. Right now I think he would beg to differ w/them about that one! We have visited w/our Oncologist, Dr. Nibley, & he is monitoring Ford's CEA count. It has been slowly going up again, which gives us some cause for concern. The number is still in the single digits, so the Dr. is not overly concerned, but w/Ford, his CEA count has never been very high, even when he had full blown cancer. When his count starts moving up we take notice & try to decide what we should be doing to prevent another large tumor from showing up & then it taking almost a year to recover from that surgery, which is what has happened this go around. We have questions, we are trying to find the right answers to them, but so far it has been slow going. Ford is in pretty good spirits, he continues to work every chance he gets, inspite of his pain, & he is determined to do whatever he needs to to beat this cancer. I'm grateful for his attitude & wanting to continue the fight, because this one has been tough on him & at times he's not so sure he can keep going, but then he does! He is a strong man & the Lord has blessed him beyond measure, for which we are all very grateful for!
Well, that is my update on my sweet husband & again, we are very thankful for all the prayers that continue to be said in his behalf- thank you so much!!! Will write more when there is more news to be shared!