Please include my dad and our family in your prayers. Yesterday my sister, my step-mother and I took my dad to the doctor for the results of a liver biopsy. It turns out dad has the most aggressive form of cancer out there, and it is in his liver (necrotic tissue already) and in his cecum. Dad is too weak to do the only kind of treatment for this cancer, which is chemo, and so we are heading down the path of hospice. The doctor gave dad a prognosis of 2-3 months tops. This cancer is exactly the same thing that killed my mother, and from diagnosis to death it took 4 months. As if all of this isn't bad enough, dad has said he would like to see my brother (the black sheep of the family) and I have tracked him down, and left messages. My brother has not responded to any of my messages, and I fear, dad will pass and my brother will never have a chance for a last good-bye. Please pray that my brother takes whatever steps are necessary to make amends with my dad before it is too late, and that dad goes quickly, without suffering. He is ready, he has made his peace with God, and looks forward to heaven. But his leaving the family behind, is hard on all of us.
