Hello Friends and Family,
    A quick update on Mark's health journey... Last Friday, he had a procedure done where a needle was inserted in his back into the Celsius plexus nerve bundle and Alcohol was injected.  The procedure hurt him tremendously since they didn't put him out for it!  :(  This was supposed to deaden (not numb) the nerves so that the back pain he has would stop... BUT it hasn't kicked in...yet.  Please pray that it does!  He does NOT want to repeat that, but he also hates being on pain meds.
    Secondly, we misunderstood the Oncologist when Mark began chemo.  We thought he would only have 3 months of chemo treatments; but because they only do it every other week (2X/month), they need to do a total of 12 treatments, which extends it into February 2024!  That was very disappointing to hear.  He will have another PET scan in November to see how things are progressing - - so maybe you could pray that they will say, "Oh look! It's all healed and we can stop the treatments!"  We know God is the God of Miracles!
    Lastly, we want to sincerely thank all of you for your tremendous generosity in providing meals (Sara set up a MealTrain if you would like to participate), sending messages, and visiting!  It means SO MUCH to BOTH of us!!  This is a tough journey, but with friends and family surrounding us with love and support, we are making it through!  All our love and blessings to you!   ~Mark & Terri