Hey Everyone,

Happy Mothers Day to all the mom's this weekend. I wanted to give an update to you for the upcoming events with Joe. Spirits are high and God is GOOD.

Joe went to the doctor (Radiologist) today. She had spoke to Joe's Neurologist about his constant headache. He now has numbness in the side of his face, arm, hand, pains in his chest and some swelling in his ankles. The doctor said the tumor in Joe's face (if you put your finger between your eye and ear that is where it is) is getting larger causing him several problems and his liver function is low causing other problems, etc.

Right now the are going to do 10 radiation treatments between now and the end of the month. It will take about a week to set everything up and he will have a special CT scan this Thursday to create a mask for radiation. The process takes about 4 to 5 hours because of the scans and molding the mask after the scans are read. Then they re-scan him for the measurements. The mask will be like the last one he had that will fasten him to the bed during the radiation.

They say the radiation will damage his upper right salivary gland, cause bone pain in his mouth, mouth tissue soreness so he probably will not feel like eating much, fatigue, headache, and general pain. I don't know how much this will shrink the tumor but we are going to give it a shot. After 10 treatments they will assess it.

I will keep you posted on his progress.

God Bless,
Crystal