Looks like we are in for a beautiful Memorial day weekend--hope you all get a chance to enjoy God's wonderful creation! (I will be working Sun-Tues, but I do have today off :})

As I mentioned previously, Cathy's ammonia levels were very high and we are doing another round of lactulose today to try and keep those levels down. The lactulose is actually a laxative and not an antacid as I reported last time. I did finally get the tumor marker results from last week: 2102. Yes, that is an increase over the previous time, but we have been higher.

After consulting with two thirds of our "A" team, and visiting a Kinesiologist/Naturopath in Churubusco on Wednesday, we are strongly considering making our last stand without the aid of any more drugs. We will be returning to 'Busco this week for a more in depth discussion with Wilma. We actually met with her before we got the stage 4 liver diagnosis 2 years ago. The visit this week was just to get her 'up to speed' on our journey since then. Wilma is primarily concerned with working with Cathy to get her energy levels back up so the body can fight off this disease as God intended. Cathy has not had real good energy as of late.

One other item to note: we have not taken any fluid off her abdomen for almost 4 days now! We are hoping that this is a GOOD sign! We were getting about a liter a day consistently. (almost 156 liters ~ 310 pounds since Jan 1) I need to contact the liver specialist on Tues (after the holiday weekend) and get his take on this matter.

We are grateful for you all!! May you know Christ's strength and provision in your time of need.

Mike