Update about Tamara's dad

I got a call from Steve this morning just before he boarded the international leg of his flight back to the US. He told me that Tamara had called him twice during the night about her dad's condition. The first time she called, the bleeding from her dad's neck had started again for the third time in two days. She said the doctors had no other option than to do a very risky operation to close off the artery that the tumor was surrounding. The doctors told the family beforehand that there was a very good chance that her dad would not make it through the operation, but it was the only thing they could do. In addition to the obvious risk of death during the operation, there was a very high risk that the operation would cause him to have a stroke if he didn't die.

Tamara called back a couple of hours later to say that her dad had made it through the operation and did not suffer a stroke in the process. This certainly did not get rid of the cancer, but it may give her dad's doctors the opportunity they needed to treat the tumor that was so close to the artery more intensely. Only using one artery continues to put her dad at high risk for having a stroke even after the operation, so please continue to lift him and their family up in prayer. Thanks so much for praying for them!