It's been about 10 days since our last update. Scott came home from the hospital last Tuesday. Recovery is still very hard and he's very tired. It's much harder this time because it's his third brain surgery and as you know it was an extensive one. Scott is still struggling quite a bit with language. It's difficult for him to come up with the right words for things and understanding what people are saying. Also reading and writing are very bad. We are hopeful that with lots of work, we can bring back much of his abilities. We will go twice a week for language rehad but I will be Scott's main teacher and coach. I've already started shopping for phonics workbooks and picture dictionaries and I've discovered a few tools that might make the work more fun. Sometimes, I worry about how much work we have ahead of us and how frustrating it can. I wonder if it's really possible but then I remember that he is already doing better than the doctors expected and we've met people who had to go through years of language rehad. Most importantly, these days I try and remember Gods word. He said,"Is anything too hard for me (God)?" The only answer is "No God, nothing is too hard for you." So, we need Gods help and a miracle and that's not impossible. Also, Scott has an incredible determination to succeed.

Friday is an important day. We go back to the hospital for his MRI followed by Gamma Knife radiation surgery. They hope the MRI won't show any new growth since the last one and that the radiation will kill the remaining small tumor. It's a once time treatment of radiation with a possible overnight stay. It can take a couple months to know if it was a success.

Next week, Scott will begin his next regimen of chemo. This is his forth attempt at finding a successful chemo. We're praying for God to make this next chemo effective and supernaturally remove any remaining cancer cells.

Thank you so much to all those who have been helping us in so many ways. It's hard to explain how deeply you have touched us. Scott gets very emotional about those things because he can't believe how so many people have come forward to help take care of us. You've taken on many of our everyday burdens for us. For me that means I can do a better job caring for Scott and our household and for Scott, that means he doesn't feel the stress of not being able to take care of us right now.

God Bless and I'll let you know next week how everything is going.

Michele