I don't get to blog much. For those of you who know me, sometimes my "southernisms" and words that I think sound good in sentences aren't always correct. Which Kelly does not wish for either of these on her blog. But there are a lot of you who check this everyday and I thought that a little info from me might help ease your minds of the most recent events.

The cancer has spread to Kelly's abdomen. The doctor said there were several small spots. So the big question that I am sure a lot of you have is " why not take out the big tumor"? The reason why not, is b/c the cancer originated in the liver. So it takes on the same characteristics of the liver. If you remove part of the liver the body will automatically tell the liver to grow at a faster rate. Since the cancer has the same characteristics of the liver it grows at the same faster rate. Another problem is that they only saw a few spots, so we don't know if it is anywhere else.

So what's next? We have not spoken with our medical oncologist. But we are sure it will involve more chemo.

How's Kelly? She is in amazing spirits. She is the strongest woman I know and I am lucky to have someone like her. She is ready to continue the fight.

What can I do? Keep on praying and sending email to the room with kind words. Keep on fighting along side of us.

We are all disappointed that the surgery did not happen, but we are going to keep on fighting and will continue to need everyone's help to do so. We aren't done yet.

Until the next time.

Joel