Thank you all for joining today

It's a happy day!

On behalf of Cassidy and her family, I would like to thank all of you for attending the baptismal ceremony today! For those, who could not attend for various reasons, your support and prayers were deeply appreciated too!

Arriving there at around 2:30 pm, I was amazed by all the helpers, decorations, poster and cards for signing and messages. Everyone was trying to get things ready before the ceremony started. From the ones who prepared the paths and water for baptism to the ones who decorated lobby and the Sanctuary; from parking controllers to receptionists; from usher team to the refreshment team; from photographers and videographers to the ones who prepared the video clips and slide shows as well as powerpoint for the ceremony; from Audio & Video people to Worship team, from pastors, getting ready to lead the ceremony, to the supporters preparing to cheer for Cassidy and her family; and many more. All in all, the efforts and time, of everyone, are very much appreciated! Words are not enough to express the thankfulness from the family!

The Sanctuary was full. The applause when Cassidy and family arrived. Chairperson was leading the flow with welcome message to begin with, worship team led us into worshiping God on this happy day, scripture reading, short message, and then came the sharing of Papa Andy, testimony of Cassidy. Being touched by the sharing and testimony, I cried. Many did, too, as I could hear and see.

The ceremony at Bridle Trail Baptist Church today, Cassidy wanted to fulfill all righteousness and to publicly testify her faith. She wanted to meet with you all, and for you all to meet at such an occasion. Just like the pastor said, she wanted to introduce her God to you, and wanted to see you all in heaven when the days of our time come.

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"  (Romans 3:23)

God is just. Punishments come as consequences of sin. We, with sins, cannot save ourselves. God prepared salvation for all of us!
 
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."  (John 3:16)

Baptism started... I guessed many of you were like me, with eyes fixed, breathlessly, at the way where Cassidy would be going into the water, praying that it would be smooth for her with minimal pain! When she was out of the water, non-stop applause in cheering for Cassidy and the joyfulness in God's house filled the air!

The baptism was followed by the acknowledgement by Gor Gor Aaron, and then photo sessions and refreshment! Though Cassidy could only stay for photo session and had to rush back to Emily's House, everyone was in good spirit! Though she was tired, Mama Carmen told me she was very happy to see you all!

Hugs to Cassidy from all of us!

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."  (Romans 8:28)

May God's grace and mercy continue to shed upon Cassidy and her family! And we still believe there's miracle if it's God's will!

Many thanks to you all again! 

Yes, it's a happy day! 

Lobby

Testimony

Baptizing

Family and relatives

Weak but lifted

Cassidy was not feeling too well this morning. However, her spirits were immediately lifted when one of her most inspiring role model, Stephanie Dixon came visit her all the way from Yukon. Stephanie Dixon also brought along many special surprises for Cassidy. 

The first one was a special guest- Pachi, the 2015 Toronto Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Mascot. Pachi stayed a little while to spend some time with Cassidy. He danced and made everyone laugh. Cassidy really enjoyed his company. 

The next special guest was Adam, a friend of Stephanie who was a relay torch bearer for the 2012 London Olympics Games. He brought along the 2012 London Olympics torch for Cassidy to see, so that she could feel what it was like to hold the torch. Cassidy was impressed by how heavy and beautiful the torch looked up close. 

Stephanie brought three beautiful gifts for Cassidy. The first one was a Canadian Olympics scarf to keep her warm this winter. The second one was super special- it was a Canadian team jacket signed by all the Canadian Paralympics swimmers from the 2012 London Olympics, making Cassidy an honorary team member of the Canadian Paralympics swim team. The third gift was a sentimental gift handmade by Stephanie herself. It was a picture frame with a picture of Stephanie and another picture of Cassidy standing in their swim gear. The word, “Fearless” was handwritten at the top. Stephanie expressed that she wanted to make this for Cassidy, as she felt they were both very similar as fearless swim competitors. 

Stephanie brought along three metals, one gold, one silver and one bronze, each one from a different Paralympic games. She told Cassidy about the story of her first gold medal at her first Paralympics games. Stephanie was 16 years old and it was her first competition watched by many thousands of people. She described how she was very nervous, and her focus was on trying to beat other girls, and what other people were doing. When she dove into her first race, she told Cassidy how, because she was so focus on what the other girls were doing and not wanted to be beat, she actually did lose the race because she was not focused on herself. She went to her mom after the race, who comforted her and told her to just focus on herself and to try the best she could and that was enough. So, in the next race, she forgot about her competitors and just focused on her own race and her own abilities and she came out on top with her first gold medal… Stephanie and Cassidy spent the afternoon talking about their dreams and hopes as a competitive swimmer, sharing their experiences and aspirations.

Thank you to Stephanie Dixon for coming to visit Cass today and all the wonderful surprises and gifts! Thank you for sharing with us your experiences and what is important in our lives! We are the strongest and most fearless when we focus and rely on the love and support of the ones that are important to us......

Birthday present to Mom

Cass was awoken in the middle of the night yesterday (Nov. 24) by her discomfort and pain in her leg. She was so confused when she awoke. We were a bit worried by her reaction and we tried to calm her and comfort her. She told me just a few hours ago that she felt sorry for me because she was unable to plan something special for me or prepare me a gift. Rather, she has made everyone stay with her at Emily's House. But, I replied wholeheartedly to Cass that she had already given me the best gift I would have ever received, which was having her to be my beloved daughter. She wrote me a birthday message but she had to spend the whole day to write because she was very weak, with all her discomfort, and with the losing sensation of her leg. She has to struggle with her pain on and off every day. She managed to finish her message yesterday evening. She was so exhausted that she felt very tired right after dinner (our thanks to my dear friends who brought us so much food especially for the birthday). We pray with tears every night since it is so hard for us to see her suffering physically and emotionally every day. This is the most valuable and wonderful present from my daughter, Cass.



 
Dear Mommy,

Happy Birthday! Yay! Woohoo! Yaaaaaa! This calls for a celebration!
A BIG and SPECIAL and FUN day awaits!
 
Unfortunately, we are stuck here in Emily's House and I could not plan anything for you But I will try as hard as I can to make it as great as possible. So mommy I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE YOU! And do you know how much? THIS MUCH! Because you are the coolest, funniest, sunshiny, most fashionable, lovely, beautiful and overall the best mom in the whole wide world . You have been there for me through the ups and downs of my life and you have never EVER left my side. You hug me and kiss me when I am hurt and sad, you comfort me and make me feel better again. You played with me as a baby-child-teenager. You fed me and clothed me; always making me happy. We all have our flaws, but because you are so *amazing* I have learned in life to be:
 
- kind to others
- to share
- to be generous and not greedy (well I try)
- to be happy
 
and many other good qualities. We all have our bad days and yes we get into fights at times but in the end I will still love you no matter how mad I feel. Mommy you are an amazing person, you really are. I am so thankful to have you as my mom, no other mom would satisfy. For 14 years we have made so many memories, you've been there for me everyday for 14 years. I would write more but my arm is hurting and you keep telling me to stop so...... Happy Birthday!
 
I ️U! 

Nov.24, 2014

Baptism of Cassidy

A happy day ……. next week.

Mathew 3:15 (NLT) ‘…. Jesus said, “It must be done, because we must do everything that is right.” So then John baptized him.’

It is delighted to let you all know that Cassidy has decided to follow the role model set by Christ Jesus. Cassidy had accepted Christ as her personal Saviour since she was little. She would like to be baptised to publicly witness her faith and belief in accepting Christ as her personal Saviour and would like to become one with Him.
 
As Cassidy is weak physically, she could choose to have the baptism done at Emily House with the witness of her immediate family members and pastors. However, she would like it be carried out at Church so as to have you be part of this ceremony. All of you who have been praying and caring for, supporting and encouraging her throughout these years, your presence will give her joy and support. Moreover, it is also a great opportunity to meet with each other and a chance to share the laughs and tears together

"There's no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear." (1 John 4:18)

We hope to see you there. Cassidy will be grateful to see you all there!
 
To God be the glory! May His grace and mercy continue to shed upon Cassidy!

Map - Bridle Trail Baptist Church

Thank you!!

To my dear friends and family,
 
I would truly like to thank everyone for all the lovely encouraging notes, letters, gifts that Cass has received recently and in the past. We are very thankful and feel so much love from you all. Sorry in advance that I haven't been able to personally thank each and everyone for all their support, our family really appreciates all your positive and kind words.
At the moment, Cassidy is feeling a little bit weaker and requires more rest these days, if you plan on visiting her at Emily House, please call me or message me so we can arrange a time.
I won't have as much time to update the blog as frequently. Hope you understand. We just want to spend as much time with Cassidy and focus on her.
Also, thank you to Cass's favourite artist B. WING for the special drawing for her, she had a huge smile and loved it very much. We love the quote "every moment in life is limited edition...." Thank you to Sam for sending it all the way from Hong Kong (we just got it today).

 


There's another two beautiful works from an artist in Owen Sound, Elly Mackay. Thank you for sending Cass such amazing illustration with your special technique .  

Little Warrior, Cassidy, in this amazing illustration by Elly Mackay

Cass was so happy to see Liam yesterday 
and thank you for the thoughtfulness presents to cheer her up. 
(It's so nice to chat with you Liam!)

Thank you again for everything and your endless support and prayers!

Cass has settled down at Emily’s House

We helped move Cass last Friday, she has gradually picked up the routines there and gotten used to the environment.
 
A lot of visitors came to see her every day. Cass was excited when she met her friends and relatives, but became tired and exhausted afterward. She is usually well rested by early afternoon of the day.
Yesterday was another busy day. A lot of things had happened and yet we needed to find another chance to update you with all.
Mike Strobel also came to do a follow up column as he came with the certificate honouring Cass as a torch bearer and he also named her co-kid chair of the variety village fundraiser that he's doing. There will be another column in the Toronto Sun today. Cass's swim friends were also very sweet, Stephanie made some handmade posters and the handmade photo frame that we took pictures of. She also brought along some gifts and decorated Cass's fingernails and toenails with nail sticker art. Cass seemed to like it very much. She had a busy and happy afternoon.

Good friends tell.....(friends visits during the weekend. 
Thanks for the parents to bring their daughter in to see Cass)

Cass would like so much to see her friends who come by to visit her. However, she has recently been feeling tired more easily and needs more time to rest. In order not to miss you when you come over, I would suggest that you let me know ahead when you are coming so that I can make sure that Cass will be up and available to say hi to you.
Once again, our sincere thanks for your concerns, encouragement and assistance. I would also like to continue to ask for your prayer support.

The story of "Fearless" on Toronto Sun yesterday‏

As many of you had already noticed, Mike Strobel, of the Toronto Sun, dropped by Emily's House to have an interview with Cass on Sunday Nov. 16 and many of you had shared her story too. That's so wonderful of you to make her story known to more people and cheered her up a lot. With this interview, I can once again realize that Cass is, indeed, a courageous girl. Even though she is in such a difficult and painful situation, she still shows people that she is a joyous girl who always thinks positively and that she is bold enough to continue to hang on. Cass is supposed to be the one who needs great support and comfort, yet her attitude of resilience and the way she behaves in return has comforted me.

Thanks to Mike for posting her story of "Fearless" to make it known to many people.

ALL of your encouragement not only will continue to make Cassidy a joyous girl, who always thinks positively, and a brave girl who is bold enough to hang on, but will also continue to empower Cassidy to courageously face her days to come.

The following is the link of the mentioned interview that I would like to share with you all:

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/16/fearless-the-race-of-cassidys-life

Fearless: The race of Cassidy's life

An article of Cassidy by Journalist, Mike Strobel. The interview was done yesterday, November 16, 2014.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/16/fearless-the-race-of-cassidys-life

Cassidy, we are looking forward to see your involvement in Parapan Am Games. Keep fighting, our great warrior!

Cassidy's Prayer

From Mama Carmen... It's getting so hard for me to do Cass update now. It's too sad to talk about it and I could only share her prayer, not in exact wording but what I could remember, with you all.

"Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for another day. Dear God, we keep on getting bad news and bad news everyday. There's too much tears to shed. I know you are in control and you want the best for me. God, until the day I join You, please make me comfortable, painless and that the symptoms will be treated well by my doctors and my nurses and by my medications.  Lord I lift up my life to you. Even though I may be paralyzed one day, I ask you to help me to accept it and help me to make the best out of it.  

Please also help my parents, my brother, my cousins, my aunts, my church members, my friends and everybody whom I love, help them not to feel too sad when one day I have to leave them. I know I will miss them, and I know they will miss me too. 

Dear Lord, please let them be happy because it would be hard at first but there's always a rainbow after the rain. I want them to have the prettiest rainbow ever. But God, I still have hope, it's like a small flame but it burns brightly and that is my hope that I will be blessed with a miracle by you..........in Jesus precious name I pray. Amen!"

"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."  (Philippians 3:20-21)

Thank God that life on earth is far short as compared to the eternal glory with Christ in Heaven!

Caca, we all love you!  

Please keep praying fervently for Cass and her family! Just as Cassidy's praying, and keeping the hope and faith, no matter what it will be, we still have the hope now. If only it's God's will, she will be healed! So lovely, considerate and touching, her prayer! 

Update from reports

Cass awoke a couple of times in the middle of the night due to the pain from the side effects of her medication and treatment. We took her back to SickKids Emergency this morning. Since the side effect was one of those expected beforehand, by the medical team, they were able to quickly set up the necessary medication and treatment to subdue it. Cass felt better again afterward. The palliative group at the hospital had arranged for us to move to Emily House this afternoon. They wanted us to see if it was a better place for Cass. We can leave the place if we don't feel comfortable staying there. This was set up mainly in Cass’ interest as she was barely able to move around by herself due to the recent sharp pain she has at her back.

While the medical team was helping Cass to relieve her from the side effects, the palliative team and the oncologist came in to explain to us about the report from the latest CT scan that Cass took yesterday. It was performed when she told the doctor she had difficulty in swallowing food and even drinking water. From the report, the oncologist stated that the tumours at Cass’ T5 area had indeed increased in size, that some obvious changes were also captured from those small tumours originally found elsewhere along her spinal cord, and that more tiny little ones were noticed in both her lungs. It was devastating to us to hear this news. Cass is still struggling with the sharp pain she has in her leg, in her arms and at her back. We still don’t have a good grip on how to subside these pains, yet now we have to face new and more severe problems. The doctors did not want to say how soon the situation would become out of control, could be weeks or could be months. Cass did not want to lose the battle so soon. She just asked the oncologist if she could be treated with another round of radiation. However, the doctor clearly indicated that it would be very unlikely that radiation could be applied to the lungs. At that point, Cass broke into tears and said that she would like to do a lot of things that she had not accomplished yet, going back to the pool, going back to school and going to university..... We could hardly say anything to comfort Cass but just embraced each other and cried! I held my emotions and comforted her that if she were really to leave mama and papa first, then we would just like her to stay happily in Heaven to wait for us. She could do more than she wanted to do there. We will only be parted temporarily, and will eventually meet again very soon.

Pray for an effective radiation for Cass tomorrow at 3pm.‏

We went to PMH in the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 11, to see the Radiation Oncologist so as to find out if there was a way to reduce Cass’ continuous sharp pain at her back. The oncologist and his team carefully went over Cass’ images from all of the MRI’s and C.T. scans that she had taken recently. After a thorough review, they tended to believe that tumours at her T5 area might have been compressing the nerves in the area causing the pain. T5 area is the area at Cass’ back where tumours were first diagnosed in July.

Since the T5 area was treated with radiation before, hence the oncologist stated that the radiation to be performed this time will only be a one-time session, rather than one full week, as Cass would have normally taken for new areas in the past. Further, in order to make this one-time radiation more effective, the coverage area will be slightly enlarged to not only cover T5 area, but also include the immediate neighbouring area as well. To prepare for the radiation that has been scheduled for Thursday Nov. 13 at 3:00 p.m., Cass took another CT scan after we had met the Radiation Oncologist.
 
The Palliative team asked Cass if she would want to see the Raptor game. Cass wasn't a big fan of basketball. However, she said she wanted to go only because uncle Gary liked basketball, and she wanted to take uncle Gary to see Raptor. So she asked the team if she could have an extra ticket for her to bring along uncle Gary. They gave us a set of Box tickets for our family together with uncle Gary and auntie Ivy to watch the Raptors game. Since they knew Cass was very weak and tired recently, they had also given her a room in the hospital for a nap prior to the game. We all enjoyed the game and we thanked the team for their thoughtful consideration. The Palliative Team reminded us of re-considering the option of taking Emily House for Cass. Emily House is a children hospice where special medical attention and assistance will be provided. As the team realized that Cassidy would need more special support and assistance if her pain continues to persist. Should such a scenario take place, it would become challenging for us to support her. It appears to be another heartbreaking decision we have to make as we would really like Cass to stay home, to assist her with all we can, and stand by her, to fight the battle with her together along the way.
 
Please continue to pray for Cass and my family. Pray that the one-time radiation treatment would work to control the growth of the tumours in her T5 area so that she won't be suffering from her pain everyday. Please also pray in the way Cass has been praying everyday...
She prayed to God for keeping her tumours stable in her body for long long long time but it would be even better that they would just all go away…..... taking away her pain, taking away her numbness and taking away her weakness so that she would be able to walk again and use her right arm again. Amen!

Trying very hard to stand still to post for a picture to show the clothes from Ching Ee Ee

Feeling better on Thu & Fri but not the weekend

Cass was feeling better on Thursday and during daytime on Friday. However, she suddenly had a sharp pain at her back since last Friday night. She was then struggling with the pain and could not sleep well over the weekend. The pain seemed to be from her T5 area. The tingling feeling in her right hand and numbness in her thumb have also been much bothering her. As her pain did not subside, we took Cass down to SickKids today for an examination. Again, to comfort Cass, the Pain Team increased the dosage of the pain medication from her CADD pump. The oncology team also arranged for us to return to PMH tomorrow to let the Radiation Oncologist, there, to re-examine the condition of Cass’ back and re-assess if radiation can be re-applied to her T5 area should the pain, this time, be confirmed to be originated from there. 

The T5 area is the area where the major tumour was first diagnosed together with other small tumours at Cass’ spinal cord last summer. Owing to the urgency and the location of the tumour, back then, the medical team decided to treat them with chemotherapy and radiation on T5 right away. The radiation treatment was performed in late July and Cass did not get any more pain from the same area since then. But now she's gotten the most pain from her back (T5). Please continue to pray for Cass, pray that her pain be effectively reduced by radiation. God will make the way for Cass.
Meanwhile, we were so thankful that Cass still had some good times to meet with her friends and her little cousins last week. Thank you for giving Cass a cheerful heart!

Cass loves all her little cousins

Some good time with friends

God's with us in our ups and downs

Yes…...."Life is just like a roller coaster ride, with a lot of ups and downs!!…...However, with God's promises, all of His faithful children have "peace and joy" in their heart." Thanks to all my friends and family for sending encouraging messages and prayers for Cass and my family. Even within the same day…....we were experiencing the ups and downs of Cass' health situation. My heart is very heavy and aching so much when I see Cass struggling with her pain, and having so much trouble just to stand up straight even with our assistance. I also feel the pain when she is still so considering our feeling and trying to ease the stress on us while she is so sick; she is always so sweet and happy for every little things so long as she is awake and not in pain! When she mentioned she was thankful for her days each day and for the people around her, I couldn’t hold back my tears but had to leave her room as soon as we finished the bed time prayers! After all, I should be thankful for Cass' courage and thoughtfulness. They are all from Above.

We are busy with setting up a better environment for Cass to stay at home. Nurses’ visit, telephone calls from the hospital and all the delivery for her medication and equipment have stressed me quite a bit! The pain was still bothering Cass, but it is now under better control since the Practitioner Nurses came yesterday to adjust the medication dosage for her again. Cass seemed to have a better day today (Thursday Nov. 6). She had a chance to spend some time with her EEs today before they flew back to Hong Kong right afterwards. Before they left, they had many many hugs with Cass. Cass did not have too much time to spend with these two EEs, from Hong Kong, for their visit to Toronto this time as Cass was sick all last week. Cass prays that they have a safe flight home and hopes to see them soon again!
 

Since Cass needs so much support and her condition fluctuates a lot, Andy has to be home with us to help take care of Cass as I am unable to carry her up and down the stairs at all. The hospital had arranged a visit to Emily's House for us next week.

I would also like to take this opportunity to send our sincere “thanks” to Karen William, a coach in swimming who had met Cass in the Para Swim Meets in Edmonton and other places. Thanks for sending card with some encouraging words from her every week. The card always came in the right time….. the time when Cass needed cheer up and encouragement. I love to watch her smile when she was reading the cards. Thank you for making her a sweet smile on her bad day.

We are so blessed as we are surrounded by a lot of loving individuals who show their unconditional support to us. While I was writing the update, auntie Jenny showed up at our door with a lovely cake and cupcakes. What a surprise late night dessert even though Cass could only have just some little bite………...

After all, we need your continual prayer support to help us to proceed on. Pray that we can gain strength from our Lord every day. God's mercy be on Cass.

Cass, our brave swimmer & warrior, keeps fighting

I flipped around the photo albums I have been collecting on my computer. I unintentionally went straight to look for Cass’ photos. I started going through one by one, of her photos, from those taken recently. Some photos were taken when she was at the medal platform receiving her medals at one of the Provincial swim meets in Ontario. The others were taken when she was at the CanAm meets in Calgary and in Miami. All these photos have just reminded me that Cass was a very hardworking and courageous girl. All these moments seemed like to just take place yesterday. Time really flies . . . . . . . . I still remember that she was so excited for the CanAm meets in the States this April. Just wanted to save the trip myself, I did not go along with her. However, I would definitely accompany her had I been given the chance again.

She is still bravely fighting against her cancer and has a strong will to go back to swimming...........

A heartbroken discussion with the medical team

Cass took the final session of the new 8-day radiation treatment this morning.
After the radiation, we had a long discussion with the oncologist, the practitioner nurse, and the social worker about the future plan for Cass (Cass was not involve in the discussion). It was an unpleasant meeting that I wanted to avoid if I could and I did not want to even touch the topic at all. 

During the discussion, the medical team stated to us that based on the past diagnosis, the current examination, and the reports, Cass’s recent nerve problems and pain may not be reducible. In fact, such nerve pain might become more severe as time goes on. Radiation could only control the tumours for a certain period of time before they would grow again. Thereby, more nerves along Cass’s spine would get compressed by the tumours. The team does not want to see such a scenario taking place, but it is likely to happen. Cass will feel more pain, and she may end up losing the mobility of her arms and leg. To gain time and to plan ahead in order to help Cass, the team suggested three options for us to consider.
The first option is to take chemo, but it is not effective in Cass' case, and she may suffer the side effects from chemo on top of her existing pain and problems. The team is not inclined to go for this option because there's no effective chemo drug to deal with Cass' cancer. They don’t consider this to be an option beneficial to Cass.
The second option is not to take chemo anymore for any situation that may happen in the future but just to focus on pain management. This will help Cass to reduce her pain as much as possible and to let her stay as comfortable as she could to maintain the quality of life.
Lastly, the third option is by Ultrasound Frequency. It is an experimental process to precisely apply high energy to a very particular tumour on her femur and kill the tumour. But, such a process can only be carried out conditionally: i.e. only if Cass’ can handle it physically, and only for one particular location. However, Cass has many tumours along her spinal cord!
The most difficult question to answer was when we were asked where Cass would stay her remaining time, ……….. at home, or in the hospital, or in the Emily House, a place for children .……..
Please help pray for us, let us have unity in the family, and let us continue to have peace in our days to come. I pray for a miracle to happen. God's mercy be on her. It's such a painful way for Cass to go through that toward the end of her life, and it would be so heartbroken for my family to see Cass suffering along the way.

Cass' Update

It's been gloomy weather the whole week while we were at Sickkids but today, it's actually snowing outside!
We went home with the hospital pass last night because Cass wanted to see all her cousins in the weekend. If the CADD pump manages her pain well and she feels ok, then she doesn't need to go back to the hospital. After being a cupcake and running around to do trick or treat in the hospital for a bit, she took a very long nap while we were waiting for the nurses and doctors to do all the arrangements for her to go home last night. We were so happy to make it home but were having so much trouble to get her into the house!

Cass is having fun with the medical team

Radiation Therapy team in Princess Margaret Hospital

A little cupcake

I woke up in the morning (Saturday Nov. 1) to help Cass take the medications she needed. She felt nausea and was not feeling well. After the medication, she went back to sleep. We wanted to see if she would be ok to stay home this weekend, and we are home now. This is our hope that we can manage everything well during her stay at home. Since she is very weak, with the pain and the numbness, in her leg, she is unable to just stand up by herself. Because of this, walking from one place to another place in the house becomes a big challenge to her and to us. 

Please continue to pray for her that the radiation would work to shrink her tumors, that the numbness and the pain will soon be gone, that the tumors in her body would be under control, and that her oncologist will find the suitable chemo drug for her. God's wisdom is well above ours including the medical team's, He will make the best decision for her treatment plan.