But we have this treasure in jars of clay...

David experienced some sort of episode/seizure yesterday afternoon. It actually started earlier in the week as I noticed he seemed a little disoriented and confused about the day of the week. I stayed home from work most of Tuesday and all day Wednesday because I was afraid to leave him.

Wednesday afternoon we had some friends stop by for a short visit and within 30 mintues of their leaving he had this episode. I was working in another part of the house and heard some noise. When I poked my head into the hallway I noticed David was trying to walk from the den into the kitchen and he was dragging his left leg. It was deja vu, especially since I had already been noticing some confusion in him. I called the EMS and he was transported to the ER.

They did not keep him because there is not much you can do to treat someone with brain cancer and seizures just seem to be a part of it. He did have a CAT scan and we were able to rule out bleeding in the brain. There was a small amount of edema so he was given a shot of steriods and will continue on oral steriods for 15 days (normal protocol with brain cancer).

We had a follow-up visit with the neurologist today. We will see the oncologist tomorrow. David continues to be a little disoriented at times and has some mild short-term memory loss. According to the doctor, only time will tell if he regains what he has lost in this regard. He is much stronger on his affected left side, including his vision, which he had problems with while in the ER. We are only one day out from the episode/seizure. We are hopeful!

The neurologist was in agreement with the ER doctor that David should not be left alone now. I am so very grateful that my boss is allowing me to work from home and that he sees the importance of taking care of family. May God bless this man abundantly for his kindness and compassion!

Today David was able to see humor in all of this by asking me, "what do you think they put on my chart last night as to why I came into the ER? Probably, 'old man admitted into ER because he knocked over his glass of juice." (that is how this started. He reached for his glass of juice, weakness overtook him and he could not hold on to it.)

I have been comforted by 2 Corinthians 4 today - "...So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

Thank you for your continued prayers for David and all of our family.

Pam