The lump was benign...it was just a *fatty deposit*!! We are so very thankful!!

Thanks to all of you who have prayed for him.

We go back in two weeks to have the incision sight checked again. He wants to have another CAT scan to see if the tumor around his esophagus has grown/shrunk/is gone. We will not be seeing his Oncologist until sometime in March...which would give the incision time to heal well, and the fluid time to go away. Hopefully she will agree to this since he wants it done.

We saw one of his nurses, from his long stay in the hospital, while we were in the lunch room yesterday. I spoke to her, and asked if she remembered us. She said, "if you and your mother were not with him, I would not have known him!" She was amazed, as they all thought he was dying...and would die in the hospital. She said, "well, just shows that God was not ready to have him come Home yet."

I've really been blessed by all the time that I have spent with my inlaws in the last year. They have always been good inlaws, and been good to me and my boys, but I never really *knew* them until fil got sick and we began to spend so much time together. Amazing what you discover about people when you spend hours and hours in a car and in the hospital/dr.'s offices with them. I'm thankful that I have been able to help them the way that I have, and that God has protected us all through all the travelling.

I just feel really thankful today....