[lucasmom]

Hi Mike-
Yes, I am very worried about Lucas. His breathing is rapid and he sounds asthmatic. I tried to listen to his lungs with my stethescope and I am afraid that the cancer is in his lungs. I have been giving him tramadol to help with pain, just in case his rapid breathing is due to pain intolerance. I WISH they could just talk to us!! You know that we would do ANYTHING they wanted. It is just sooooo hard to decipher what is going on.

Lucas is eating like a "chow hound" most likely due to the prednisone he is taking. The prednisone really helps with his pain control and increases his appetite. But, it does not prolong life and the tumor is the size of an orange now. I do not make him wear "the sock" any longer because it is just too big and I do not want to put undue pressue on the tumor. I just do not understand how this "demon tumor" could still be growing!! This disease is so cruel.

Are you doing okay, Mike? I think about you all the time and I am praying that God gives you strength. God bless. Laurie