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Cinematic heart warming

"He rescues those whose spirits are crushed." Psalm 34:18 We've been walking this road for 8 months now. It seems like this all began yesterday, but it's felt like an eternity. To be honest, we're both dreading the fact that there is 9 more months of this. Everyone says it's just a phase. The reality is that, chemo or not, Ryan's long term symptoms aren't likely to change or be relieved in some drastic way. The chemo related symptoms are temporary. But the hole in his head is bigger than the first time. He's had a second and equally massive head trauma from surgery. The remainder of the tumor is in a more dangerous and lethal location. And his personality will continues to change. No medication can change any of these realities. The only thing medication can aid in is the retardation of the tumor. That tumor will always be there, unless God miraculously takes this all away. Our only hope of daily survival and heart preservation lies in