Sunday at M.D. Anderson

This was Dad Friday Morning. He was doing laps. He told me I could post this. I need to send a copy of this to Mack Brown since he has his Texas hat on.

Spoke with Mom a few minutes ago. She sounded good. She said Dad had another good night and was continuing to walk great this morning.

He finally got one of the many tubes removed today. They took his oxygen tube out of his nose. They have slowly been weaning him off this since surgery, and today he is breathing on his own with no extra oxygen, and they said his O2 levels look great!! Praise God for small victories.

Also, I think the biggest news of the day is that they finally began feeding him through his jtube. This is huge, since getting nutrition will aide in the healing process, as well as his energy levels. He has been hungry for days, but they could not give him anything until his bowels woke up. They were basically paralyzed after surgery. We are so thankful that he is finally able to receive this well needed nutrition. The nurses also told us that this will somehow help with the dryness in his mouth and throat. I don't understand how, but they say it will. I will have to ask Dad in the next day or two if he notices a difference.

We are so grateful to you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and notes. We know that God has used each of you in this process: praying for us, for the Drs., nurses, healing, blood flow, etc. You all are a valuable part of this team.

I want to say this again for anyone who may have missed it early on this blog spot, or may have started reading this blog after I wrote it the first time, but I want each of you to know the heartbeat of our family. This blog spot was started as a way to communicate to many at one time, the facts and details of Dad's journey through his battle with cancer, but we know that God uses all things for his good purposes. We believe that Dad's battle has given our family a voice to many that we may not have had otherwise. It is our desire that all who read this blog would know that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. It is Him that gives us the strength to get through even one day. It is Him that gives us our purpose and heartbeat for living, and He loves YOU. He came and died on the cross for YOU, and He rose again. He is the ONLY Son of God, and He has chosen to forgive YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. He loves you, and all you need do is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. He desires to have a relationship with you. And we wish nothing more than for all those that have cared so much about our family and what we are going through to know the Lord as their Savior.

I am sure with 300-400 hits a day on this sight, that there are some who do not know the Lord. Please don't wait another minute.

Praying for you, JJ and the whole Team Janszen