Chase Needs Our Prayers More Than Ever!
We’ve been in Vancouver since last weekend – thanks once again to TMW and his extremely hospitable crew. Although Chase wasn’t doing great prior to our departure, we wanted to take the opportunity extended to us for more quantum healing sessions. Fortunately, the flight went well (no vomiting this time) and we were excited about the prospect of making some more progress at this critical juncture in Chase’s recovery.
Unfortunately, we don’t have much good news to report. The most positive thing that we’ve been able to ascertain is that the tumor hasn’t grown once again (which certainly isn’t bad news); however, the issue is that with the recent breakdown and fluid accumulation, the tumor is starting to change shape. Although this isn’t that surprising with the dynamic state of the tumor transition – the real issue is that with any change in shape comes cranial pressure on different nerves. Lately, that’s been affecting Chase’s left side even more (progressive weakness is continuing) and it has been making it more difficult for him to swallow again. Since he has a feeding tube, the swallowing isn’t critical (he’s still getting all the fluid he needs); however, all of this progression of symptoms is frustrating Chase even more (which is totally understandable) and making it harder to lift his spirits.
Over the past two days, Chase’s sodium level has been extremely elevated, which we caught through his blood tests. This is the first time we’ve run into this problem since our diet has been low in sodium all along, so it’s hard to figure out what this is attributable to. The net result is that all of his electrolytes are out of wack, we’ve had to stop the anti-neoplastons, and Chase’s system is completely run down. In addition, the increased cranial pressure has led to a lot more nausea and vomiting. Although this has happened in the past, this time around we have good monitoring equipment (including a pule-oximeter) and we’re seeing the detrimental effect it’s having on Chase’s heart rate – it’s been running dangerously low from time to time. We now have him on a consistent flow of fluids to balance out the electrolyte issue and hoping that everything will be back to normal soon (ideally by the morning).
The worst part of the trip is the final feedback that we’ve received after the quantum healing sessions. Since the situation is so precarious right now, due to the high cranial pressure, our quantum healer is not comfortable doing any treatments. He’s quite concerned about what could happen if more pressure is applied in the wrong place at the wrong time. After reflecting on this, we tend to agree and appreciate his candid feedback. Nevertheless, that takes away one more avenue for accelerating Chase’s recovery that we were hoping to continue using. This is still a possibility down the road, once things get stabilized again, but we really need this to happen soon. The affects of the recent progression of symptoms is very stressful on everyone, particularly Carol. Please keep her in your prayers as you continue to lift Chase on his way through this extremely challenging journey.
We’re sticking to the schedule of 12 noon EST on Thursday for our collective prayer / visualizations. We need all the help we can get right now – we’re planning on flying back home tomorrow (Thursday) at 11 am local (2 pm EST) and we’re very concerned about how the trip will be for Chase (especially the added atmospheric pressure). Please pray that our journey is safe and that Chase gets stable again and back on the road to recovery. Thanks so much for your ongoing support!
God Bless!
John & Carol Sammut
Chase & Barbara Ann
Unfortunately, we don’t have much good news to report. The most positive thing that we’ve been able to ascertain is that the tumor hasn’t grown once again (which certainly isn’t bad news); however, the issue is that with the recent breakdown and fluid accumulation, the tumor is starting to change shape. Although this isn’t that surprising with the dynamic state of the tumor transition – the real issue is that with any change in shape comes cranial pressure on different nerves. Lately, that’s been affecting Chase’s left side even more (progressive weakness is continuing) and it has been making it more difficult for him to swallow again. Since he has a feeding tube, the swallowing isn’t critical (he’s still getting all the fluid he needs); however, all of this progression of symptoms is frustrating Chase even more (which is totally understandable) and making it harder to lift his spirits.
Over the past two days, Chase’s sodium level has been extremely elevated, which we caught through his blood tests. This is the first time we’ve run into this problem since our diet has been low in sodium all along, so it’s hard to figure out what this is attributable to. The net result is that all of his electrolytes are out of wack, we’ve had to stop the anti-neoplastons, and Chase’s system is completely run down. In addition, the increased cranial pressure has led to a lot more nausea and vomiting. Although this has happened in the past, this time around we have good monitoring equipment (including a pule-oximeter) and we’re seeing the detrimental effect it’s having on Chase’s heart rate – it’s been running dangerously low from time to time. We now have him on a consistent flow of fluids to balance out the electrolyte issue and hoping that everything will be back to normal soon (ideally by the morning).
The worst part of the trip is the final feedback that we’ve received after the quantum healing sessions. Since the situation is so precarious right now, due to the high cranial pressure, our quantum healer is not comfortable doing any treatments. He’s quite concerned about what could happen if more pressure is applied in the wrong place at the wrong time. After reflecting on this, we tend to agree and appreciate his candid feedback. Nevertheless, that takes away one more avenue for accelerating Chase’s recovery that we were hoping to continue using. This is still a possibility down the road, once things get stabilized again, but we really need this to happen soon. The affects of the recent progression of symptoms is very stressful on everyone, particularly Carol. Please keep her in your prayers as you continue to lift Chase on his way through this extremely challenging journey.
We’re sticking to the schedule of 12 noon EST on Thursday for our collective prayer / visualizations. We need all the help we can get right now – we’re planning on flying back home tomorrow (Thursday) at 11 am local (2 pm EST) and we’re very concerned about how the trip will be for Chase (especially the added atmospheric pressure). Please pray that our journey is safe and that Chase gets stable again and back on the road to recovery. Thanks so much for your ongoing support!
God Bless!
John & Carol Sammut
Chase & Barbara Ann
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