Cody, Trulu God's miracle

Dear Family and Friends,

Cody continues to amaze us all, particularly the doctors. He is truly God's miracle. We have been going down to the beach...using the all terrain wheel chair, compliments of the Laguna Beach Life Guard station. This wheel chair allows us to forge on the beach and in the water if we so choose. However, we have chosen to stay out of the water...just wheels in, dodging the incoming surf. This brings great joy, fresh air, a little vitamin D (sun) and exercise to us all. It is such a joy to see him smile and laugh.

Cody continues to improve. He has mostly good days and some challenging days. We seem to have his pain mostly under control. We have vigilantly been using alternative methods to deal with his cancer and pain; juicing fresh vegies and fruit and administering through his feeding tube. He doesn't mind the taste of fruit juice concoctions, however, he is not so fond of the vegie concoction. He has been eating and drinking some; mostly birdie portions. We are happy with whatever he can get down. We have also been giving him electro therapy (like a tens unit only milder) to help with pain and wake up good cells in his body.

We are scheduled on August 31 to have revasculation surgery, which is fairly minor. The purpose of this surgery is to increase the blood flow to his brain and hopefully restore/improve some of the things he lost and hopefully be rid of the challenging moments of hallucinations and confusion. We are requesting an MRI prior to surgery to check status of brain rejuvenation and tumors.

Cody is looking forward to school starting...what it looks like....we don't know yet. We are hoping to have the tutor he had a couple of years ago as it was a great fit and he was really motivated. We had discussed with the school district to have a video cam for a class or two so he could stay plugged in remotely both for social and academic purposes. We are hoping and praying this can be arranged.

We are very grateful for the many answered prayers however, we are still in need of prayer for:

• regenerated platelet and white blood cells
• all pain goes away
• regained physical strength, in a mighty way
• an unquenchable appetite and thirst
• healed body (tumors be gone!)
• comfort in our Lord, good spirits, strong will

Appreciate your faithful prayers.

The Days