The Demon Returns...

I am someone, like so many of us, who cancer has touched very closely within my circle of family and friends. My wife has one kidney and is in her tenth year as a survivor of renal cancer. My mother has battled one of the rarest types of the 500 different variations of sarcoma type cancer since February of 2000 (last April she had the entire right lobe of her liver removed... an extraordinarily difficult recovery period followed, during which she also suffered a stroke and recurring bouts of super high blood pressure). I have a dear friend, five years my junior, who is struggling through post colon cancer surgery and treatment right now. Who amongst us does not have similar stories and experiences, nearby or directly?

I know firsthand the imperative nature of a positive attitude, and especially, prayer. Please take a moment of your day and pray for this exceptionally good man, Mr. Tony Snow. May God stand strongly by his side and guide him to survival.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday.
Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer. A small growth was discovered last year in his lower right pelvic area, and it was removed on Monday. Doctors determined that it was cancerous, and that his cancer had metastized, or spread, to his liver, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

She said Snow is resting comfortably after his surgery and has pledged to aggressively fight the disease with an as-yet-to-be-determined treatment course.

"He said he's going to beat it again," Perino said in an emotional morning briefing with White House reporters. "When I talked to him, he was in very good spirits."