Ed, my heart is with you, your nephew, and your families in this. Cancer is something we have first-hand experience with, and the word carries an ominous shadow - a shadow filled with fear, pain, and desperate helplessness. It is comforting to know that God is sovereign and able to deliver - and to be able to rest in His will and purposes in and for our lives. When He calls one of His children to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He has promised to walk with us, protect us, and to comfort us. Regardless of the outcome, we know that He has some redeeming purpose in it all. When we can respond in faith to the trials of life, His name is lifted up. These experiences of life bring us together in our common humanity regardless of our diversity of station and have a way of crystalizing our priorities. My prayers are with you all. 
