Joey Feek of Joey + Rory Has Given Up on Cancer Treatment After Receiving Devstating Diagnosis

By Timothy Yap Oct 23, 2015 10:24 PM EDT

Joey Feek of Joey + Roey Feek has had Stage IV cervical cancer since June 2014. After surgery and a brutal round of chemotherapy, Joey underwent a CT scan last Thursday in preparation for another round of chemotherapy. That's when the couple received the news they'd been hoping not to have to face. Two tumors in areas that have already received extensive radiation and chemo have already returned, and more tumors are visible throughout the abdominal region. Joey's cancer is spreading aggressively despite the punishing treatments she's received.

The couple has decide not to receive any more treatments. And they have gone home. Rory says. "We came home. Not to die. But to live."

When doctors gave the couple an estimate of how much time they think Joey may have, Rory adds, they looked at the calendar in their kitchen, and then he took it off the wall and threw it away. "So we don't have forever. We've got right now. And that's enough," he states.

"Sometimes there just aren't enough surgeries - or doctors - or chemotherapies - or prayers. And you have to wipe the tears from your cheeks and say the words that you were hoping to never have to say ..." he writes.

"Enough."

The couple have stayed strong in their faith in Jesus Christ throughout their ordeal, but Rory admits that they are heartbroken and scared.

"I'm not going to tell you that I'm okay with this because 'God has a bigger plan'. Or that 'we'll understand His bigger purpose somewhere down the line'. That logic doesn't really work for me right now," he writes. "I'm not angry at God. I'm not angry with anyone. I'm just disappointed ... It's hard for me to feel slighted, when I know that the career that Joey and I have had - this amazing last 7 years or so - has only been, because God reached out His powerful hand and chose us. He lifted us up from our little farm. and let us see and do things beyond our wildest dreams. And you can't be in awe of an amazing road that God leads you down, and then be any less in awe of a corner that He has you turn."

The couple are bravely facing whatever may come next, and they're asking fans to be with them as they move forward.

"One of the mantra's that I always try to live by is to have incredibly 'high hopes, but low expectations,' So, even though we know we've reached the end of what medicine can do - and while we prepare for what God has put in front of us... Joey and I will continue to pray for a miracle," Rory writes. "We ask for your prayers too. For a miracle. And even more so, for peace with His decision.

"That is enough."