One Hundred And Thirty-nine Days After Surgery

At 11:15am today Debbie is scheduled to have a stint removed from her bladder and kidney.

Please pray with us for the perfect procedure with no complications. Please pray that her urinary system would be healed and restored.

Tomorrow Debbie is scheduled to have her 8th and final chemo treatment in this clinical trial.

Please pray with us for the perfect treatment with little or no side affects. Please pray for the medicine to find its target and destroy it.

Thank you for being there for us.

Jerry

One Hundred and Thirty-one Days After Surgery

Debbie’s seventh chemo treatment last Wednesday was very challenging. All went well until the last 30 minutes. When they started the last drug she became very ill after 15 minutes. They began treating her with some nausea medicine and some Benadryl. When I arrived to pick her up she was beat red and her words were slurred. We laughed about this later when I told her she was loopy.

This is not considered an abnormal reaction to such powerful drugs. But it was abnormal for Debbie. It was more frightening for me then it was for her. She began to feel better that evening and was fine by the next morning. Besides this reaction, the other side affects have been normal; just tremendous fatigue!

We feel very blessed by your prayers. We know that the side affects can be much more severe then what Debbie has experienced. We attribute this to your prayers and the mercy of the Lord. The nurses have called her one of their poster children for chemo patients.

Her eighth treatment in this clinical trial is scheduled for February 28. She is scheduled to have a stint removed from her kidney and bladder on February 27.

Please pray for God to bless Debbie with no complications from the removal of the stint.

Please pray for God to bless the next treatment so that it will kill any remaining cancer cells.

The theme of Debbie’s life is run the race with endurance that God has set before you. When Debbie has run in a Marathon, her endurance has amazed me.

This is a different type of marathon but she is demonstrating the same endurance. Her aim is to glory the Lord through the process by trusting Him unconditionally. She wants to hear those words, “Well done good and faithful servant!”

Your prayers are lifting her up to achieve her goal. Thank you for standing with her and our family at such a time as this.

Debbie's Progress As Of February 8, 2007

Today we received a report that there were no tumors visible on Debbie's CAT scan! We both left the doctor's office with many tears of gratitude. Debbie's CA 125 count is down to 13. Thank you so much for your prayers!

In our clinical trial, there were six scheduled treatments. Debbie completed these last week. There are also two other treatments that are left up to our discretion. Our doctor recommended that Debbie have these two treatments.

The disease that Debbie has been fighting is a very aggressive cancer. Debbie was also considered stage four. We believe that we should follow the doctor's advice and that Debbie should have the remaining treatments in this trial. Please pray that these next two treatments would find and destroy any cancer cells that are not visible on the CAT Scan.

The surgery on Grace's right knee went very well. We were all blessed when our doctor led us in prayer before the surgery. Dr. Warren Low is a very humble man. We are grateful for his faith and his skill as a surgeon. Please continue to pray for Grace's knee to be completely healed and restored.

Thank you again for standing with us at such a time as this. We are very humbled by your support and by the Lord granting our requests.

One Hundred And Eighteen Days After Surgery

Debbie is feeling well after her sixth chemotherapy treatment last Wednesday. She is scheduled for a CAT scan this coming Thursday and visit with our Doctor on Thursday about his recommendations for treatment in the future.

Please pray for a good report from the CAT scan. The best report would be there are no visible tumors. Please pray for us to make wise decisions regarding further treatment. Pray for our whole family to know God’s peace.

Please pray for our daughter Grace. Grace is 18 and tomorrow she is having knee surgery on her right knee. She torn the Anterior Cruciate Ligament and the ligament needs to be replaced. The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. Our good friend Dr. Warren Low will perform the surgery at the Oklahoma Surgery Center. Her recovery time is projected to be about six months.

Please pray for Grace’s knee to be healed and restored. Please pray for a perfect surgery. Please pray for Grace to be encouraged in the Lord as she deals with this new adversity.

If we have faith in God, adversity is our friend and our ally. If we are guilty of unbelief, adversity is our enemy. Reality is not determined by our circumstances. Reality is determined by our perception of our circumstances. If we have faith in God, we can see our circumstances from His perception and be encouraged. If we do not have faith, we only see our circumstances from our limited perception and we will be discouraged. Each day and each moment of each day we have an opportunity to choose what perception we will have about our circumstances. Jesus stands at the door of our hearts and knocks. His desire is to help us see our circumstances from God’s perception. We must open the door and commune with Jesus to gain God’s perception. A personal relationship with Jesus Christ provides eternal life. But is also provides a view of life from God’s perspective that can lift us up during the most difficult seasons of life. We hope that you know Jesus. He wants to give you His heavenly view!

Eph 2:4-6
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
KJV


Jerry