Blog Alert!
The News! Page, located just under the blog header, was updated this evening, Sunday May 24, 2009.There has been a change in plans, and while I am disappointed, my heart is still full of gratitude for the love and care of my Lord.
Just before being discharged, I had a setback and am now awaiting the ambulance to take me to another nearby hospital for surgery. I will then return to MDAnderson later tonight for recovery.
Please continue to keep me in y9ur prayers.
I’m sitting atop my hospital bed writing this post this morning, my crumpled sheets and aqua blanket rising and falling with the flow of the air circulating through the mattress. It’s a good morning – an overcast sun softly illuminates my room – but my heart is full of light for the way Christ reveals His love for me again and again.
Today, after a week-long bloody, violent battle, I am going home. Even yesterday it didn’t seem likely that it would happen this way as there was continued talk of transferring me to another hospital here in one of the finest medical centers of the world, for surgery. But the Lord had other plans for me today. He heard my prayers, and the prayers of all those who are standing and fighting this battle alongside me, and He answered them.
And I am amazed at how He answered me. My doctors are amazed too. And if my heart could hold another ounce of gratitude – well, I’d be the one most surprised. Undoubtedly this week has been the most difficult battle yet in this personal war of mine, and when the fog of the battle suddenly clears, it is also the most startling and amazing event to witness. It makes me fall to my knees in thankfulness for a victory I know was divinely given.
Other battles may lie ahead of me, but I’ve been granted a pass to go home, walk barefoot in my own grass, and wake to the voices and faces of those I love most. What a blessed gift! What a wonderful way for the Lord to show me He loves me and cares for me!
Thank you for all your prayers! I could never thank you enough.
“Give Thanks,” courtesy of YouTube:
I’ve been in the hospital since Friday, and am having some setbacks in our battle with cancer. I wanted to add this little post to request your prayers for my doctors (there are many now) and, most of all, for my complete healing which I have not given up praying for and believing for.
As always, the love of Christ is our comfort and surrounds us, whether through pain and suffering, or through the joy of family and friendships that humanize His touch on our hand or cheek. Prayers have filled our room, family and friends have brought their love, stories, and laughter, and one special night I was “Psalmed” to sleep with the words of those poetic scriptures lingering in the darkness, bringing comfort and peace.
But, would you pray with us? Would you stand with us, believing for a miracle?
Something told me you would. And I’m forever grateful.
When I was first diagnosed with cancer, a dear woman who I’ve never met sent me the most thoughtful gift and I’ve made excellent use of it over the past year. She was a coworker of my brother-in-love, and she had learned of my diagnosis and wanted to help – and help she did!
She had a loved one go through a similar battle and she had come to know the ravages of chemotherapy on the patient’s skin. I’ve been no different – my skin is dry, dry, dry! And with all the nosebleeds I’ve had, the skin between my nose and mouth have taken a particular beating, and if it weren’t for the supplies she sent, I don’t know what I would’ve done. I suppose it would’ve taken hours of research and much trial-and-error to find this set of products that are better than anything else I’ve tried for dry skin.
I doubt that I’m the only one experiencing these kinds of problems, so I recommend that you try Cetaphil products. Particularly the moisturizing cream! At times my skin has been so raw that it’s bled, but the Cetaphil moisturizing cream makes an immediate difference, and I always use it just before going to bed so it can “do its thing” while I sleep. It amazes me with its healing properties!
I haven’t shared a lot of recommendations here, but this one is too good not to pass along! Click here go to their website and find out where you can buy these great products. I hope you love them as much as I do! I’ll always be grateful that someone so generous and caring gave me such a precious and thoughtful gift.
Do you remember Chewbacca from the “Star Wars” trilogy? How could you ever forget the fuzzy loyal sidekick of Han Solo? Well, did you ever wonder what became of him since his movie career dried up? Seems somebody thinks he’s come back in the form of a cheap, cheesy particle-board night stand! I guess he was tired of being typecast and wanted to branch out like other has-been stars do – by doing voice-overs!
“Is Chewbacca trapped in my nightstand?” courtesy of YouTube:
