Thank you for praying for my surgery to go well this past Friday. Everything went well.The pathology report came back today "all benign". . . so I just wanted to share the good news!
Well, back to recuperating. So far, life on Levoxyl is all good.
Grateful for you!
Love,
Vicki
So happy for you Vicki!
Thanks be to God!
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Hurrah! So glad to hear the good news...brightens my day!
Love and Prayers,
LPP
Can someone please post this? Thank you!
Dearest Pals,
It has been so long since I wrote you all a real update on my dad and our family in general, and so much has happened. I will try to recap in chronological order.
First the swelling in my dad’s foot went down so much that it almost looked normal: he was shuffling about without crutches for short distances; he didn’t have any pain; he had so much energy that he would go without napping easily. And then it all changed for the worse: the pain came back in his foot, the swelling returned to look like what it did last year, and his energy waned. I don’t know what happened, only God knows. At any rate, as everything began to bother him again, his morale grew very low again, too. My mom always tells us that she can tell us something until she is blue in the face, but we will only see it when the Spirit reveals it to us through God’s work in our heart. So it goes with my dad…we children get so frustrated that he isn’t happy, etc. but that doesn’t change his attitude. Only God can do that. It is so hard some days. I stay busy so as not to think about it, but that doesn’t change the situation…
Two weeks ago the hospital visits began again after a small break after chemo. First he went to the orthopaedic dr., and then for a CT scan: we haven’t gotten the results yet. However, he did have an x-ray, in which he saw that nothing had changed either way in his foot. Changes take a year to take place and be noticed, so this is good news in that it hasn’t gotten any worse. However, on further review from the doctors, they decided to tell my dad he will need 5 radiation treatments on his foot, 5 days in a row. That is NOT good news. I cringe just writing it. He is so exhausted after a trip out, and they are asking for 5 consecutive days out?! When my mom told me, I expressed my concern, but she gently reminded me that it is my dad’s decision to go with it, or re-schedule it. She said that she will do the research and contact his childhood friend who has been such a help, having gone through cancer and now a naturopathic doctor and she will give my dad the info so that he can better answer the doctors. It eats me up just thinking of it. They don’t know what a busy time of year this is for us….
Speaking of which, my sister and I were looking forward to a trip to Ottawa on May 1st, but my aunt called the other day to say that she is coming up at the beginning of May for my mom’s birthday!!! This is my favourite aunt, on whose birthday I was born. I am soooo excited! Two weeks later we are going to Ottawa as a family with other homeschooling families apart of our newspaper to visit Parliament, several MP’s, and museums. That is a joy to look forward to, as well. If only every day were half as much a joy…
I’ve stopped dog-walking for now…my client moved away and left me their duplex to manage, and some work to take care of. A different job than I’ve ever dreamed of, but fun and rewarding all the same. Speaking of fun, my siblings have been selling Habs flags at the corner, and they are really having fun! They’ve sold over half of the amount purchased, and are making a lot of profit off it.
This post is really long, but I wanted to share a song that my youngest brother really liked from my sister’s Greater Vision CD, and it has really touched all of us. I’ll leave it in a separate comment if someone can just post it separately please.
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement.
Love and Prayers,
LPP
Here's the song I mention in the last part of my update above...I hope it encourages the Pals...can you please post it also (separate from the update). Thank you! LPP
God's grace is sufficient for me
God’s grace is sufficient for me, for me
God’s grace is sufficient for me
When it seems all hope is gone, He is high upon His throne
Working out the plan He started in me
Even when the way is dark, and I can’t see very far
He the Bright and Shining Light will be
I will worship and proclaim and give glory to His name
For His grace is sufficient for me
God’s grace was sufficient for Elijah
As He was standing there upon the mount
All the prophets of Baal, they began to scream and yell
But their god didn’t even make a sound
Then Elijah prayed through, just to see what God would do
And the fire of the Lord did fall
It consumed the sacrifice with a single flash of light
And Jehovah God was worshiped by all
God’s grace was sufficient for ol’ Jonah
As he was sittin’ in the belly of the whale
Ol’ Jonah should have died, but the Lord kept him alive
So that he would have a story he could tell
Well, then Jonah prayed through just to see what God would do
And the fish came a swimmin’ to the shore
Well, he spit ol’ Jonah out, and when Jonah hit the ground
He was preaching like he’d never before
Thanks everybody!
LPP, I'm praying for your Dad this morning. Thanks for the update. And oh, how I agree with the words to those lyrics, "God's grace is sufficient for me." No truer words were ever spoken!
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