The Servant's Quarters

I want to thank everyone out there who has been providing us with prayer cover during this very difficult time. If any of you doubt the effectiveness of prayer, I hope that this situation will serve as a testimony that will cause you to reconsider your opinion.

According to Mom's oncologist, ALL of her scans came back negative. The cancer has not spread to any other part of her body. It is all contained in her right breast, which is scheduled to be removed this afternoon at 5:00 PM. There is always a concern, of course, that things may have changed since the last scan was taken. We won't know absolutely for certain that this result is still true until during surgery when the breast is removed and the surrounding tissues are examined for any infiltration of the cancer.

However, we aren't expecting this at all. I think that the "big moment" of our appointment today came when Mom asked if she would be correct in stating that after today's surgery, she would be cancer free. Her doctor said that, yes, he would agree with that statement. She'll have to go through all the weeks of chemotherapy to make sure that it's all gone. (No radiation unless there has been some movement of the cancer into the surrounding tissues.) But we're resting in the hope that as of this evening, all of it will be gone from Mom's body.

Thank you, God. You are soooooooooooooo good.

Next stop, surgery. I'll be doing a running blog entry from there, so tune back in today after 3:00 PM.

Thanks again everyone for your support and prayers. We're very touched by your response. Please pray for us again this evening during the surgery. We're asking that the operation goes well, Mom gets good care afterwards and recovers quickly, and of course, that all the cancer is successfully removed.

God bless you!