Happy Valentines day a little late and all the Holidays in between we missed! It is less than a month later but I feel as though we left you on a cliff hanger last time! After finding out that the reason Duke had not responded was that our scans had been sent to MD Anderson vs Duke, we waited an extra day prior to starting the radiation therapy. The physicians assistant called from Duke and reported after reviewing the scans his adamant recommendation would be that we continue with the chemo and not do the radiation therapy. He wanted us to just recheck the MRI in 6 weeks as planned. It is Duke's belief that the tumor spot was small enough not to touch. After a day of prayers and discussing options with MD Salacz, we decided to play the waiting game with the understanding if Will began to feel any worse we would get an immediate MRI and proceed from there.
Time does truly fly when you are having fun as Will is up for his next scheduled MRI this Thursday the 22cd! We will meet with MD Salacz after and review the results. If this is something you can lift up to the Lord we would be grateful!
Will has been doing well with his chemo. He now receives treatments on Tuesdays and ends up feeling pretty crummy all of Tuesday and then Wednesday feels mostly back to normal which is a huge praise. He is holding strong at 150lbs and not loosing so we are thankful! He has started to have just 2-3 minutes in the day where he feels nauseous and has to sit down. This is not a huge imposition in the day but just another side effect to pray that the Lord will relieve him of.
In the meantime we have taken a trip to Colorado to see Willis's new precious niece. She is so sweet and it was a great time to just relax and to be in a place that was actually WARMER than KC. Shocking:) There was just enough snow on the ground in the yard that Will and Ruth could take the snowmobiles out and take the kids on a bit of a ride. The kids seemed more comfortable driving with Will than they did with Ruth even though he was driving with one arm! Those of you who have driven with Ruth you can figure out why:) With the good weather we drove a couple of hours to the hot springs and enjoyed a day there. Will rented a 'banana boat' for his nephews and they had a ball. After a couple of games of baseball we headed to an Italian restaurant to celebrate Valentines Day since Ruth had to work on the 14th. It was just a sweet time being with Family and playing lots of Monopoly!
Thanks for your prayers and for lifting us up these past few weeks and this coming Thursday.
3 comments:
Don, Ruth's father, has just referred us to this BLOG and it is great to observe your courage and love in all this. We pray that the God we love and serve will bring a good end outcome from all this. Dear Ruth and Will stay strong in the Lord.
We, Justina and Meshack Ilobi are currently living in Katy Texas.
hi guys, we sure had a gret time with you both as well. the kids want to know when your next visit will be :) you, of course, are in our prayers daily and God hears every one of them. we love you!
love, gail, doug, & kids
Ditto to what Gail said! We're SO glad you two were able to spend that week out here. We had a great time . . . even if we can't beat Will at Monopoly because he always gets Boardwalk and Park Place and dominates the game :) (And Ruthie, you must remember those "Reno Rules." ha ha!) We love you both so much, and continue to pray for complete healing for Will, and for God's will to be accomplished and that He would be glorified in your lives.
Love,
Ter and all the Ts
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