HOME AT LAST! It just feels wonderful to be back in a place where we know our schedule and are not waiting for hours for doctors to answer our questions! (not that we are complaining:) Will qualified this time for the Panzem trial! We were praising the Lord for an open door so we just walked through. Panzem is an oral chemo/targeted therapy that Will has to take 4X's a day. The side effects seem minimal at this stage and the most evident is the inconvenience that not eating 1/2 hour before or after the medication causes. So again we are not complaining but the wait on Tuesday to see the MD for 5 minutes was 4 hours. This afford the opportunity to meet a Jewish family who had just flown in from Israel. Their 23 year old son had been diagnosed with a brain tumor the past December and they were flying to all the major US cities to search for the best options. Will's Mom and Dad were traveling with me and being the 'friendly Kansas city folk' as his Mom would say, struck up a conversation. We learned they were taking the same herbal medicine as Will from Mannatech and had some information about some other therapies that we are going to investigate. There was a level of comfort knowing that the Lord let even his chosen people develop a glioblastoma. It made Ruth remember that the Lord has not forgotten....so you can add Ilan Dimant to the list of those to lift up. The Lord will not forget his people. Ilan and his family are in the picture below. He is a measly 6 foot 7 inches. The other is a photo of the four of us at Red Lobster where Will skillfully attacked TWO POUNDS of crab legs. He did have some help finishing!
We are scheduled for a trip back to Duke on April 3rd. They will be doing MRI's every 4 weeks in order to keep an 'eye' on the tumor. We are just praying that this is the therapy that stops and shrinks the tumor. In the interim Will and I will be entertaining and continue to look for a house. We have put the third offer down on a new home and are waiting to hear back from the owners. Will's sisters came in for a surprise visit from Colorado and we were thrilled! His brother and their family come end of March and before that one of my dear friends is traveling in to spend some of Spring in Kansas City. We truly are blessed. Thank you Thank you for your thoughts, notes, and above all your continued prayer!!
1 Corinthians 15:25-26 "For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death."
Amen!!
3 comments:
Hi. I serve at SIM International, and just read about your blog in Ruth's parents' February letter. I'm also walking the cancer journey, and appreciate the candor with which you write. Adding my prayers to those of many others.
Blessings,
Carol Wilson
Praise the Lord for a good trip! Thanks for the speedy update! ;) We will continue to pray for healing and that the new chemotherepy will do the trick!
Hello Ruth and Willis- You do not know me but I feel I know you well. My name is Debbie and I came to know of you through Bob and Elaine Gillespie. We attend the same church and I happened to mention to them that I have a God given passion for missionaries. Bob was anxious to tell me of his cousin, your Dad and his work for SIM International. He let me read a couple newsletters from your parents. Here it is a few months later and I asked how Will was doing. Two more newsletters were brought out and led me to this blog. I have read the entire site in one sitting and want you to know I am praying God bless this wonderful LOVE of your for each other with a complete healing for Will. Your love and life is so inspiring and filled with the grace and patience of God. God is sovereign and knows best but to my wee mind it would seem so unjust to separate the two of you before your dreams of children be realized. Having said that, I must confess, it seems the two of you have lived a lifetime together in the short time you have shared one another's life. Your story reaches deep into my heart and In Christ I care deeply for what happens to you. I will intercede for healing of Will's body and your continued joy in the love hold for each other. It is such a blessing to see such beautiful smiles on a young couple with so many trials. May God continue to shower you with HIS grace and peace. You have what so many long for!
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