Today Was Better!

Today John had his biopsy on his chest site and the MRI for the site on his lower back. We have to wait 2 days for the chest biopsy. They put the samples - they took 8 of them - in some dye and it takes a couple of days for it to soak into the sample. The MRI results may be known tomorrow. The results will indicate if we have to do further research on the spine or if it's nothing. We are REALLY hoping that those results come before the weekend. There are 2 reasons for that: 1. Don't want to wait the weekend and 2. Steve & Janet are going on vacation and we REALLY don't want to wait a week. Steve and Janet have been SO awesome. It's like we are their only patient - which isn't the case because Steve has a HUGE pratice. I know I've said this every time I've posted... but we are already at the stage in this journey that takes most cancer patients 6 weeks or more to get to.

The next step is for John to go to a Radiation Oncologist. Janet has already scheduled an appointment for next Tuesday afternoon. She said that we may love this guy more than we love her (which is A LOT). Everytime Janet refers us, the Doctor turns out to be the best in the city!!! Pretty awesome. So, John gets a couple of days off to just be a regular person without having someone putting needles in him or sticking tubes down his throat!!!

God gave me a couple of hugs today.. A friend, Michelle, sent me an e-mail at just the moment I knew I needed some specific prayer and I know she is a praying machine. When I went to worship team pratice tonight, I felt that God had really heard and was beginning to send me the answer. Also, my mom in law Judy sent me an e-mail with a conformation that the surgeon that Steve & Janet hooked us up with is the best in the business. Judy's sister is a nurse & was talking to another doctor who told her that our Dr was the best in the business.... All of these things the day after we had a bad day. What's going on in our life is really hard, but our God is a BIG BIG God and he cares so much about us.

I just re-read that paragraph and it hardly makes sense to me and I wrote it. All that is to say, God is here, he loves us and he is working through this horid situation for our good and his glory. That's his promise to us and today he proved once again that he is true to his word. He is faithful and awesome and always holding us in his arms...