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Okay, I know, it is actually very early the morning of, but let's not be so picky!
Just a quick note as we pack up for our next Mayo Clinic voyage. Maybe it's just another excuse to put pics of our N. Africa trip on the blog! One of these is the pic of our whole GAiN (Global Aide Network) team, and the other is of Dee Dee, Samara and me with one of our favorite translators, Achraf.
Due to the quirks of air travel in the US, we were not able to get a flight on Sunday; so even though her testing does not really begin until Monday, we fly up north tomorrow (er, today). We'll do some version of John Piper church Sunday morning (still trying, vainly, to find a ride to Minneapolis), and then everything starts on Monday.
Please pray:
1) That our children would be well, and that the worry does not affect them too badly. Nerves have been a bit frayed here in the Clark house this week, and sleep not so good for some.
2) That Dee Dee tolerates all the tests very well. She has endoscopy (anesthesia on empty stomach); multiple blood draws; full-body CT with and without contrast (nasty nuclear medicine stuff on an empty stomach); and maybe MRI. The octreatide scan, which is her least favorite, is only going to be done if other tests indicate the necessity.
3) That she is healed (which I still have trouble praying for myself).
4) That in absence of true healing, she will be perfectly stable. She was at 22 tumors last year, with the largest being just under 2 centimeters. We need no significant increase in number, and no progression in size to over 2 centimeters; otherwise we will have to do the stomach-removal surgery.
5) That there would be NO SPREAD! Any spread is, we have been told, terminal. Worst would be liver/lungs/pancreas. Let's have none of that!
Thanks everyone!
By the way, our new niece (Lainey - adopted from China by my baby brother and his eternally patient and understanding wife) had surgery yesterday (Thursday) for her cleft palate, and things are going well. While you're praying, why not pray for her as well? God won't get confused, so go ahead - try it!
Tony
1 comment:
I tried to call you all a couple of times today to talk before you leave tomorrow... er ah.. today. I wanted to tell you I love you both and will be praying even more for you than I normally do (wlhich is every day).
Why is it hard for you to pray for complete healing?? God knows that - in your heart - you are wanting that so why not put it into a fervent prayer to Him? Doesn't the Bible say, "you receive not because you ask not."
Please give me a call as soon as you can, but until then just know that you, Dee Dee and the kids are always in my heart, will always have my love and that my prayers are always for all of you.
Love you... Mom
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