Thursday, February 10, 2011

Done. Praise God for:

Everything. Done on time. Will not miss flights. Lots of loved ones praying. Sweet time together to reflect on whoe we are, where we are, why we are.

Oh, yeah; praise God for great results as well! The endoscopy showed many small lesions (carcinoids) but no large ones, basically nothing new. ALL other scans were clear and healthy. The head doc just calmly reassured us that she looked great, and to go home and not worry about it. He said that now that we have 5 years of regular monitoring, and everything has been stable and good, that we can stop doing the horrible scan (octreatide) altogether, stop doing the CT/MRI altogether, just do sort of an enhanced physical every year and do the endoscopy every two years. If anything ever shows on endoscopy, then we can add some of those other things back into the mix. Wooo-Hooo!

So, we're gonna grab a quick bite to eat, grab our bags, and head to the airport. We love and appreciate all of you, have enjoyed praying for you as you've commented and posted and texted and emailed (y'all are a lot to keep up with!), and are extremely thankful that God has brought us to this point. He is always showing His children more about Himself. This includes who He is as king, judge, and ruler of all things. Today, we rejoice that it also includes His nature of mercy and grace and gentle love.

By the way, next week the temp here is going to be 40 degrees, low of 20, little wind. So He also has a sense of humor!

Tony

11 comments:

Unknown said...

Praise God! We rejoice with you both. The bonus for you being there is that you missed the dook/carolina media lovefest. Praying for a safe trip home.

weakdave said...

WOOOOHOOOOO, THANK YOU, JESUS!

WeakDave :)

Betsy Watkins said...

Thanking God for this wonderful news!

Donna said...

Oh, how wonderful!! So very glad to hear this...enjoy that flight back to NORMAL winter temps!
Love ya'll,
Donna

dadof4g8boys said...

Awesome news. We are so thankful and can't wait to see you again. Love you guys.

Unknown said...

Rejoicing and praising God with you on the good results. Hooray for no more tests:)
Cathy

Cindy said...

As always encouraged, inspired and amused by your posts :) Dee Dee, just praising the Lord w/ you...truly He is faithful to His own!

Anonymous said...

Seeing as how you forgot to call me, I saw the "Good News" status on Samara's facebook (you hadn't posted on here yet). So I called and talked to Dee Dee's mom and she said you all were on the way home and I wouldn't be needed there tonight/tomorrow.

God indeed does answer prayers and this is one that I am so thankful He answered in such a glorious way.

Safe trip, rest tomorrow and I will call you. love you both.... Mom

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing and updating!

MyAwesomeOliveShoots said...

Praise the Lord! DeeDee is a strong and beautiful woman! You have a wonderful family! Rejoicing with you!

The W-H's

Sydney said...

The BEST news ever! So happy fo ryou all!