A GIANT STEP FORWARD...a few steps back

Today.... some good news. 



The scan results came back CLEAR!!! Chemo is doing its job!! The cancer is all but eradicated...there are a few shadows, presumed to be scar tissue. No biopsies were ordered. Tears of pure GRATITUDE were shed. God is good, prayer is powerful and today, we are so overjoyed to hear those words. That big exhale when you didn't even realize you were holding your breath.... absolutely a real thing. 



But, in a true "half-glass-full way", we did get word that Mike's treatments are extending an extra 2 months. While originally we believed he would have 4 rounds of chemo, in reality, he's facing 6 rounds total, which is protocol for his stage 4 cancer. He's done with 2, starts number 3 tomorrow, so not halfway done, but merely 1/3 of the way. 

Those are some hard realities of medicine.
And not what Mike wanted to hear. It's as if the finish line moved, and he's left feeling frustrated. And kinda mad. He had his eyes on the end line, and then in a moment, the end line is farther away.
I am overjoyed to hear "clear scan" but his ears heard loudly, "more treatments". This is where I have to remember to look at his reality, and see his point of view, that he wants his healthy, strong life back to normal. It's easy for me to say, only two extra months. But I am not the one living it. So I gently try to put myself in his shoes, and encourage the best I can.

As we keep our eyes up, we ask your prayers to continue: of thanksgiving for HEALING, for endurance to continue as he faces 4 more months of treatments, for strength and few side effects, especially as we approach Jack and Caroline's wedding day in the midst of it all.

We are SO THANKFUL for our village.... your faithfulness to praying for us is humbling. For now, we focus on the GOOD NEWS, process the less-than-good news, but know deep in our hearts that we are not facing this alone. We have a mighty GOD working in Mike's life. And we have mighty warriors lifting his name. 




xo Karla 




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