A little growth is cause to celebrate
Happy Valentine’s Day❤️ Mike had bloodwork, a CT scan and meeting with oncology at Mayo last Friday. His bloodwork was perfect but the scan showed slight (approximately 1mm) growth in 3 of the 4 tumors in his right lung, no growth in one tumor in his left lung and a resolution of another tumor in the left lung! This was cause for celebration since he hasn’t been on any chemo/targeted therapy since early in December! Mikes oncologist wants to leave him off the targeted therapy and watch and wait with another CT scan in 4 months and that’s the news we were hoping for because he has been feeling so good without all the nasty side effects from the medication! He will have a follow up MRI of his brain on Feb. 22nd to make sure there are no more METS🙏🏼
Mike looks healthy, feels healthy and acts healthy but for some unknown reason he developed tumors in his lungs that don’t want to go away (yet), so…..we are going to Cancun Mexico to Hope 4 Cancer to get to the root cause and for treatments that aren’t available in the US!?! It’s been on our radar for quite some time but now feels like the right time and we are very excited and hopeful! Some definitions of HOPE: * To wish for a particular event that one considers possible; To have confidence/trust; * To desire and consider possible/expect❤️
We have been enjoying visits from our kids and grandkids, grand daughters volleyball games and Wartburg basketball games along with “normal” everyday activities and are so thankful for normalcy in this ever changing, crazy world we live in. I am reading through the Bible again this year with the Bible Recap and finding the commentary so helpful and I would highly recommend it!
I don’t know about you but I love to listen to music to help me get through hard times…to uplift me and encourage me. I have a playlist titled Help and it does that, it helps me! A few of my favorites are Brandon Lake (Too good to not believe and Gratitude), Jenn Johnson (Goodness of God, and You’re gonna be ok), Kari Jobe (No Fear and The Blessing) but my favorite song right now is by Katy Nichole and is called In Jesus Name. “He is greater, He is stronger, He’s the God of possible, I pray for your HEALING, that circumstances would change, I pray the fear inside would flee in Jesus name…” That is my prayer for not only Mike but all who are hurting physically and emotionally…….in Jesus name!!!
Much love and blessings,
Paula