If God brings him to your mind.
I am taking him to the doctor today to get the results of the biopsy they did on his breast. We're all very nervous.
For those of you that do not know, my father in law was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 1/2 years ago. He had part of a lung removed at that time, but they did not do radiation or chemo afterward and in March of this year they found that it had come back.
He was treated with chemo and radiation for five weeks only to find that it had grown 35%.
They stopped radiation, started a new chemo, and he almost died. He retained about 50lbs of fluid and was in the hospital more than a month. They put in a feeding tube because they thought the tumor had grown around his esophagus and would stop him from being able to eat.
He came home from the hospital with hospice, and God worked a miracle. He was expected to die any day, and instead each day he grew stronger. The fluid began to leave his body. He was able to walk by himself again. He stopped having to use oxygen. He stopped needing breathing treatments. He was able to leave his house. He was able to drive himself to the store. He was able to attend church. He was still here at Thanksgiving...and he was still here at Christmas. He saw in a new year with prayer. He had another birthday. As I told him just yesterday, he looks like himself again. God is very good...
He found a lump in his breast a few months ago, and reported it last time he went to see his oncologist. She ordered his feeding tube removed, and set up an appointment for him to see the surgeons for a consult concerning the lump. He went in for a biopsy a few weeks ago, and they removed the lump at that time. We find out the results of that today. |
Jan. 26, 2006 - praying ...