Starting Out

We are still reeling a bit from the news on Monday, but it's been awesome how much peace we have when it's needed.  It seems when one of us is feeling low (scared, doubtful, panicked), the other is in a different frame of mind - more trusting, more stable, and prepared to offer prayers and words of support.  And when the other isn't around, our family and friends have been offering the same.  Really - the words, songs, and scriptures you have shared on facebook, emails, and in person have been so uplifting.  Thank you!  We are so touched by your concern and generosity.

Meanwhile, most of our hours are filled with normalcy.  The boys don't know what's ahead, and that's great.  They continue with their antics:  Owen declaring what he would like to do and when, and sadly realizing that he doesn't get to have whatever he wants, and William constantly getting into things and learning the boundaries in our home.  William is definitely hands on - evident whenever he hears Jon and Owen wrestling on the floor of the living room.  He drops whatever he's doing and runs in to jump on the heap.  Owen still enjoys Thomas the Train, but he spends much more time downstairs creating and narrating stories with his tracks and engines than he does watching them on TV these days.  He also loves to read and we are bombarded with requests for the same two stories several times a day.  How fun it is to see their personalities blooming.  We are so fortunate to have such neat little men in our care.

I guess we are waiting to hear from the surgeon's office re: a surgery date for me.  She had said two weeks from this past Monday, so we are assuming surgery will be somewhere around the 5-12th of December.  I will have three weeks to recover from that, and in there I will be having a CT scan to check my body for more signs of metastasis, and I will be meeting Dr. Smiley, who will be henceforth known as my "drug guy".  I will likely start a drug treatment called "Intron" (which is Interferon Alpha 1) after surgery - perhaps in the new year.  The purpose of this drug is still a little unclear for me, but I assume it is meant to stop or prevent the growth of more tumours in my body, since the cancer is in my lymphatic system and is apt to travel around. 

It's a lot to take in!  I'm a young wife and mother and don't really feel like "someone like me" should be dealing with these things, but here we are.  God is proving to be faithful the more we look to Him, so we'll let Him be our Guide, and our Rest.  How thankful are we for families who raised us in a way that we had our faith foundation laid before the storm really began, and oh-so-thankful for a God who never changes, so we can rely on Him as we grow individually, in our marriage, and as a family. 

IN OTHER NEWS - I'm off to the airport to pick up my mother!  Her flight gets in in about an hour.  I know it's not really exciting circumstances, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to a great visit with her.  She is coming out for as long as we need her help - so through surgery, recovery, and perhaps some treatment.  We'll take it one day at a time - I know my Dad and other family at home need Mom as well.  I do know it gives them some peace to be able to help in some way.  Our families mean the world to us. 

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