Answered prayers...
An update on my sister, from my sister...
"Things can change day to day even hour to hour with this process, so I'll praise the Lord for good days and trust him through bad ones. With this in mind, I'd like a drum roll please . . . last Monday I got the results back from my abdomen CT scan and my bone marrow biopsy from the week before. Both showed ALL signs of my leukemia to be COMPLETELY gone! No cancer in my blood or bone marrow, and the clusters of leukemia cells on my liver are gone, gone, gone. So for the first time since this all began last October, my doctors were able to say I am in complete remission :) YES! :) That can't help but bring a smile to my face every time I say it :) I still have many restrictions on where I can go and what I can eat, but my day 100 (when they start reducing my anti-rejection drug and removing some restrictions) is fast approaching (May 4th)."
I do know of a few people, here and IRL, who are dealing with a loved with a terminal illness. I won't name them, as they know who they are. Please know that as I said prayers for my sister, your loved ones and families were also included. Not only prayers for healing, but for a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding during these times of physical, emotional, and mental pain. It is NO easy task to continue living knowing that someone so close to you is in anguish. While we are to rejoice in our trials, that too often is easier said than done; too easily passed on in advice to others, while personally, deep inside, you question and even rage at He who is supposed to be watching over your family with grace and love.
Never waste time to look back on the time you should have spent with these people, or ponder about the words you should have said. Just be with them as much as is possible, and say those words you've hidden without holding anything back.
The last time I told my sister I truly loved her, I was 14. That has since changed.
Thank you for your thoughts and your prayers, for there were times during this ordeal when I just didn't want to pray anymore...
.H3X.
"Things can change day to day even hour to hour with this process, so I'll praise the Lord for good days and trust him through bad ones. With this in mind, I'd like a drum roll please . . . last Monday I got the results back from my abdomen CT scan and my bone marrow biopsy from the week before. Both showed ALL signs of my leukemia to be COMPLETELY gone! No cancer in my blood or bone marrow, and the clusters of leukemia cells on my liver are gone, gone, gone. So for the first time since this all began last October, my doctors were able to say I am in complete remission :) YES! :) That can't help but bring a smile to my face every time I say it :) I still have many restrictions on where I can go and what I can eat, but my day 100 (when they start reducing my anti-rejection drug and removing some restrictions) is fast approaching (May 4th)."
I do know of a few people, here and IRL, who are dealing with a loved with a terminal illness. I won't name them, as they know who they are. Please know that as I said prayers for my sister, your loved ones and families were also included. Not only prayers for healing, but for a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding during these times of physical, emotional, and mental pain. It is NO easy task to continue living knowing that someone so close to you is in anguish. While we are to rejoice in our trials, that too often is easier said than done; too easily passed on in advice to others, while personally, deep inside, you question and even rage at He who is supposed to be watching over your family with grace and love.
Never waste time to look back on the time you should have spent with these people, or ponder about the words you should have said. Just be with them as much as is possible, and say those words you've hidden without holding anything back.
The last time I told my sister I truly loved her, I was 14. That has since changed.
Thank you for your thoughts and your prayers, for there were times during this ordeal when I just didn't want to pray anymore...
.H3X.