Dr Pettinga called this morning with a preliminary, but not full pathology report. News is very encouraging! They found cancer in 2 of 15 nodes, which is good. Some cancers had spread outside of the nodes which is OK b/c radiation'll zap those. It was NOT a 5 cm tumor as she initially thought but rather a 1.5 cm tumor plus one other - so it was not connected. Pathology had not recognized the 'other' so she sent them back to look at that one - whatever that means. The skin was also clear, which is another YIPPEE, though there was not a clear report back yet on if it had gone into the muscle or if they had cleared that out.
So overall the first reports back are very 'doable' and much less gloom and doom than I expected. God IS faithful, and God IS good.
Now I'm going to nap.
Thank you again and again to everyone who supports us in SO many ways - holding my hand, doing medical stuff, doing food stuff, doing kid stuff, reading stuff, writing stuff, doing stuffy stuff. YOU are a blessing!
-"Valium Girl" -- out
that's a Pastor Jon joke :)
We praise God with you for this report! And continue to offer prayers for protection and healing! Great to see you back online...thanks for sharing with us!
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ReplyDeleteAmanda, I just want you and Josh and your family to know that we will be upholding you in prayer for the next year. I appreciate so much your and Josh's posts here and knowing how I (and Alex and Sarah) should be praying for your family. We will be praying for God's special grace to sustain you - His healing grace, His coping grace, His grace to draw near to Him. Don't worry about the crying days, they too can help in their own way. God bless you, Amanda. Love, Roxanne
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