FRIDAY!
Most people look forward to Friday. This week the De Young family would just like to get Friday the 22nd over with. It isn't that we want to skip it. We want the cancer gone and hopefully Kent to live cancer free but this week Friday is the big surgery. We are confident in our Heavenly Father, Confident in the Surgeons whom we believe to be christian, and confident in the power of prayer that we will be carried through this.
Kent and I are very anxious about this surgery. Kent for obvious reasons and I just because I have walked this road with my Dad and now again with Kent. The 2 most important men in my life fighting so hard to be cancer-free. I sometimes wish that I could take the pain for them. My heart aches when they are not well.
Many of you have asked me what is happening in this surgery and I will try to brief and not give to much TMI. Kent will have 2 surgeons in his surgery. The first will be the liver surgeon. He will do a ultra sound right on the liver itself. He will then determine if the liver has "hot spots" on it and then do an ablation or "cutting away" of the tumor that remains in the liver. Then he will pass the "torch" to the Colon Surgeon. The colon surgeon will do a colon resection. ie... Take out the tumor and then reconnect the two good parts of the colon. We are hoping that he will not have to have a colostomy bag, but we will take each obstacle one step at a time .
We don't get to say it often but we would like to take a moment to thank so many of you. Each in your own way you all have stepped along side of us , journeyed with us and loved us through good times and bad. You all have made a difference in our life and we can't say enough what that means to us.
I would like to ask if I could for prayers for Kent and my Dad. Both on a cancer journey, both needing love, strength and hope for a cure. Both at times weak and no hope and other times feeling so much hope from all of you our friends and family. Kent and Dad, your family loves you so much and want in whatever way to stand right next to you. LOVE you both! Leah
Kent & Leah, you are in our prayers daily! YOu are not walking through this alone. We are so thankful to know that God is holding Kent right in the palm of his hand and loves him even more than we do which is an aweful lot b/c I am sure you can hardly imagine that :) He holds you too, as your burden in this trial is far from light. Praying for you today and every day! Keep looking up!
ReplyDeleteDan and I have been praying and will be praying often today!
ReplyDeleteKarissa DuPuis
Kent, Leah and Lydia,
ReplyDeleteSo thankful that surgery went well, and a colostomy was avoided. I hope you are still having good pain control and things are "going on through." (I am trying not to get all nurse-y on you). Take care and you all remain in our prayers!
Kevin and Sheri Breuker