"Thank You Lord!"

Pardon me for bringing you into my 3's preschool circle time for a short bit.  A song we sing often and is fun because of the motions is, "Thank You Lord."  "Let everything that has breath, say thank you Lord!"  As it goes through the verses of the song it mentions the animals that say,  "Thank you Lord!" 

Often around chemo treatment Kent has to take deep breaths to get though moments that are tougher to get through.  You can hear me say, "Take deep breaths."  This past treatment has taken a bit longer for him to get through and has taken many deep breaths too.  Kent surely amazes me as he rallies through even if he doesn't feel like it.  "Thank You Lord!" 

As many know Kent works from home 100%.  Tonight I had a Preschool/ lower elementary event at a local farm.  Kent and I often go, see a few preschoolers and visit with those from school.  Coming off treatment I was unsure if he would be up for going. I encouraged him as breaths of fresh air would be great and a little walk around the farm builds strength too.  Who could resist a pumpkin donut and cider also right?  "Thank You Lord!" 

Kent and I have been asked several times, how are things going since last treatment?  We met with the NP on Sept 14th prior to treatment number 7.  She had a lot of positive things to say to us. One thing she did mention after Kent's scan was reviewed by radiology, was that she questioned what she saw on the scan.  As many of you heard and read in our last blog post, we shared that the numbers decreased in the size of the tumor which we say, "Thank You Lord"!  She was curious as were we on why it increased on one side so drastically and decreased on the other side.  After a conversation with her she was going to talk to our physician who can read scans (which not all physicians can).  He too works with clinical trials for others and can read scans well.  Soon we should get another read on what the scan really reveals from him. In which then they will need to correct the scan readings for  Kent's chart.   Again we say "Thank You Lord" for NP's and Physician's who look out for Kent's health. (please stay tuned as we will update if there is a change) 

So as I close this blog update, I again bring you back into my preschool classroom.  We start each day singing, "This is the day." "This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it."   We are thankful for every breath and we say "Thank you Lord!" 

~Leah