Prayer

The last post I wrote was us talking to the PA about a chemo break for the month.  That was granted and up until recently I was planning on resuming chemo on January 4.  

Recently (as in a few days ago) I received a call from my Oncologist.  He told me that his meeting with the tumor board met and the surgeons thought it possible to perform surgery.  He put in a referral to the surgeon we wished to have a consult with.  I'll continue this thought in a bit.  So please stick with me.

Fast forward with me from the Surgeons call to my visit to the vetrinarian last Thursday.  Miranda had a toenail fall out and her toe never healed properly so we were in to see a vet I trusted.  He spent a few minutes on the floor looking at the toe and then got up and said.  "I don't really want to add any more to your plate."  What I told him when he asked how I was is that my cancer returned and I had 12 treatments.  He followed  by telling me He believed Miranda's toe was likely cancer.  He did some talking to ask me pertinent questions and inform the tech what the plan is.  The tech stepped out of the room and what happened next is why this is applicable to my journey.  The vet (who we know well) knelt down by the chair I was sitting in, Put his hand on my shoulder and began praying for me, Miranda and our family.  I don't know if I ever can say until now that I was prayed for in the Vetrinarians office.  

Since I often joke when stress gets to high I began saying don't drink the water at home.  Leah began saying there are 2 with cancer (me and the dog) and 2 with a missing toe (Leah and the dog).   To be honest, her surgery went well and we had her toe sent in for path reults although that likely won't change our future decision for her.

Now back to the referral.  Yesterday I got a call from the Surgical Oncology office saying they had a referral from my Oncologist and would like to get me scheduled.  I missed the call at that time so today it was on my schedule to return that call.  I was given 2 dates prior to Jan 4 and what worked best was the morning of Jan 2.  My current Oncologist told me in the phone call he would suggest holding chemo until surgery.

So Jan 2  I will have a surgical consult and then Jan 4 I have a meeting with my PA for my oncologist and she will pull my new oncologist into the meeting.  During that meeting I will reiterate that I will hold chemo until surgery happens and I will have the chance to meet my new Oncologist.  My regular chemo nurse is returning to the blue pod after the first of the year.  She's sad she won't see us for while.  If we're in the building you never know what might happen.

Many days I hear about someone new that is praying for me.  And the Christmas Cards this year have had a similar theme of  "we are praying for you".  To all of you reading this, I/we appreciate your prayers for each step in this journery.  We serve a Mighty God who answers prayer.

~ Kent