We waited a few extra days before starting Mike's oral Chemo due to a lingering cough, which thankfully is now gone, so he's only taken it 9 days but, has been feeling well and has had no side effects. He hasn't lost any more weight and his appetite is good. Thank you for all the prayers!
It seems like every day we hear of some kind of tragedy, either terrible violence in the US or abroad or someone being diagnosed with cancer or losing their life to it, (we have 1friend diagnosed, and 1have surgery just last week) or a child dying too soon in an accident. Life just doesn't seem fair so we usually ask why. Our family is going through this now with the sudden and unexpected death of our daughter Julia's sweet 29 year old sister-in-law Alicia. She was a lovely person and mama to 4 children. Why would God allow things like this to happen? Why do tragedies happen? Why do people get sick? Why is our world so divided, and seemingly out of control? I don't have the answers, but I know that we need to trust our Lord and continue to believe that His ways are better than our ways. Our world needs prayer, hurting people need prayer, we all need prayer! We have had so many people tell us they are praying for Mike and we can't tell you how much that means to us.
Most of us know the verse from Philippians 4:13… I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I believe it is so true! I don't know how people get through hard things without the Lord giving them strength, and I am so thankful that even though we don't know the "why's" of life we do know the one who does and He is strong enough to carry us through!!!
Be blessed, and PRAY,
Paula
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Oral Chemo
Mike had to go on an antibiotic because he was coughing up lots of stuff and they didn't want it to turn into pneumonia. He still has a bit of a cough but is feeling much better, thankfully.
Mike and I celebrated 35 years of marriage on August 7. We were just baby's when we said "I do" so many years ago. We have had so many ups and downs, so many adventures and have been blessed with great friends and an awesome family! God knew what he was doing when He brought us together at Ellsworth Community College! We stayed at Riverside Golf and Casino for two nights and had a great time, but now it's back to reality! Mikes oral Chemo drug, Etoposide is in the refrigerator double contained because it is after all a poison. He will start that today and take it daily for 2 weeks then off for 1 week, lasting for 3 months. Although we are not excited about more poison going into his body, we know that these drugs they are using showed high response in his Chemo sensitivity testing. Praying he doesn't get any side effects from this! Not gonna lie, sometimes it gets a little overwhelming. You want to have a "normal life", not think about cancer all the time, but we have a "new normal". There is life before cancer and life after, and it will never be the same, but we will continue to live life to the fullest and treasure our time with each other and our family, and that is how it should be anyway! You don't want to take ANY days for granted!
Be blessed,
Paula
Mike and I celebrated 35 years of marriage on August 7. We were just baby's when we said "I do" so many years ago. We have had so many ups and downs, so many adventures and have been blessed with great friends and an awesome family! God knew what he was doing when He brought us together at Ellsworth Community College! We stayed at Riverside Golf and Casino for two nights and had a great time, but now it's back to reality! Mikes oral Chemo drug, Etoposide is in the refrigerator double contained because it is after all a poison. He will start that today and take it daily for 2 weeks then off for 1 week, lasting for 3 months. Although we are not excited about more poison going into his body, we know that these drugs they are using showed high response in his Chemo sensitivity testing. Praying he doesn't get any side effects from this! Not gonna lie, sometimes it gets a little overwhelming. You want to have a "normal life", not think about cancer all the time, but we have a "new normal". There is life before cancer and life after, and it will never be the same, but we will continue to live life to the fullest and treasure our time with each other and our family, and that is how it should be anyway! You don't want to take ANY days for granted!
Be blessed,
Paula
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