BATTLE STATIONS!!!!!
(Remember the old/new wartime movies when the ship was under attack and the horn would sound
AOOGAH, AOOGAH, BATTLE STATIONS, ALL HANDS ON DECK,
BATTLE STATIONS, ALL HANDS ON DECK
AOOGAH!!!! AOOGAH!!!!!
Dear Prayer Partners,
We have the battle plan established and are calling "ALL HANDS ON DECK, BATTLE STATIONS".
We have received the results of the biopsy on the brain tumor and the news was not what we had expected or wanted. The results show the tumor is cancer. So we now have a battle plan.
Remember that, in Deuteronomy 20:1-4, God has given us a huge battle plan in which we know that He goes before us to fight and win the battle. We are to understand that no matter what, because HE wins WE win. At anytime between now and then God can step in and change everything. We hope for the future in HIM. But because we live in this fallen world, the following is our battle plan:
On Monday Jan 23rd Melanie will start 20 days of whole brain radiation. This attack is two pronged. Because the tumor is large and has a good blood supply, the first prong is to shrink the tumor. The second prong is to eliminate any additional cancer that might be hiding in her brain.
The next part of the battle plan is after radiation Melanie will undergo chemotherapy. The duration of this will depend on how fast the cancer dies in response to the chemo.
The third stage of the battle plan is an MRI four weeks after the end of radiation to determine the shape and size of the brain tumor. If all things go according to plan, then the rest of the tumor will be removed by Gamma Knife.
As an ongoing part of the battle plan Melanie will still receive treatment to kill the hormones that feed the cancer and will also be receiving treatment to build up her bones.
We are calling "ALL HANDS ON DECK, BATTLE STATIONS", because we know how much your prayers mean to us and to the doctors and nurses who treat Melanie.
We had emergency brain surgery last week and the peace of God was so thick during our stay in hospital that the nurses wanted to work in Melanie’s room. As we were getting the results of the surgery the Doctor told us that in order to be released Melanie needed to be able to do several things. These things were: walking, taking pills, eating, being able to urinate on her own, and of course no headaches.
On Thursday night I got Melanie up and unplugged from her machines to take her for a walk. When we got outside her room we just decided that life was so good we danced all around the ward. The nurses applauded and the next day when the Doctor wanted to know if she was ambulatory the report was "Well, she was dancing". We were released directly from the Neuro ICU.
God is great and life is good. We know that your prayers were of great help to us and the medical staff. Please keep up the good work.
We know that we live in the tension of God heals and we sometimes do not get healed. We are standing on the truth that He is in charge and we live in His plan and we do not always understand or like His plan but it is His plan and we TRUST HIM.
We will keep you all posted as we progress down this path. But know we go down this path with HOPE. Melanie is specifically holding onto an instruction that her earthly dad gave her many times – ‘TRUST HIM’.
Blessings on each and every one of you. We thank God for you and your prayers. OUR GRATITUDE WILL BE ETERNAL!
Serving a Big God,
Dennis, Melanie, Autumn & Jake, Monica and Tegan.
BATTLE STATIONS, ALL HANDS ON DECK
AOOGAH!!!! AOOGAH!!!!!
Dear Prayer Partners,
We have the battle plan established and are calling "ALL HANDS ON DECK, BATTLE STATIONS".
We have received the results of the biopsy on the brain tumor and the news was not what we had expected or wanted. The results show the tumor is cancer. So we now have a battle plan.
Remember that, in Deuteronomy 20:1-4, God has given us a huge battle plan in which we know that He goes before us to fight and win the battle. We are to understand that no matter what, because HE wins WE win. At anytime between now and then God can step in and change everything. We hope for the future in HIM. But because we live in this fallen world, the following is our battle plan:
On Monday Jan 23rd Melanie will start 20 days of whole brain radiation. This attack is two pronged. Because the tumor is large and has a good blood supply, the first prong is to shrink the tumor. The second prong is to eliminate any additional cancer that might be hiding in her brain.
The next part of the battle plan is after radiation Melanie will undergo chemotherapy. The duration of this will depend on how fast the cancer dies in response to the chemo.
The third stage of the battle plan is an MRI four weeks after the end of radiation to determine the shape and size of the brain tumor. If all things go according to plan, then the rest of the tumor will be removed by Gamma Knife.
As an ongoing part of the battle plan Melanie will still receive treatment to kill the hormones that feed the cancer and will also be receiving treatment to build up her bones.
We are calling "ALL HANDS ON DECK, BATTLE STATIONS", because we know how much your prayers mean to us and to the doctors and nurses who treat Melanie.
We had emergency brain surgery last week and the peace of God was so thick during our stay in hospital that the nurses wanted to work in Melanie’s room. As we were getting the results of the surgery the Doctor told us that in order to be released Melanie needed to be able to do several things. These things were: walking, taking pills, eating, being able to urinate on her own, and of course no headaches.
On Thursday night I got Melanie up and unplugged from her machines to take her for a walk. When we got outside her room we just decided that life was so good we danced all around the ward. The nurses applauded and the next day when the Doctor wanted to know if she was ambulatory the report was "Well, she was dancing". We were released directly from the Neuro ICU.
God is great and life is good. We know that your prayers were of great help to us and the medical staff. Please keep up the good work.
We know that we live in the tension of God heals and we sometimes do not get healed. We are standing on the truth that He is in charge and we live in His plan and we do not always understand or like His plan but it is His plan and we TRUST HIM.
We will keep you all posted as we progress down this path. But know we go down this path with HOPE. Melanie is specifically holding onto an instruction that her earthly dad gave her many times – ‘TRUST HIM’.
Blessings on each and every one of you. We thank God for you and your prayers. OUR GRATITUDE WILL BE ETERNAL!
Serving a Big God,
Dennis, Melanie, Autumn & Jake, Monica and Tegan.
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