Thursday Diane started her second round of chemo. Sorry, I’ve been negligent in keeping you updated. Heather and family arrived from Idaho Saturday and the extended family has gathered most of the week at their Pleasure Point beach rental. Monday, Hope and Jordan hosted 22 grandkids, our children and spouses (35 in all). It was a refreshing time of fellowship, feasting and rejoicing as family united by both blood and Spirit. I was fully occupied.
Yesterday Diane started her second round of chemo. Wednesday, we met with our oncologist who was encouraged the tumor “softened” but concerned that it appeared not to have shrunk. She said without evidence of shrinkage when the PET scan is done at Stanford, April 15, she’d advise a difficult surgery.This is not what we had hoped to hear, but we continue to rest in God’s will, not ours. He knows the end from the beginning. He is the author of this tale. We were created to glorify Him in all we do in the time He has allotted. Our time is in His hands.
Continue to pray the tumors will respond to the treatments and will shrink. Pray that the nausea will be minimal this time and that the various alternative treatments designed to eradicate the tumor and dietary supplements/nutrients to build Diane’s immune system will keep her in fighting condition.