Journal entry by Susan Shisler — 9/29/2016
Just walking in the door from another day at Mayo. The Dr was very encouraged at how good mom feels and looks. SO much better than the last time we saw him and she was feeling so very crummy. He used the word "encouraged" several times and we love that word. Her blood labs looked stable and strong enough to do another round of immunotherapy and so he ordered that. He doesn't know what to attribute her feeling and looking so good to, maybe it is this immunotherapy, maybe it's the low dose steroid she is on and maybe, it is just prayers to a BIG God? We don't need to know the reason, we are just not going to stop ANY of those things.
After her Immunotherapy treatment we did get one more of the blood work numbers back that was previously not completed, for Ovarian Cancer people in the "know" it is her CA125 number...it did rise which is not what we want. THAT being said, numbers are NOT everything her Dr said AND they didn't double, which is a good thing as well. He is choosing to make that number a non important piece of this puzzle. I never did like math anyhow so I am choosing to ignore this number as well. (sorry Mr. Bart Larson if you are reading this)
What I am choosing to believe in, is the power of prayer, the power of encouraging friends and the power of love! Cancer, as most diseases, is a battle that includes physical, spiritual and emotional fights. It isn't all about the labs, the numbers, the treatments...those things matter don't get me wrong, but it is also a LOT about attitude, peace, grace, love, laughter and most of all a faith in a God who has a plan, who has this all under control. Thank YOU again for praying, for loving us all well, for bringing laughter and joy to all of us. We are so grateful to you all. We are so grateful for all of the love we feel for Mom, and for all the ways she is celebrated.
Keep praying. God IS listening. We go back to Mayo in 3 weeks for yet another treatment. Until then we ask for prayers for Mom to continue to feel well, for days of quiet contentment, for laughter with friends, for grandchildren to come and go and above all for God to get the glory for all the goodness.
After her Immunotherapy treatment we did get one more of the blood work numbers back that was previously not completed, for Ovarian Cancer people in the "know" it is her CA125 number...it did rise which is not what we want. THAT being said, numbers are NOT everything her Dr said AND they didn't double, which is a good thing as well. He is choosing to make that number a non important piece of this puzzle. I never did like math anyhow so I am choosing to ignore this number as well. (sorry Mr. Bart Larson if you are reading this)
What I am choosing to believe in, is the power of prayer, the power of encouraging friends and the power of love! Cancer, as most diseases, is a battle that includes physical, spiritual and emotional fights. It isn't all about the labs, the numbers, the treatments...those things matter don't get me wrong, but it is also a LOT about attitude, peace, grace, love, laughter and most of all a faith in a God who has a plan, who has this all under control. Thank YOU again for praying, for loving us all well, for bringing laughter and joy to all of us. We are so grateful to you all. We are so grateful for all of the love we feel for Mom, and for all the ways she is celebrated.
Keep praying. God IS listening. We go back to Mayo in 3 weeks for yet another treatment. Until then we ask for prayers for Mom to continue to feel well, for days of quiet contentment, for laughter with friends, for grandchildren to come and go and above all for God to get the glory for all the goodness.
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