Getting Dad to a Disease Free State

Disease Free State. Roll that around on your tongue for a minute. Savor it. Let it sink in. No it's not wine tasting. It's what was said during our discussion with Drs. Nemunaitis and Senzer this afternoon. They were meeting and discussing the battle plan as we enter the next phase of treatment. The words Dr. Nemunaitis said were actually that we are ready to move forward with surgery and anticipate getting Daddy to a "disease free state". The feet of these two men are truly beautiful today. ("How lovely on the mountain are the feet of those who bring good news.") If you haven't listened to the audio post from earlier today, the MRI showed no new cancerous areas. Dr. Senzer (pictured above giving Dad the good news) said we are ready to move forward with surgery. We will be hearing from Dr. Kuhn in the next week or so to firm up the date for surgery. We have no doctor visits until a week or two before surgery, so we can party for the next month! They are anticipating the week of July 31-August 4. Happy birthday to Mom and Dad. Disease free state for birthday month. We are still moving forward with the vaccine and genomic characterization following surgery. We pray that will deal with any microscopic remnants of the disease. Today is a day to raise an ebeneezer (altar of remembrance) to the Lord. This is one of the days we will look back on and remember when we sing "We Will Remember". Today we have truly seen the work of His hands.

Steve and Sandy Ginn came over last night to pray with Dad. As we prayed, the Lord spoke very clearly that His word would be the instrument He would use to separate the healthy from the unhealthy cells (darkness from light, wheat from chaff). We are to return to praying the Word over Dad in the coming days. Pray that the answer to our prayers would not be slowed or stopped, but would come quickly and without delay. Bathe him in the Word. This is the weapon of warfare God has told us to use right now (our Godly "cyber-knife").

REJOICE!