Surgery Date August 10

We have a date for surgery - five weeks from now. The doctor's called Tom (not sure how many were on the conference call, but we heard at least 3 giddy voices) and told him all he has to do the next five weeks is rest, relax and build himself back up so he's in peak condition for surgery. Of course, for Tom that meant Hawaii and the Puamana beach and Kimo's, to Eileen that meant back to ReLiv and Seabotic shakes. So, there'll be some comprises - a little aloha and a little nutrition. The reality is PARTY TIME!!! We'll be off to Oregon to celebrate for a week or two then on to Hawaii until the end of July. We'll be back in Dallas the first of August to have a the pre surgery stuff done. While we celebrate God's goodness, we know our enemy is still there waiting for an opportunity to reclaim the ground we've gained, so we plan to continue to stand on the Word and expect God to continue the healing. Thanks for standing with us.

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!

Audio On The Way Home From Doctor

WAITING.........

Tom had his MRI at 7:30 a.m. this morning (yawn!!), then blood work and radiation. And now we wait....and trust. We see Dr. Senzer tomorrow after radiation (about 11:00 a.m.) for the results. Cari will arrive this afternoon and Tommy will meet us there tomorrow. As soon as we have the results we'll post them - in the meantime we really don't know what to do. We've already prayed, believed and know that God is in control. So, now what? I've been listending to Tommy Walker's Breakthrough CD and this song seems to fit.

When I Don’t Know What To Do

Lord I surrender all
To Your strong and faithful hand
In everything I will give thanks to You
When I don’t know what to do
I’ll lift my hands
When I don’t know what to say
I’ll speak Your praise
When I don't know where to go
I’ll run to Your throne
When I don’t know what to think
I’ll stand on Your truth
When I don’t know what to do
Lord I surrender all
Though I’ll never understand
All the mysteries around me
I’ll just trust your perfect plan

That’s what we’re going to be doing in the Hardeman Family until tomorrow….See you then.