Some stuff

So we saw the surgeon today and got the low down on timing and what to expect for the lung surgery. They would want to remove the largest tumor in the lower right lung via an incision in the back. The smaller tumors they hope to remove laproscopically. The surgeon says it is not a difficult or dangerous surgery but recovery is brutal. They would want to do the surgery as soon as John's white cell counts return to an acceptable level following his chemo on Aug. 21 (next Thursday). For now, we have kept his white cell count in a good range so surgery could happen fairly quickly.

Here is the kicker. As you may know, there is a suspicious spot on John's liver. The surgeon wasn't aware of this as he was making plans for the lung surgery. He indicated the liver needs to be taken care of before the lungs. As of today, we had not seen the oncologist to discuss the liver so the surgeon called the oncologist. When we arrived home, we got a call from the oncologist that he didn't want to assume the worst until John had a needle biopsy. We are scheduled for that this Thursday (14th).

Please remember us in prayer - that we will be blessed with good news and the liver will be clear so we can move along with the lungs.

We were blessed with a visit from John's cousin from Chicago, Chuck Brush, his wife Shari and their three boys. They are a lovely family and we thoroughly enjoyed their visit as they passed through on vacation travels.

We also had a visit from my cousin, Cameron Kelley and his wife Sandra and their two lovely daughters, Caroline and Clara. They are another very nice family.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.

Pam