Prayers and Praise

Here is a brief update before I go to bed in preparation of a very early start of the day tomorrow.  At my appointment this morning, my doctor went over the results of the colonoscopy, including the fact that the many biopsies she took all came back as precancerous.  Yes, that means that if left alone, they will become cancer, but they are not yet!  Praise God!  From what we know so far, it looks like we have caught this in the nick of time.  Because they are so close to becoming cancerous, however, she told us she wanted to move fast with my treatment.  In fact, she had made an appointment for me to meet with a gastroenterologist in Grapevine that afternoon.  So after we left her office, we picked up Evie, had lunch, and then headed to Grapevine.  There we met with a great gastroenterologist who I feel very good about.  He has experience diagnosing these sorts of genetic diseases and knew what steps we needed to take next.  So after being poked and prodded, my blood is on its way to be tested for exactly what genetic disorder I have (there are a few related possibilities) and I am scheduled for an upper GI tract scope tomorrow morning at 7am (have to be there at 6am) and a CT scan directly following.  Here are a few points I would love your prayer for:

- That the scope and CT scan tomorrow would reveal that my genetic disorder has not caused dangerous growths anywhere else in my body.

- That we would have wisdom to make the right decisions regarding my treatment.  There are a few different options for my surgery, and we need to spend some time weighing out the pros and cons.

- That God would be gracious to us in the area of future children.  One thing I was not expecting today was how often the issue of fertility would come up.  My fertility is definitely at risk.  With the surgery comes substantial risk of damage to my ovaries and fallopian tubes, and depending on the genetic results, there’s a good chance I will need a complete hysterectomy with ovary removal sooner rather than later as I am at extremely high risk of developing cancer in those areas.  This has probably caused me the most emotional distress today.  I praise God, though, for giving us Evie.  What a blessing to have been able to have her before all of this started!  It does seem like our conversation about adoption may be expedited by all of this.

A few blessings from today and great evidence of all of your prayers:

- My good friend Martha was able to come with us to the appointment this morning and then came along with us to Grapevine to help out with Evie while I was getting tests done.  She is also going with us tomorrow for the scope and CT scan.  What a gift to have friends like this, who don’t mind having their entire day hijacked to hang out in doctor’s offices and hospitals!

- Evie is a wonderful baby.  She was not fussy at all today and was the darling of the Grapevine office’s waiting area.  All of the nurses were taking turns holding her, and I overheard them talking about her in the halls while I was getting tests done.  I praise God that she has such an easy temperament and sleeps well on the move.  This whole process would be so much harder otherwise!

- We were very, very late for my appointment in Grapevine due to construction and traffic, and we were unable to reach anyone in the doctor’s office to tell them we were on our way.  The doctor, however, put off going Christmas shopping for his wife to wait around forty-five minutes for us to show up.  He was five minutes away from leaving when we finally reached his office.  Praise God that he waited and was so gracious with us!

- They did not find cancer!  Hallelujah!

Well, I said this would be brief, but alas, it is not.  It is most certainly bedtime, and I am exhausted.  Thank you so much for all of your prayers!  Please keep them coming.  They are not in vain.  May God bless you and your neighbor through you!

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