About a week ago we met with Scott's radiation oncologist and his primary oncologist. We saw the radiation oncologist first. She explained the whole process of radiation and told us that when the radiate the areas that held the cancer, they have to also expose a margin of healthy tissue as well. They have to base their exposure on the PET scan that Scott had done a few weeks ago, and on the scan that they will take after his chemo treatments are completed. She explained that the chemo will literally melt the tumor away about 24-48 hours after treatment.
She then made the comment that she rarely gets to see the patient before they start chemo, so it would be great if she could give Scott one last scan before he takes the treatment. That way she would have an exact marker of his tumors and the margin of healthy tissue that would need to be exposed would be lessened.
Obviously this sounded great to us, so we scheduled Scott for that. Well, that week I gave an update to our Ladies First Thursdays (Bible study and prayer time). As we were praying, one dear sister in Christ began praying for Scott and myself. She then seemed to cry out from the depths of her soul for Scott to be healed and that they would see that on the scan. My heart wept with her as we poured out this request before the throne. As I'm writing this, I can still hear her weeping and petitioning the Lord.
I talked with her a few days later and she explained that the Holy Spirit simply laid it on her heart to bring that before the Lord and to pray in that manner. It wasn't anything she or I had thought of until that very moment that she began praying that night.
So, all that to say that that has become our fervent request. Tomorrow we go for that appointment. Scott will be scanned and then he will receive chemo. If you read this anytime soon, please join us in praying for and expecting a miracle tomorrow.
Many of you might be thinking, "What if he still has cancer after the scan and still has to go through chemo?". The best way I can answer that is with a verse that the kid's and I were reading last week. It's found in Daniel 3:17-18. It takes place as King Nebuchadnezzer orders Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to bow down to the large golden image that he (the king) had constructed.
"If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
We believe that God can heal, and heal completely. But even if he chooses to make us go through the fire, there are two things that we know:
1) He will be the fourth man in the fire... meaning, he will walk through it with us.
2) We will bow to him and to no other gods.
One thing I read this morning and shared it with the kids was this:
"Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil desires, but rather for the will of God."
If the Lord chooses to have us walk down this path of suffering, may we use it as a tool to be done with sin and to live the rest of our lives not for our own evil desires, but for the will of God. So, I'm praying with expectation that the Lord will miraculously heal Scott fully and completely and we will see that tomorrow as well as all the doctors and staff at the hospital. May the Lord receive all the glory and praise for that! In the meantime, if the Lord chooses a different path for us, we will accept that and look forward to the fruits that will come after this time of pruning.
Please pray with us in these next few hours and we wait hopefully and expectantly for a miracle.
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