Sam was discharged from the hospital Friday afternoon. He tolerated the chemo pretty well but of course this week everything tastes metallic from the cisplatin. Which means nothing tastes good and its really hard for him to eat. But we survived his last scheduled hospital stay! WOO HOO! He had bleomycin on Monday and his WBC was really good considering all the chemo he had last week.
Last week for me was the hardest. I guess because I've been in "survival" mode these past 10 weeks. It finally caught up with me and the reality of what we have been through settled in. When I read this scripture that I have read many, many times I was overwhelmed: Deuteronomy 1:31 'and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.' That describes the past 10 weeks of my life to a "T". As a friend of mine said on Facebook THANK GOD the Lord KNOWS the way through the wilderness! How did we get through an ultrasound, surgery, a CT Scan, good news, bad news, fatigue, crazy schedules, uncertainty, 27 chemo treatments and all the side effects to boot. . . . people hear me. . . BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD! Or as Nehemiah says in chapter 2 but by the "gracious hand of God." The Lord has carried Sam, me and our children through this wilderness we call cancer until we have come to this place. This place! The place where we see the end in sight as we wait to cross the chemo finish line next week.
Three weeks after the last treatment he will have his CT Scan to see where we are. We are anxious for the scan and results but the Lord already knows. Whatever they are He will still be there to carry us through . . . just as a man carries his son. Thankful and blessed!
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