Happy New Year!
We hope that you and your families enjoyed a blessed and sweet Christmas together. Thank you for prayers and continued questions about how my mom is doing...you continue to be such an encouragement for which we are so grateful. My mom sent me the below update and prayer request this morning. We are BOLDLY praying for God's continued hand of healing and to be honest, my heart (along with I'm sure others of ours) is praying against doubt and fear...that neither would creep in and that peace would overwhelm each of your hearts. Thank you for rallying around us, may each of your hearts be blessed!
Sara
Psalm 40:10 "Be still and know that I am God"
I apologize for the long lapse since my last update. I continue to praise God for the miraculous healing and the clear CT scan. The last round of chemo has been very difficult. On Christmas Eve I was diagnosed with Influenza and had to postpone my chemo a week. In an effort to stay on schedule, I had round 12 the next week. Clearly it was a lot for this tired, battered body to handle, and I spent the better part of the next six days sleeping/dozing on the couch. Which as God would have it, gave me ample time to pray for the miraculous healing of a very dear friend's husband. The neuropathy in my hands and feet continues to worse to the point that I have no feeling in my fingertips, toes, or balls of my feet. I am thankful that this will go away when I am no longer taking on all of the chemo drugs.
We are praising God....as the flu epidemic continues to develop, currently there have been 27 deaths in my home state of Minnesota, We thank God for His protection. I should have ended up in the hospital, I should have been battling for my life, but God laid His hand upon me. I was able to be at home, I never had a raging fever, chills, aches, or any of the awful things that go with the flu. I just had a miserable cough that turned into bronchitis, but not pneumonia. I was able to take Tamiflu, which I believe helped immensely. So, as you can see, God provided, protected, healed.
I do have one prayer request....I am scheduled for a CT scan on Monday. The waiting is so hard, hence the verse, "Be still".....trust, have faith, believe. Our prayer is that the scan will show no signs of cancer. Please join me in asking our powerful, healing God for that. My hope is that if the scan is clear, the chemo will be stopped, and I will begin to regain feeling in my hands and feet, gain strength, and resume some of the things I love to do. This has not stopped me from loving on my grands, but I so would like to have more energy to really play with them, take them skiing, sledding, snow angel making, snow fort building, moonlight walking......God is teaching me to have patience, to rely on Him, and wait on His timing.
Thank you so much for your continued prayer support, when I can feel my fingers, I have many things I want to share with you. God is at work....in my life and in yours.
Be blessed,
Annie
