Day 228 (19)

Home Sweet Home!

Hi everyone, been home since Saturday and everything continues to go well. I'm up and moving around, going upstairs for the first time today and I'm excited for a neighborhood wheelchair ride tomorrow.

Not sure if I specified earlier, but I did go through with the full surgery on the 2nd. Meaning, I was in the OR for 10 hours where they removed the tumor, some muscle, and invaded pelvic bone. I'm telling Y'all this because it amazes me that through this entire deal including 3 days in ICU and 12 days in the regular hospital, God has blessed me with minimal pain and a quick recovery. Praise Him!

1 Peter 5:6-11

⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ⁷Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

⁸Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

¹⁰And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. ¹¹To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

All Glory To God. Amen

Day 219 (10)

Good evening,

Today is the 10th day since my surgery. Folks, I gotta tell you "I've been blessed!" Each day passing brings another milestone of improvement. At first it was great to have one of my many iv lines or my nasogastric tube removed. More recently I am noticing more feeling and movement in my leg, and increase in appetite.

At the moment, my right butt muscles and some others are still a bit 'scrambled' so my mobility is limited to under 100 ft w/ a walker or crutches; but as I recover I shouldn't have many limitations using these tools. The bones in my right side are still healing and setting, so I wont be allowed to walk unaided for about 6 weeks, (but whose counting?). O.K., a number of people are counting so yes this will be a strict limitation but at least that will be cutting down my yard work.

In other news I have been virtually pain free this entire process! Praise God. I was off pain meds only a few days after, and the only meds im taking right now are anti clot and anti infection drugs.

Well, I'm wearing out a bit, I'll have to cut this post a little short. Before I go I wanted to reassure you my discharge date as sometime this week, with things going according to plan. I'd also like to thank all of you, "You Know Who You Are!", and even if you don't, believe me "I appreciate your support". Lastly I'd like to reserve the award for best parents on the planet for my two. They've put up with a whole lot, God Bless 'Em. (who else can I trust to change my diapers?)

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”- Philippians 4:4

All Glory To God. Amen.

Day 215

Surgery - success
body - recovering nicely

might be out sometime next week

All Glory To God. Amen.

Psalm 91:9-10

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling—
even the LORD, who is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you,
no disaster will come near your tent

Day 208

Brothers and Sisters,

Tomorrow marks the next step in my journey. From around 7AM to 5PM I'll be in the O.R. having surgery to remove the remaining cancer in my body.

I want to thank you all for the overwhelming support, lifting me up above the worries and doubt that often get in the way.

This has been my life for the past two hundred and eight days. "God, I'm ready to move on. I thank You and praise You for the gifts and talents, experiences and blessings you give. 'How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him'. For Your name's sake heal my body. I stand on your word, 'If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.' All Glory To God. Amen."

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
-2 Corinthians 12:9

⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ⁹For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:8-11