Just want to take this moment to thank you folks for praying for us - and to give a little update.

Sue's MRI is scheduled for 7 PM (CST) Jan. 29, 2008. She is on steroids to shrink the swelling and the tumor if possible. She is feeling much better as a result - but she is not her old self and as far as knowing anything more than I last posted, we don't.

Thank you again,

Shalom.

Semi:
I will keep you in my prayers, please be strong and do not forget that God is with you every step of the way.

Peace & much love

Blessed1

Update -

Went to the neurologist yesterday to find out the results of Sue’s MRI. He is almost 100% certain that her mass is one of two possible benign tumors - not a malignant cancer.

Basically, he gave us a little time to decide what we are going to do. Sue has had this (he thinks) 20 to 30 years - it is slow growing - however it has become large enough that it is interfering with bodily control. If she does not have it removed, it will eventually shut down her heart and lungs as it is pushing on her brain stem.

He explains it like being a wart: On the skin, a wart can grow to any size without being life threatening but a growth within the cranium is in a confined space so that as it grows, something else is compressed.

We have decided that she must have the surgery as the sooner she gets it out, the less permanent damage it will cause. It may be that once she has it out, her health will return to normal or nearly so in 6 weeks to a year. There doesn’t seem to be any other recourse but to have the operation.

Of course the down-side is that we are after all talking about surgery in a very difficult area and things can go horribly wrong.

So, continued prayers as you feel led, please.

Shalom.

Semi:

Be strong in the power of His Might
and know that where you both go the Lord YOUR GOD goes with you..

I keep this matter in heart and seek the Lord for her full recovery..
Ty for keeping us a-breast to the situation..

Lovingly ~ dani



Ps 22:5
They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
(NIV)

Be encouraged,, God hears the prayers of the faithful of heart and their cries..

We'll keep praying, please keep us posted.

Hi Semi

You are both in my prayers! I know that God will lead you through this difficult time!

In Jesus name, Amen!

Tina

YOU ARE BOTH IN MY PRAYERS
GOD BLESS
jUANITAMARIE

Would have posted this Update much earlier but accessibility was down too much to permit posting for at least a month and a half. Here it is now and matters remain about the same at this time.

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Update:

I have been for a long time thinking I should update everyone on my wife. Problem has been that we have been pretty much in the dark ourselves.

This is the result of Socialized medicine which us being thrust upon us whether we need it or not. NOTHING gets don until the government has all its forms filled out the way it wants them. The result is an incredible slow-down in the process matched by an escalation of the costs. But that’s what happens when the government gets involved on anything. In their quest to be perfectionists they have become in-efficient. People can and do dies while they are fiddling with their paper-work.

Basically, it boils down to this: her tumor is in a virtually inoperable position in the brain/brain stem. They could certainly TRY to operate on it but the odds are that she would either die during the operation or wake up completely paralyzed.

So she has opted to continue medication and fore-go the operation. This means she will either be healed by God or she will die anyway - but just not right now on the operating table.

It has been a tough call for her but that’s her decision and I am going along with it. I agree with her because I would rather have her around a little longer than take a chance on a very risky operation which would be highly stressful for everyone concerned with the odds stacked heavily against us.

That’s where we are. Either God will heal her or He won’t. We wait and see. I would like to be healed myself. I’m not really that good either. Sue talks about moving into a retirement home - you know; higher toilet seats, grab bars, walk-in shower, no steps.

Anyway, don’t know what more cab be added. We have people praying everywhere and John in particular has been a faithful prayer warrior extraordinaire. If anyone has a direct line to the Throne, it has to be John.

We thank everyone who has prayed for us and those who continue to pray for us. I’m sure God hears every prayer. We are trusting in Him - knowing this life is a temporary thing - but hoping He will enable us to be around when the Call comes.

Shalom.