My wife has just had a cat scan and they are going to do immediate surgery.

We are on our way to the hospital.

Please pray.

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We're praying! Please let us know how things went.

Thank you, Glen.

As you probably don’t know (in that I have not been on this sight long enough to recount all these things) my family and I have had something horrendous happen every Christmas season and it appeared that this year we finally made it through December un-scathed. But I guess not.

I have this sense that of all the miraculous events that had to fall into place for us to get out of Las Vegas just to get this far; that God didn’t bring us all the way to abandon us but there is a purpose in it that we do yet perceive.

Last night went like this: Sue was at our niece’s apartment when she got the news that she had to go to the hospital. She thought that something had happened to one of us and she was a wreck.

When she got there, they wanted to put an IV in hr but she did not understand why - and refused until she talked to a doctor to see what this was all about. Sue went to College to learn medical coding and worked at Sunrise Hospital for couple of years - so she understands the terminology.

What the deal is: is that she has a tumor on the brain close to the main artery from her heart. There is swelling around the tumor causing hydrocephalus (water on the brain). They wanted to reduce the swelling with steroids through IV - then do an MRI to get a better perspective in the problem.

The prognosis is that she could go into a coma at any time, or hemorrhage and basically that’s it for Sue.

She knows that this is cancer and she knows how unlikely she will survive treatment. She has opted to take a steroid orally and come home. She has agreed to go ahead with the MRI and has an appointment with a neurologist on the 4th.

So, we are needing to get our house in order as Sue is our sole source of transportation, does all the grocery shopping, foes most of the cooking, washing clothes, seeing that everyone has their proper medication, and as care-given signs John’s and Julie’s Federal and State checks. All that has to be changed over to me or some-one.

I don’t know what to think other than I am not believing God has brought us all this way for nothing.

Shalom.

We'll keep praying for you and Sue.

God Be With All of you..

May His strength and peace be
manifest through all of this..

I send you my sincerest consolation but I also
know that the prayers of His people are powerful
and I will be praying for her full recovery,,
as this is what is in my heart to do..

God's Grace Be Upon You and Your Household
through this difficulty and beyond..

lovingly danielle

Semi, we're praying for your needs too. Please keep us posted.

Update…

Sue has survived in spite of the doctors’ thinking it unlikely without immediate surgery to put in a shunt. She saw the neurosurgeon today who suspects it might not be a bad as the ER doctors thought, but still bad. He suspects it is not malignant but is benign, and he thinks it operable with a fairly good chance of recovery without adverse effects from the operation.

However; please do not think we are out of the woods on this because they did not do an MRI today as I was expecting but he is scheduling one along with other tests. He really will not have a more clear prognosis to know how bad the situation is until he has seen the results of those tests.

He is not thinking that she will die any minute although there is the possibility she could have a stroke at any time.

We have changed all legalities over into my name including a “Do not resuscitate” document. Sue is adamant that she doesn’t want to go through the hell of a cancer operation only to spend the rest of her life in a nursing home.

However; God is able and He has given us many Miracles getting us this far. He has invested a lot in us - will He quit now? We don’t think so, but whatever His Will is, that’s His Will and we must be prepared to accept it.

It is not God who causes cancer, it is the handiwork of Satan & Co. - and God is able to reach in and detach Satan’s handiwork in less than a blink of an eye.

Shalom.

Great news! We'll keep praying. Keep us updated.

Psalms 91: 14-16

"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation."

I am a new poster to this forum and very grateful that God led me here. I just want to say from the few post I have read, you and your wife have a relationship with God and know Him and His power. I am sure His words are hidden in your heart so as a friendly reminder the scripture above, God's promise, will surely be kept. God bless!

however not immediate Sue will be added to my prayer list my most personal hope is that you and Sue will have a long future ahead of you. Remain strong as my prayers will also be on your behalf. much love .Grace go before each of us....Blessings!!!!!!!!

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.