Amy's 'momentary trouble'

2 Timothy 4:17-18
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen

Amy had her MRI follow up meeting this morning at 9:30am. We left about 8:30 and Amy’s mom drove us down, we stopped at the Kwik Trip in Sauk City to get gas, coffee and doughnuts. This stop put us a little behind, so Amy’s mom took it up a notch (or three!) and putting our lives at GREAT risk (just kidding), made it down there just two minutes late. Amy got called and all of us went back to the exam room. The nurse came in after a few minutes and checked Amy’s vitals and asked the normal series of questions that one gets asked when visiting a doctor (i.e. Do you have pain, Are you eating regularly, Do you have any trouble: breathing, sleeping, etc.) and then dismissed herself. Not too long after, Dr. M comes in and says, ‘How would you like a break?’ And in the literal split second before anything more is said, I’m thinking, ‘Break from what…Chemo? That can’t be good. Does that mean he’s taking her off chemo?’ He must have seen the confusion on all of our faces because his next words were, ‘How would you like some good news for a change? After looking at the images, reviewing them several times and going over them with a fine tooth comb, the radiologists are convinced that the spots on Amy’s liver are Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (this is the same type of spot they originally saw and I talked about in my very first posting dated 3/1/06. This is a benign liver tumor that occurs frequently and is often discovered incidentally. It occurs mainly in women and usually requires no treatment. The potential for complications is extremely low).’ After tears of relief and MANY praises to God, I asked him about the liver and lymph node issues and he said that they are attributing that to tissue that is inflamed/irritated by the chemo treatments. And I followed up with asking him about the ‘thickening’ of the area around where the surgery took place and he said that he has seen this happen before and can frequently be scarring caused by the previous radiation/chemo treatments. They are moving forward with her treatments as if nothing has happened and will continue to monitor these areas (CT Scans every two months) for any changes.

Thank you Lord, for once again proving that nothing is beyond your care…your touch…your control.

This is Amy's story as seen and told by me – V