Messages From Dad
I got into Battleford this morning @ 4am from PRBI. I had dropped some girls off along the way. Made a bit of a detour up to Bonnyville. This morning, I mean this afternoon, mom handed me 2 pages, front and back, of things dad wrote that he wanted on my website. Some of the stuff is already on here.
Tha latest news is that dad started chemo on Thursday the 16th. Took 2 hours. On Friday it took 7 hours becuase of his blood pressure going up and down. He had to stay in bed from 10am - 5pm. We don't know how he is doing today. They start chemo at 10am 'ish each day for two weeks from Thursday the 16th.
Dad writes....
SAT. FEB 11th
Asked Diane to bring weight workout bench and 250 pounds worth of weights to take advantage of steriod muscle building potential. For some reason Diane refused to co-operate.
SUN. FEB 12th
Been a vegetarian now for 3 weeks and hospital even knows this. Progress! Good meals and vegetarian diet helps to process food better than when on meat but steriods makle me hungry and meals are skimpy. Friendly former student brought along small vegetarian pizza. Devoured in 15 minutes and went looking in hospital snack fridge for more food.
SUN. FEB 13th
Hemetology specialist showed up at 1pm. Did a bone chip-marrow-blood extract from hip bone. Explained that the cancer is Burkett's Lymphoma and that they do not see many of these in Saskatoon. They know this type of cancer likes to spread to the bone marrow and the brain and that the type I have is very aggressive.
My ... my ... my ... my ... my ... my!
Providentially, God allowed it to start in the lymph nodes near the pancreas and it spread to the tip of the pancreas where the bile duct connects. It quickly clamped the duct and jaundice revealed its presence. So it has been caught early! Praise the Lord!
It is high grade lymphoma so it spreads quickly but test so far do not show its presence anywhere but the abdomen. The bone marrow test will reveal more and they plan to do tests on the brain to determine if there is metastysis (spreading) to there. These will be done today or tomorrow (Tuesday).
2am--I am praying for good news on Valentine's Day when test results will be known and chemo may begin. Pray about nausea, further spreading of cancer, wisdom to Dr. Christian Fibich who will be administering therapy, nurses who have been wonderful once they learned they can tease me and get away with it, witness opportunities (these abound! ... it's amazing!), our church ministry that the gaps we cannot now fill will be cared for, revival in Trinity Baptist Church and beyond, and most importantly of all that the glory of God will be revealed in my circumstances so that people will know Jesus Christ as Saviour and desire to obey His Word and glorify Him. Amen. To GOD be the glory!
Psalm 20:17, "Call upon the LORD in the day of trouble and He will answer you ... some trust in horses, some trust in chariots but WE will trust in the LORD our GOD."
MON. FEB 14th
(Late) The risks of aggressive chemo were explained to me. Very hard on the cardio-vascular system. I know Diane is worried. God has given me peace. Not only heart could be affected but there is a danger of blood clots and possible strokes. These people know the signs. God will provide but do pray.
Also they want to inject chemo directly into cerebelum (head-skull base I think) because of danger of spreading. They will do tests to detect any presence and then inject. Still waiting news on when.
TUE. FEB 15th
7am-- Snowing hard outside. I got one and a half hours sleep last night because of steroids. Not tired at all. Hmm. Where's my workout bench?
Tha latest news is that dad started chemo on Thursday the 16th. Took 2 hours. On Friday it took 7 hours becuase of his blood pressure going up and down. He had to stay in bed from 10am - 5pm. We don't know how he is doing today. They start chemo at 10am 'ish each day for two weeks from Thursday the 16th.
Dad writes....
SAT. FEB 11th
Asked Diane to bring weight workout bench and 250 pounds worth of weights to take advantage of steriod muscle building potential. For some reason Diane refused to co-operate.
SUN. FEB 12th
Been a vegetarian now for 3 weeks and hospital even knows this. Progress! Good meals and vegetarian diet helps to process food better than when on meat but steriods makle me hungry and meals are skimpy. Friendly former student brought along small vegetarian pizza. Devoured in 15 minutes and went looking in hospital snack fridge for more food.
SUN. FEB 13th
Hemetology specialist showed up at 1pm. Did a bone chip-marrow-blood extract from hip bone. Explained that the cancer is Burkett's Lymphoma and that they do not see many of these in Saskatoon. They know this type of cancer likes to spread to the bone marrow and the brain and that the type I have is very aggressive.
My ... my ... my ... my ... my ... my!
Providentially, God allowed it to start in the lymph nodes near the pancreas and it spread to the tip of the pancreas where the bile duct connects. It quickly clamped the duct and jaundice revealed its presence. So it has been caught early! Praise the Lord!
It is high grade lymphoma so it spreads quickly but test so far do not show its presence anywhere but the abdomen. The bone marrow test will reveal more and they plan to do tests on the brain to determine if there is metastysis (spreading) to there. These will be done today or tomorrow (Tuesday).
2am--I am praying for good news on Valentine's Day when test results will be known and chemo may begin. Pray about nausea, further spreading of cancer, wisdom to Dr. Christian Fibich who will be administering therapy, nurses who have been wonderful once they learned they can tease me and get away with it, witness opportunities (these abound! ... it's amazing!), our church ministry that the gaps we cannot now fill will be cared for, revival in Trinity Baptist Church and beyond, and most importantly of all that the glory of God will be revealed in my circumstances so that people will know Jesus Christ as Saviour and desire to obey His Word and glorify Him. Amen. To GOD be the glory!
Psalm 20:17, "Call upon the LORD in the day of trouble and He will answer you ... some trust in horses, some trust in chariots but WE will trust in the LORD our GOD."
MON. FEB 14th
(Late) The risks of aggressive chemo were explained to me. Very hard on the cardio-vascular system. I know Diane is worried. God has given me peace. Not only heart could be affected but there is a danger of blood clots and possible strokes. These people know the signs. God will provide but do pray.
Also they want to inject chemo directly into cerebelum (head-skull base I think) because of danger of spreading. They will do tests to detect any presence and then inject. Still waiting news on when.
TUE. FEB 15th
7am-- Snowing hard outside. I got one and a half hours sleep last night because of steroids. Not tired at all. Hmm. Where's my workout bench?
posted by Kevin @ 1:15 p.m.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home