The Report

We met with his doctor on Thursday to discuss all the options available for treatment. Boy was I amazed. I had to thank God for the incredible minds that He has given to the medical professionals. All I could imagine was watching Daddy get sick and losing quality of life to the poisonous life draining chemotherapy or thinking of his insides being burned up with radiation. I thank God there are other options.

I prayed for weeks before we went to the doctor for like mindedness, that the choice made would be the right one and we would all agree. In my prayers, I also prayed for the doctor and the staff of nurses who would be caring for my Daddy. I asked God to help me be patient in letting my parents be in charge even if decisions they made were the ones that I would make. God was faithful and answered everyone of my prayers.

The doctor and staff are wonderful. The sweet nurse who scheduled Daddy’s procedure hugged and kissed both my parents as we were leaving. You can’t get better care than that, can you? The doctor was thorough in his explanation and very patient with our questions. He had great eye contact with each of throughout our time together. I could tell that he really cared about Daddy. We all had the same decision made in our minds about treatment. Can you believe it? My mother, father, me and my brother all agreed. The best thing about this is that we did not even have to discuss it. The doctor gave his recommendation and the four of simultaneously nodded. God is so faithful!

He will have his procedure on August 11th at 9:45am. Would you pray for us on that day? It is an outpatient procedure that will keep him home-bound for about a week? Especially pray for my mother. Having an active 78 year-old man at home for a week, whewwww, you can only imagine.

Have a great Saturday. Does anyone have anything fun planned for the weekend? The kids and I are going to have lunch and visit with my Grandmother. Nellie is 90 years old and still lives alone. She is something else. That is for another post.