More Improvement!

We are doing well and I wanted to share some thoughts with you.   God is so good to us!!  I can't say that enough!  We are quite aware of answer to prayer!

Arnie's blood work this week showed everything was totally NORMAL... not just "within the normal range" but NORMAL!  The white cell count is normal... even the red count is normal, which hasn't happened before - it has always been on the low side of normal, which we are told is because of the chemo.  They expect that count to be on the low side because of what the chemo is doing, but this week, even the red count is totally normal!!   Also, I asked him about the tenderness and soreness at the incision site where the cancer has been - he said that the soreness is completely gone!  When I hug him, I have always been aware of where that spot is and to be careful not to aggravate the soreness.  I have purposely hugged him in that spot lately and he hasn't complained of any soreness or tenderness at all!

Coincidence???   I don't think so!!!  God is very present with us and is answering the prayers of all of you who are praying for us!  Thank you so much and please continue!  Prayer is powerful and it definitely makes a difference!

Recently we attended a BP dinner that was a celebration and recognition of those who have increments of 5 years of service with the company.  Arnie has 30 years with BP.  He began there August 18, 1980.  It was a very nice event and it was good for us to be able to attend.  There were many of his co-workers who showed a genuine concern for him and expressed those feelings. 

I get a devotional email from 2 sources every day and so often there is something there that is so timely and I feel surely it is meant for me just at that time.  One of those emails came today and it reads like this..."the Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins;  He will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.  Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing."   Isaiah 51:3

CTCA is in the city of Zion, Illinois and we will be traveling there soon.  Please keep us in your prayers -- they ARE working  - God hears and answers prayer.  That is a fact!