A New Prayer Lifted

What an amazing God we serve! We praise Him for the abundant blessings we have received from Him on a daily basis. We know some things are "blessings in disguise", but God is good through it all.

Gary has had an incredible couple of weeks! He got to speak for the first time in a church since April, he ran a VERY successful golf tournament (with a lot of help from the other staff members at FAITH Radio), and he has worked almost full days every day.

Gary went to his oncologist today, and we had a mixture of good and bad news. The good news is that Gary has gained 16 pounds this past month and is physically much healthier. The bad news is his red cell count is down as well as the amount of vitamin B12 in his body. He had to have shots today to try to boost those. He also has been suffering from a painful shoulder. No one has thought much of it because of the good results of the CT and bone scans. The oncologist just assumed it was a pinched nerve or torn rotator cuff. But Dr. Davidson was alarmed that his shoulder had not improved in the past month. So Dr. Davidson has ordered yet another MRI, this time for the shoulder.

So here is what Gary has the rest of this week:

• Preventative chemotherapy tomorrow morning. This will be with new drugs that hopefully will not irritate his lung, and it will only be once every three weeks.
• An appointment with an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow afternoon for his shoulder. He will most likely receive a cortisone shot that should alleviate the pain he is having.
• A MRI Friday afternoon of his shoulder. This will confirm there is nothing growing on the bone or in the muscle of his shoulder. (He has a large knot right under his left shoulder bone.)

We ask that you pray now for good results for all three things. We know God is in this; He has been with us every step we have taken in this journey. Thank you for your faithfulness; we hope to update you soon with ALL good news!

We love you all very much and are humbled by your consistent prayers.