CT scan results

Mom was able to get the results of the CT scan today over the phone instead of waiting until tomorrow when they meet with the doctor. The scan appeared the same as it did before the chemo so that is good. There is a nodule on the lung which was there before (but it also hasn't changed), and there doesn't seem to be concern about it.

Tomorrow, Mom starts the 7th cycle of treatment, and it has been determined she will have the full 9 cycle treatment (which means 6 more treatments including tomorrow). So we thank God for the positive report from the scan but also ask Him for continued strength and endurance for Mom. She is such a trooper...ideally, she would choose 6 cycles over 9 cycles, but she is remaining positive and knows she's in the best hands (of the staff at Hopkins and more importantly, the hands of our Creator who knows us inside and out). I was just rereading today an e-mail update I'd sent out after Mom's surgery that included a long list of so many little details that God used to show us He was "upholding us with His righteous right hand".

Thanks to everyone for your prayers, love, and support! So many of you have been such a blessing to Mom and Dad in so many different ways!

In pastures green? Not always, sometimes He
who knowest best, in kindness leadeth me
In weary ways, where heavy shadows be.

So, whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys, where
The shadows lie, what matter? He is there.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His love endures forever.
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord
or fully declare His praise?
Psalm 106:1-2

(Lyrics from the song If You Say Go)
If you say step out on the water and they say it can’t be done
We’ll fix our eyes on you and we will come
Your ways are higher than our ways
And the plans that You have laid are good and true
If You call us to the fire, You will not withdraw Your hand
We’ll gaze into the flames and look for You