Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Good CT test results, praise God Almighty!

Dear ones, Mike blogging today.



The red blood cells seem to be holding their own after the transfusion, however, the white cells are not responding to the shots and coming back up. The platelets are misbehaving as well. But overall, the transfusion was an incredible blessing. I'm back at home now. We'll figure out the white cell and platelet problem somehow, with God's help.



So no chemo for a while with the white count so low. We did a CAT scan yesterday and got the very good results today: Liver lesions have decreased in size since last CAT scan between .2 and 1.0 centimetres (cm)in size--average reduction looks to be about .5cm. Spleen slightly enlarged, probably related to its role in cleaning old red blood cells out of the blood. Pancreas, adrenal, kidney, aorta, prostate, bladder, and gall bladder normal. Some lymph node swelling in the chest, hopefully from carrying away the toxins of dying cancer cells. They found what sounds like a minor problem in my L5/S1 back vertebrae --knocked somewhere between 0-25% out of position with maybe a hairline fracture. My back hasn't bothered me in a while, but it does on occasion and I've always suspected it was due to a bad fall I took off an obstacle at Ft Bragg. Nice to have it pin-pointed, and to know that it is likely minor and won't get worse. A fair amount of lung tissue scarring was noted on this one. Thyroid normal, esophagus/stomach unchanged, and another nodule in the lung disappeared!

Lord Jeshua thank You! By Your stripes we are healed. Because you are faithful, powerful, wise, the merciful, gracious Son of the living God! Please continue to Bless your unworthy servant and my family/friends.

-Mike

8 comments:

Lisa said...

Rejoicing with you and continuing to pray for full healing to be manifest in your body!

-Lisa

Anonymous said...

Praise God!! What wonderful news...

Thank you, Lord!! We praise Your name as we continue to lift Mike up to You. We are so grateful for your healings!! Thank You, thank You, Lord. Please continue to wrap Your arms around the Phillip's family. We love you and ask this in Jesus' name, because of what He did on the cross. Amen

lynn / kev said...

We are so thankful and praising God in heaven for the good CT scan results, Mike. We love you and continue to pray for you all. God bless & protect this precious family and heal Mike completely, Lord, for Your glory, and for Your sake we ask in Jesus' precious name. Amen.

Anonymous said...

This is great news! We continue to pray for you all and hope this will start a trend of many more great days ahead!
Cynthia

Anonymous said...

That is the kind of Spring" Break...ing" news we like to hear! the Armes in ABQ

The Chalmers said...

Praise Praise Praise the Lord!!!!!!

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Anonymous said...

It is so heartwarming to learn that another one of those "small victories" you wrote about a while back, came to pass, with the much welcomed news of your test results!

Every bit of good news is a step in positive motion; a step we've been praying for all of you! Know that we continue to pray future tests will bring even more good news to share!

Sending our love, and lots of hugs, Jim & Marvie