Visitor and my big mistake of the day!

I missed blogging last night. Mike's Mother flew in from Ohio yesterday and left this afternoon. She slept out in the living room where the computer is located. She went to bed early since she got up early to fly here.



I am constantly encouraged when people tell me about all the people/friends keeping track of and praying for Mike. Truly people all over the world are praying. I told Wendy that I have created this funny story in my head. God is up in heaven and he is being berated with prayer for Mike at all hours of the day and night. Finally, he rubs his temples and he says enough already and gives Mike that miraculously healing. Kind of like the parable of the judge in Luke 18: 2-6. HOWEVER, I know that is not in God's character. He is probably over joyed to hear everyone lift Mike up to Him and he is just smiling at the time you are spending on your knees in a relationship with Him. So, as we continue down this journey, we continue to say to God be the Glory. The more you (and we) are on our knees, the more God is Glorified so it will be the greatest Victory!



Mike's Mom came in and I prepared her for what she might see in Mike. I was a little afraid that it would overwhelm her. However, she encourage my heart when she said he did not look nearly as bad as she had been prepared for. She even thought he had some color in his face. However, the color comes and goes depending on the level of pain and the amount of throw up (you probably didn't need to know that!). She spent the afternoon with Mike. She was even treated to a detox foot bath. After we went back to the condo, Mike slept. I asked his mom to stay with him and Elizabeth and I headed to Manasota Beach for more Shark Tooth Hunting. We even invested in this medal wire scoop/strainer contraption. We were there for about 2 hours and we worked together to find more shark teeth. The water was calm and clear and shallow for at least 20 feet out. We found teeth by just walking in the water and spotting black triangles on the sand. We also found teeth (mostly baby shark teeth) at the water's edge. We would scoop the sand and put it in a strainer. It was fun just to watch Elizabeth. I have to admit, we had a good time and it really took my mind off of Mike for a while. That is probably bad to put down in writing, but true none the less.



This morning we woke up and headed to the IV Clinic. Linda stayed with Mike for a little bit while Elizabeth and I did our morning errands. We then took her to Veggie-Magic for lunch. She loved that place! By the time lunch was over, it was time for her to leave. She did give me a huge compliment. She said that I was doing a great job taking care of and supporting Mike. That meant a lot.



So Linda left, and I took Mike to his breathing/emotional therapy and now we are at the ANWC doing LBG. I have paid the bills and now I have a moment to catch everyone up. Sunday in our 21st day of IV Therapy. Right now we have a few more colonic, a few more breathing therapies, and we are going to schedule an CT Scan for either late this week or early next week so we can compare results.



Be in prayer for the results. Pray that the Scan's will show God's healing on the inside of his body. We have seen it on the outside, but we want to see it on the inside.



I also want to remind everyone that it is a victory if the cancer is unchanged. We were told that it was particularly aggressive and that with no treatment, Mike had 60 days. We are 30 days into that first time window. Stopping the cancer growth rate is a miracle because once we get that under control we can start chipping away at it. Honestly, when it is all said and done, Mike is doing Chemotherapy here. He is just using more natural substances that don't tear apart the body. That is why sometimes the days get hard. I think when I began this journey, I thought that it would be easier than what it actually is. Somewhere along the way, I have come to realize that no one beats cancer by "tiptoeing through the tulips." You have to fight and fight hard, because the cancer will fight just as hard.



I will confess that I did something today that I promised myself I wouldn't do. I read through Mike's Medical records. I got to the point where it said "terminal" and I stopped and put them away. It was so cold to read. But as I am sitting here, typing my way through tonight's therapy session (ie the blog), that report was written by a human. She looked at everything she knew and it was based on her knowledge. In the end, there was one thing left out before the diagnosis was made... The unseen, and all knowing God. In the end, it His plan that will prevail. His plan for Mike and His ultimate plan for all believers!

Specific prayer request:
Pray for sleep/rest for Mike
Pray Mike has the strength to take supplements on regular basis
Pray that the pain in his stomach will be as little as possible
Pray for Healing and that the CT Scan will be cause to rejoice