Milestones

Over the next few days I will have reached some important milestones. Today I had my 12th chemo session. Next week I get the week off and will be celebrating my youngest son's first birthday. After my next three chemo sessions I will undergo a scan (presumably a P.E.T. scan) to determine how effective all of these chemo trips have been.

For the last few days I have felt better than I have felt since my surgery back in November of 2006. When I look back over the last few months I can see the progress I have made. I now feel that I have a very good chance to make a good recovery; something I would have bet against three months ago. I know that I have so many people praying for me, and believe that not prayer, but the One we pray to, has the power to heal. It is, however, our prayers that God wants to hear and out of His perfect love send healing.

I want to thank those great and loving people from Hope Lutheran Church who come to my house and spend time with me after my chemo sessions. I have enjoyed our time to talk and getting to know one another better, and would like to put together a Bible study for us along with Pastor Zahn. As you know, Pastor Zahn's daughter is improving from a yet unknown illness that hospitalized her for a full month. Even now, she continues to have bouts of the illness that raises her blood sodium levels and affects her hormones in bizarre ways. Please continue to hold her up in prayer as her Doctors continue to do tests to determine the cause of her illness and decide on it's treatment.

During my week off I will go to Palmetto Health Baptist to drop in on my friends in the EKG Department and Cath Lab. I pray that they continue to do the great job they have done for their patients. I look forward to spending time with them in my visit and hope to rejoin them at my post as soon as it is possible.

Well, that's all the gab I have for now. God bless you all!

Your brother in Christ,
Mack