- Colonoscopy last Wed. (June 3)
- Dr. told us it was concerning -
likely cancer - and what the list of next steps/appts would likely be.
- Results
confirmed Friday (June 5)
- Dr. called us Sunday afternoon to go over results
and let us know that Monday morning he'd be contacting Diagnostic Imaging to
ensure that my CT scan was marked as urgent, as well as contacting the
Colorectal Surgeon in Edmonton to get the ball rolling.
- Monday afternoon I had
a call from CT people asking me to come Tuesday morning at 9.
- Tuesday morning
- CT scan - results look pretty good from what we can see on our online portal,
but no official word from dr. yet.
- Thursday morning - phone call from
surgeon's office in Edm. They want me to come for an appt on Monday afternoon
already. We will hopefully find out more then about dates/plans/etc.
Here we are.
In the last few days, I think we have said, "One day at a
time..." more than we have in our lifetime.
And yet, it really is where we want
to start.
We have seen God's faithfulness and provision already and are so
thankful for the doctor who did Wednesday's scope.
I had never met him before,
and yet he has been my biggest advocate - giving me as much info as he could
right from the get go.
Getting CT ordered already on Friday, calling us on a
Sunday afternoon, contacting CT/Surgeon right away on Monday - and the ball is
definitely rolling.
There are more people praying than we can count, and I am
repeatedly being assured of God's presence in this journey.
As Christians, we
talk about how God didn't just make the world and then leave us here, but how He
is actively working among us.
He promises that He is always with us and will
never leave us or forsake us.
And we see Him actively working.
I know that He
loves me and that he is both good and gracious.
He provides what we need for
each day.
Repeating those truths to the 8 and 9 year olds that I teach has
helped me remember that we are called to have faith like a child.
Adults worry.
Adults jump ahead.
Adults know all the bad things and the brokenness and we
easily go there.
8 and 9 year olds accept more readily the truth that God loves
us and walks with us.
That He is faithful and He promises to give us what we
need for each day.
8 and 9 year olds celebrate answered prayers of a teacher who
is absent already the day after all of this news because our prayers have been
heard and the test we needed is happening!
They aren't afraid to talk about why
cancer is a scary word.
Or ask, "How's your cancer?"
They ask the big questions
like, "Why did you get cancer?"
And they let us step back into the childlike
faith that we have in the context of understanding this broken world.
We talked
about tears and hard days and how those things are real.
They are a part of this
journey already and will continue to be.
But they come in the context of our God
who gets us through the hard days;
Who is saddened by the brokenness in this
world, and who longs for us to be whole.
So, welcome, if you are here to walk
alongside us.
I/we will be try to update here.
This has always been more of a
reflective place for me.
And as I sat to put some details on paper, it already
turned out to be more reflective than informative.
I make no promises about what
it will be or become.
However, for today, it is a space to help me keep up more
easily.
We can't possibly manage the gift of all the people who love us and want
to walk this journey with us.
So we will try this.
Thanks for your prayers.
Thanks for your encouragement.
Thanks for being the hands and feet of Jesus and
being a physical reminder that we are not alone.
