My Crown…
As I’m sitting here trying to write all that we found out today, I’m easily side-tracked. Trevor for some reason or another is watching America’s Got Talent, we don’t watch this show and I think it’s being DVR-d so Eli can watch this talent show…I’m thinking about getting uniforms ironed, church tomorrow night (Wednesday night church is harder than Sunday morning), laundry that isn’t folded, what I’m going to wear to go back to see Dr. Kovelic. Although it won’t be cute wedge sandals and white capri pants, I learned my lesson the first time. That and my foot is fat and purple from the last time I tried to dress cute to make a good impression.Trevor and I have been so blessed with the outpouring of love, prayers, gift and encouraging words from people that neither of us know. And I have to say if they were just trying to make conversation or make Facebook friends, I don’t know that I would have friended me just to say “sorry your man has cancer…” or “Bless your heart”…we’ve all heard the “bless your hearts”, it’s the Southern thing to say in an awkward silence in the conversation. We have appreciated EVERY word sent to us through email, txt, fb, mail and word of mouth.
I think of the crown of friends that we both have, it is OVERWHELMING. In my crown I have several rubies. There are a group of girls, rubies, from my church that know me, have heard me and love me anyway. They seem to always know when I need a prayer, accountability, Diet Dew. They aren’t perfect gems in their own right but they are also moms, sisters, wives and my friends. When one sends a message, I know that it will or has gone through all of them about praying immediately because they know I am a basket case pretending. And they all understand when I need that prayer I know that they are all praying and don’t have to let me know they are…Thank You…let’s do lunch.
I also have a couple of emeralds. They have known me and Trevor for years. They have been apart of our life together or when we were single. And their friendship only gets stronger and brighter through the years. The kind of friends that we don’t talk often but we have rejoiced together, mourned together, and prayed together. Trevor and I appreciate your prayers more than we can ever say, but that’s the point isn’t the only thing we can do in return in lift you up and praise God for such great friends…You all are like family to us…Expect a GREAT Christmas card. Proverbs 26:17 “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
Then there are a couple of gems in our crowns that make us who we are. They have raised us, spanked us, loved us, fought with us and for us. They are spread all around the base of our crown and are diamonds. They are indestructible. This whole experience with Trevor having cancer has shaken all of us but they have called, texted, prayed, showed up, kept me laughing, counseled me in compassion. I now know I’m not a “fluffy, soft compasionate woman”. I am compassionate to the situation, I’m a doer, let’s fix it and get through it…preferably sane and sober! We’ll see some of you sooner than others but I definately want to see you all. Thanks for keeping me grounded and focused, thanks for praying for healing and comfort. We love our families!
And all throughout my crown I have little pearls. Pearls that appear out of no where, like love notes from God. People that have loved on our kids, fed our kids, done homework with our kids and prayed with and for our kids. These people have been instrumental in helping us raise our children, not just now but over the past few weeks, months and years. We cherish you and don’t tell you enough how much we appreciate what you do while loving on our children. We’re all good…we’re all good…we got this…WE GOT THIS… because I Peter 5:7 says “..cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you..” and you all have reminded us of that.I just wanted to let you all know how much we love you, how much we appreciate you and how much you mean to our family.
Trevor did have his PET scan this morning and then met with Dr. Kaufman, the chemo oncologist. Dr. Kaufman hails from the NIH…that does not mean he writes for the National Geographic or write journal articles for medical magazines. I know some are laughing but the “NIH” means nothing to me. What the NIH is is the National Institute of Health, “where the Kennedy’s go to have cancer”. If Dr. Kaufman is good enough for the Kennedy’s, he’s good enough for my man…My man actually said that not me. We left today with all the information we think we need to proceed with the process to cure Trevor’s cancer.
Dr. Kaufman had the results for his PET scan. The PET scan showed that the cancer was in the tumor site we knew about in the back of the throat and only the lymph nodes that were in hte upper neck. No signs of cancer had spread to any other part of his body…GOD is GOOD (you say “ALL THE TIME”)! HE discussed Trevor’s chemotherapy regimen and how it will play out with doing it with radiation. Tomorrow we meet with Dr. Kovelic to prepare for his radiation plan and set a date to begin treatments. He will have treatment for 7 weeks and midway through we’ve been informed that it’s going to get hard. Anything worth having is worth working hard for, my mama always said that so I quit piano, I hated practicing. My man works hard anyway. The older he gets, it seems he works harder. He can’t sit still, that whole idle hands are the devil’s workshop, no worries Trevor isn’t idle. He is a hard worker and he is ready to get this process going and over with so that he can resume his real life. On the calendar, when this ends it’ll be some sort of deer season…oh the joy and anticipation of deer stand stories. I would imply sarcasm but I can’t wait for him to be able to get out and do stuff he loves and feel good doing it.
Thank you so much for your prayers. Thank you for your calls, cards, notes, texts, food and encouraging words. We have been blessed beyond measure with all of the gems and stones in our crown.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12
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