For those just "tuning in": last week on Wed. 7/14 Sam went in for an "upper GI" to see what was going on. He thought he was just having indigestion issures.
After the first test which was a sonogram, the techinicions started talking among themselves and went for the radiologist MD who then called Sam in to talk. He said that there was a large 15cm. mass covering 80% of his liver. All other tests were called off and he was sent off to schedule a MRI. That couldn't be scheduled until a week ago on Fri. the 16th.
Sat. the 17th our family doctor who is a friend phoned to give us the horrible news that the mass probably indicates cancer coming from somewhere else. A biopsy was ordered and couldn't be scheduled until this Tues. 7/20. So we spent that whole day in the hospital.
More waiting to hear what the biopsy found. Yesterday, Thurs. 7/22 they phoned in late afternoon to say the results were inconclusive.
We hope no news means "good news" but the Reston Hospital lab couldn't read Sam's biopsy to determine where the cancer was coming from. So they had to send it out to another lab to read.
Pray that it gets read at the new lab today and that they come up with some conclusions otherwise the oncologist won't meet with us as scheduled on Mon. afternoon. Another long weekend of waiting. :o(
Sunday night 7/25 from 7 - 9PM we are having a birthday party to celebrate Sam's 65th and 30 years serving the Lord at the Christian Embassy. This was planned a month ago before we knew about Sam's health issues. We are going ahead with the party but how do we "celebrate"? Pray for us to have a good time forgeting our present drama. Come if you can. Jer. 29:11
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