Oncologist

The Lord is gracious. In Lamentations 3:22-24 we read,
"The steadfas love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

Now for the techie info which may be more than you want:

We just got back from meeting our new doctor, Dr. Anthony Felice. We like him very much as he takes lots of time to talk and explain what might be going on. We were his last patient and he was running behind because he was talking to another patient. (After our medical discussions he asked Sam alot about what he does on Capital Hill.) He examinied Sam and ran a blood test that showed Sam's count to be normal and not anemic.

The lab in TX is running second tests on the biospy material but they still might not be able to tell from that. He said that in 15% of these cases, they cannot determine the source of the cancer. There is a specific regime for those. These come from some sort of glandular source like lungs, or "belly" organs. He doesn't think Sam's is lung related at this point because of his symptoms so far.

Dr. Felice phoned the practice that did Sam's colonoscopy from a year ago and they pretty much agree that it's not from that area because things looked normal and don't usually change that fast. (colonoscopys are done every 5-10 years.)

So tomorrow we will schedule CAT scan, Bone scan and the stomach GI tests. We don't know when exactly they will put Sam in because scheduling was closed for today. We continue to feel your prayers and the "peace that passes all understanding". Keep praying for us. Many thanks. Each of our dear friends are special to us.