We met with Dianne's chemo Oncologist Dr.Edenfield on Friday August 21st and also had labs to check her blood counts. Thanks to the Lord her lab results shows that she is officially out of the danger zone. However, several key blood counts are not yet back up to normal but thankfully are trending upward -[1] white blood count is currently 1.8 and normal range is 4.5-11.0 [2] red blood count is 3.51 and normal range is 4.20-5.40 [3] hemoglobin is 11.4 and normal range is 12.0-16.0 4) and HCT was 34.4% and normal range is 36.0-48.0%. Dr.Edenfield has scheduled her to come back in 30 days on October 19th to take labs again, but he feels that with time she will be back within normal ranges.
On Monday August 24th, Dianne met with Dr. Zurenko her radiation oncologist and he examained her. As a result thank the Lord she will not have to see him again until February 8 2010, which is after her mammogram test on January 21 2010.
As I was listening to Charlie Boyd's message on Sunday, I was reminded in Mark 13:33 where it says for us to "Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come." Life will throw many curve balls our way, and we need to be sure that we are prepared no matter what happens in our life or at what time it may happen. It is so satisfying to know that we have accepted the Lord into our hearts and that we know where our home will be regardless of when the Lord does come.
In addition, we are continuing to pray for our friend Joy Divona who is suffering from cancer and we know that God is with her and pray his will be done in her life. Joy has left for several weeks to be with her husband Emilio in California, and we received an email from her that she had fallen and our prayers continue to be lifted up for her.
Also, our friends Abe and Theresa Varaghese and Mark and Sarah Lynch are on a missions trip to Bogota, Columbia from August 22-29 and we are praying each day that they will be protected, many lives will be led to Christ, and that God will receive all the glory for all that is accomplished on their trip.
From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank all our friends and family for the many prayers for Dianne and our family since a year ago October 2008 when Dianne was first diagnosed with breast cancer and incurred subsequent surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation. This past year has been such a tough year for our family. I know that the greater the love, the greater the hurt. It would have been easier on me mentally if I had to go through it rather than Dianne. But, his ways are not our ways, and we have to rely on his promises and his grace. I have gone over and over the past year his message to us that God grace is sufficient for all our needs. 2 Corinthians 12:9 says, My grace is sufficient for you and my power is made perfect in weakness.
Dianne and I both know that we have been saved only by his grace, and that our time here on this earth is temporary, but our "eternal" home with him will be permanant. I pray that we will share this same message with others every time the opportunity arises which should be every day.
God bless each and every one of you.....Bruce and Dianne
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