My Turn To Ask For Prayers

Remember my niece, who was diagnosed with breast cancer? She had lymph node surgery, and the biopsy results showed one node positive for metastasis. Now she and her doctors are exploring treatment measures. As I've said before, my mother's family is a cancer nightmare. You name it, and one of the women in the family have had it. My niece's doctor recommended genetic testing for her because of the family history, her mother (my sister) having had both lymphoma, from which she seemed to be cured, and pancreatic cancer, which killed her. The test costs $3200, and my niece waits to see if the insurance company will pay for it. She will need a hysterectomy soon, because the lining of her uterus is not right, and she could be looking at uterine cancer down the road if she does not have the surgery.

Please pray for her and her doctors to make the proper treatment decisions, for the insurance company to make the right decision, and for peace of mind for her and her husband and the rest of the family and friends who love her.

This morning, I found out that my brother-in-law, her father, has a mass on one of his ribs. The doctor said it could be a fatty tumor, a muscle, or a malignancy. Further tests will tell the tale. My BIL recently had surgery for a malignant tumor in the bladder, which the surgeons were able to remove, and he required no further treatment, except close observation for a period.

The latest news about my BIL, which I heard only today, falls in the category of "too much", at least too much for me. The family have bad days, but are generally handling all this bad news with grace, which makes them seem heroic to me, since we are all still grieving for my sister. Today, I am not handling all of it with much grace.

Number 3 prayer request concerns my 9 year old grandson, who has a persistent ear infection, which required a visit to urgent care last night. He seems better today, but pray that the infection goes away completely.

Thank you all. I know what your prayers and good thoughts have done for me and mine in the past, and I'm confident that you will come through for me again

Good news for which we can give thanks from JimB:

Sue-z update (ongoing)...

I saw Sue-z tonight. She is on and off O2. If she is at rest no 02, if she is active she still needs a little. The expectation is that this will pass. Her intervention seems to be fine but they want to track the implant another day to be sure. Everything else is good. The idea is home Sunday or Monday. As very little seems to actually get done on weekends, I am betting Monday but I have been wrong before!