Mom looked great this morning. She hasn't being taking that much pain killer so her cognitive perception was quite acute. She was even joking around with me and Anna.
Dr. Fleming, Dr. Herndon, Dr. Boyce, Marisa, and Zach came to see Mom at 6:50. They were quite pleased with Mom's bowel movement and revealed that this was an additional requirement for her to receive chemotherapy today. So she will definitely receive Taxol administered over the course of 3 hours and Carboplatin administered over the course of 30-45 minutes. Because of the chemotherapy, there will be no Lasix today, she will receive more on Friday. The next round of chemotherapy will occur after 21 days. She will probably receive 6 rounds of chemotherapy. In order to offset some of the adverse affects of Taxol they will give Mom some steroids - Decadron. They will also need to change the sponge in Mom's incision - the sponge is not the right size. This means they will have to dress her wound another time.
Mom is sleeping now. She was quite anxious about the chemotherapy treatment, especially when one on the physicians said that her cancer was "advanced," but she seems at greater peace about the process this morning.
Stephen Juraschek
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Dear whole family,
Let's share one verse together, Mark 4:3 "Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow". The Lord as a sower had sown Himself for us. This morning this “seed” sown for us enlightens me. Our Christian life is to sow ourselves as many seeds with the same life of Christ, to supply others, feed others and help them to grow. Your endurance of this suffering is really sowing yourselves to supply all the saints. Please be strong in Faith, Love and Hope in the Lord. Rejoice always in the Holy Spirit.
Love in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord be with your whole being this day Joanne, especially as the chemo is introduced. May the Lord bless those drugs and use them to cast off the cancer as He casted off all the negative things on the cross. The Lord said "It is finished!" in John 19:30. Concerning the negative things that were terminated we see Sin, sins, Satan, Satan's kingdom, death, the world, the flesh, the old man, the I, and the old creation. Wow! What a termination! I have been desiring more to have this accomplished fact applied and experienced in my daily life. May all the sons of light enter into and experience the accomplished facts in the Word of God.
The Lord bless you Paul, Joanne, Anna, Stephen, Andrew, and Elizabeth.
ref. Num. 21:5-9, John 3:14, Is. 53:6+10, 1 Peter 2:24, Gen 3:15, Heb. 2:14, Col. 2:15, Is. 25:8, 2 Tim. 1:10, Rev. 20:14, Gal. 6:14, Col. 2:20, Gal. 5:24, Rom. 6:6, Col. 3:9, Col. 3:3, Gal. 2:20, Heb. 2:9
Please note that the Hebrew word "bruised" in Gen. 3:15 actually means "gaped" showing that the Serpent's head has been gaped wide open! Hallelujah!
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