Miracle

I haven't posted in a while (except for some test posts I tried yesterday from my phone) because so much has been going on, and I am not sure what to say.  Obviously, this is a public blog, so some things going on in our lives are not going to be appropriate to talk about here.  We have some of those things going on right now, and I will definitely be blogging about those things as they become more appropriate to talk about. Does that make sense?

Anyway...right now I am in a hotel room in Las Vegas, for a conference.  Getting here was interesting yesterday, I got to the airport and didnt have my drivers license, so had to go through security without ID (there wasnt time to go home to get it). That was fun. Also, Vegas is not really my scene - there are MANY things about this city that I do not like.  But, it is an important conference, and I am getting some good alone time to just read and relax in my hotel room...so the glass is definitely half full, really more like 3/4 full.  My husband is home with the boys.

Justin sent me this photo this morning - Just the boys saying "Good Morning"
I know I have mentioned it before, but these boys are really quite awesome.
And cute, and perfect. 
Just an aside.

So, I do have something I want to tell you about...we witnessed a Miracle this past week.  Justin's best friend, Brent, has been battling Lymphoma for about a year now.  Battling hard.  It is an amazing, long story, which you can read about on his own blog:  docfeelbad.blogspot.com.

He just got a bone marrow transplant, and has been out of the hospital for about a month.  He is definitely not fully recovered from that ordeal, and is still a little more physically weak, than he would like.  Last week, Justin got a call that Brent had found swollen lymph nodes again.  This indicated a strong possiblity that the cancer was back, or still there, or whatever.  This was devestating news to all of us, to say the least.  He went in for a PET scan, which did not look promising at all, and had planned to have a biopsy this week.  We were all preparing ourselves for another bone marrow transplant (by the way, this is an amazing medical procedure, but also much more difficult than I was aware of).  Anyway, he went in for his biopsy, but first they were doing another PET scan (or CT scan...are they even the same thing? whatever.)  and his lymph nodes were no longer swollen! The cancer is most likely NOT back after all.  Call it a false alarm, try to explain it medically...I am calling it a MIRACLE.

We prayed and He answered.  I believe He always answers our prayers, sometimes not in the way we expect or want Him to. This time, though, He answered with a resounding YES!! Who knows what the future holds for any of us, but for today, we are celebrating.

At the same time, I know there are so many out there who are still suffering. A dear friend of mine's cousin's baby got his angel wings yesterday after a valiant fight, Steve Jobs lost his battle with cancer yesterday, we have all had suffering in this life that we "shouldn't have to" experience.  I don't have it figured out, but this was a reminder to me that our God is able, and that He is faithful.

My original reaction when Justin called me at work to give me the good news, was to question it.  I had prayed fervently for this phone call to come, that Brent was not going to have to go through another transplant this soon (or at all, preferably) but when it came, my first reaction was to question it. "It can't be" "When are they going to re-test?" "Are they sure?" "If they are wrong, and they don't retest for another 6 weeks, how much does that set back his recovery?"  I finally came to the conclusion that I just shared with you, that we have just witnessed a Miracle.  While these are rare in our lives, maybe they are so rare so that when they do happen, we are surprised, and give God the glory He deserves.

This is us with our friends, Brent and Brooke, on our trip to the Bahamas last May.
 Let me just tell you that these four people are VERY happy right now.

Praise be to the Lord!