My dad – 2

Proverbs 17:22  A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

It is good that you recognize your weakness.  That keeps you looking to Me, your Strength.  Abundant life is not necessarily health and wealth; it is living in continual dependence on Me.  Instead of trying to fit this day into a preconceived mold, relax and be on the lookout for what I am doing.  This mind-set will free you to enjoy Me and to find what I have planned for you to do.  This is far better than trying to make things go according to your own plan. –Sara Young author of Jesus calling.

Now that I’ve experienced cancer for myself, twice; I am now experiencing the side of the loved one.  When I was going through cancer I was in control of my own outlook and I learned to accept it and it totally changed the way I look at life.  Life is a gift that we all take advantage of.  Everyday is precious and I’m so thankful for this life of living for God.  It’s amazing when you take your focus off yourself and switch your  focus on God how much easier it is to be at peace and realize that there are a lot of bumps in the road.  The bad things in life are just opportunities for something better happen.  Where there is sorrow, joy is just around the road.

I’m now dealing with my father who was just diagnosed with cancer and I see the hard time he is going through.  I just want to make everything ok for him.  He’s going through the hardest time of his life right now. He will be ok though once he gets through the bumps.

Thursday evening at 5:00 he began his first chemo treatment. After a couple of hours he went into anaphylctic shock.  They took him off the chemo for a couple of hours, then started it again at a very low dose for 10 more hours.  A couple of hours later they sent him home from the hospital.  At about 9:30 last night we had to call the paramedics to take him to the hospital because he couldn’t walk, he was panting for air when he tried, as well as being disoriented.  He is back in Swedish hospital in ICU.  It may be that the cancer attached to the intestinal wall and now the chemo is ripping it apart.

I know my dad is going to be just fine.  Knowing what I went through in the beginning and just trying to comprehend everything, I know he’s going through the same thing.  The good thing is, he has so many people that love him and people praying for him all over the world. I’m so glad that my dad has the greatest doctor and is getting the best possible treatment and care.  We have a lot to be thankful for.