This past Thursday my dad went to the radiologist to find out what kind of treatment he was going to need.  We just keep getting more bad news after more bad news.  From his first surgery to the 3rd major one in 5 days.  Then the slow healing process and his loss of function of his bladder and the abscesses in his abdomen.  We just haven’t really caught a break in this ordeal with dad.  I know it has been wearing on everyone – especially mom.  She has been such a great caretaker of him through this process.   Because of everything that has gone on I don’t think he was really looking forward to going in last Thursday.

Thursday night when I was able to call him back he told me that while the radiologist told him he is cancer free – that as far as the doctor is concerned he has been healed of his colon cancer.  This was great news and something we have been praying for.  I know it’s something a lot of people have been praying for.  So at this point dad is cancer free!  God is so amazing!  I still don’t understand why God chooses to heal some people and call others home.  I know that’s not something I am supposed to understand either.  Don’t get me wrong – I am extremely grateful for the fact that Dad is cancer free.  That means we’ve got some more time for him to give us all a hard time.  Trust me – he LOVES to give everyone a hard time and be ornery.

There are still some other issues to sort out but knowing he’s not going to have to have radiation is a big thing for him and for us.  This was some good news that we have been waiting and praying for.  Now we’re praying for God to restore the function of his bladder fully.  Our family would greatly appreciate it if you would continue to pray for that as well.  I am looking to forward to more time with dad.  I’m sure it will be more valuable now than it has before – not that it hasn’t been – but when you come so close to losing one of the biggest influences in life it makes the time with them just that much more special and important.  There was a time where dad and I didn’t get along very well at all.  In fact during that time we didn’t talk much – we fought more than anything.  I’ve said some horrible things to him at different points to and I’m sure that didn’t help much.  I am just glad that those years are long behind us.

Thanks for praying for us and for continuing to pray for us.  Like Laura Story said Sunday night, “Sometimes life takes a turn and it looks like a detour but then you come to find out it’s not a detour – it’s really the road God has planned for us to travel.”  Although I don’t understand the twists and turns God has taken our family through on this road I am grateful that it is the road HE has chosen for us.