The Journey Continues:Yesterday's appointment

Yesterday we received a good report with a question mark!  The Doctor thinks that Richard looks much better.  He actually made some kind of comment that he was glad that someone had finally figured out what was wrong with Richard.  They had written in Richard's record something about chronic graft/vs/ host.  His creatinine  levels also were normal.  The Doctor did give Richard a release to go back to work full time on Monday but cautioned him to watch the heat and the physical work.  Before the Doctor granted him the release though he turned to me and asked me what I thought.  He said that Richard would probably be begging for a release to go back to work from his death bed and wanted to know if I thought he was strong enough.  I told him that at this point yes but that if anything changed I would certainly be calling.

Then there was the results from the pet scan.  That is where the question mark comes in.  The lymph nodes that were always in view and swollen are gone or at least not showing up on the scan.  The question is one that has not been seen before.  It is in the middle of his chest and measures one and half centimeters.  The Doctor said he was not happy but was not concerned.  There will be another pet scan in two months.  Our question mark is how can the Doctor not be happy but not concerned???  He also had another small spot but they did not tell us where it is located and that it could possibly be a small blood clot.  The Doctor told us that one was nothing to worry about.  We praise God for the good part and praying about the question mark!

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

New International Version (NIV)

Praise to the God of All Comfort

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. ⁵ For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ

Psalm 94:18-19

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸ When I said, “My foot is slipping, ”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
¹⁹ When anxiety was great within me,
    your consolation brought me joy.