Good news! Finally!!!

As some of you may know, I had a CT scan last week to measure the size of the tumors.  The doctor got the CT report on Friday, so the nurse emailed me this morning that my doctor was happy with the results, and I should come in to see them on Wednesday.  Needless to say, I had to know more.  For a little background, the chemo drug, Sutent, has only been tried on my type of cancer in a handful of people.  It didn't help some people, it stopped growth of new tumors in some people, and in 1 person, it actually shrunk (shrank?) the tumors.  I emailed the nurse back asking if there were any measurements of the lung tumors, since I've had a few CTs in the last six months.  The first showed 2 or three small spots, and the next scan a few months later, showed the spots had doubled in size.  This last CT showed the spots in the lung had gotten smaller.  Smaller!!!  Not just a millimeter, but VISIBLY smaller!  I was walking into Ken's office when I got the phone call.   I was crying and it scared him, because all we get is bad news.  We just hugged and cried and cried.  It is so weird getting good news.  We both just kind of sat there and looked at each other and quietly tried to think of what the down side would be.  Someone walked into his office to talk to him, and neither of us said anything to him about the news, because we still couldn't believe it.  We celebrated with lunch at Togos.  I came home and dropped to my knees and thanked Jesus Christ for helping me.

I have a lot of people praying for me right now, and I truly believe that this good news has everything to do with that.  I am truly grateful and ask that you keep praying, because I've changed my goals for the future:  instead of asking God to let me stay on this earth to see Kassy graduate from college, I've decided I'm not going anywhere until after Cody graduates from high school (he's 7).  I'll be adjusting these goals as I go along.  

Thank you, everyone, for thinking of us.  Truly, God is love.