Good News and a Potential Lung Surgery

We have good news. My mom's immune system has begun to kick back into gear. The fungal growth in her lungs, which was quite large, has diminished to nearly a tenth of the size it was a week ago. It is still there, and still serious, but I cannot even begin to tell you the collective relief that fell on us when the doctors gave the news.

I have tried and tried to find a way to convey here what a gracious, gracious gift this is to all of us, and primarily to my mother. But words really do fail me. I can only say, again and again, Thank you God. Thank you Jesus. Thank you God. Thank you Jesus. We were facing a potential of very different news, and this is a miracle.

Thank you so, so, so much for praying. I believe with all my heart that it has made a tremendous difference. Thank you for praying her through a crisis point, and coming out victorious together with her on the other side. Glory to you, God.

Please keep praying for her, friends. Your prayers are such a deep encouragement to my mom and to all of us. But even more than that, they are impacting her life in a very tangible, and powerful way. We are praying the healing continues at a rapid pace and the fungal growth is simply gone.

This week there will be more tests - a bone marrow test to check for leukemia and a CT scan to check the growth. The pneumonia persists, with symptoms of uncomfortable cough and tiredness.

Barring complete disappearance of the growth, there will be a lung surgery scheduled for mid-week, to remove the part of the lung where the growth remains. The smaller the size, the less intrusive the surgery.

The surgery is because of the leukemia and the immediate need to proceed to transplant. There can be no pneumonia in her body when the transplant occurs. My own faith is bolstered after this weekend and I am again beseeching Heaven for not just the pneumonia and the fungus to be gone, but every single leukemic cell as well. May there be complete healing. Complete recovery. Complete restoration. Long, long life. Amen.

Thank you again. Please press in with us again - more, and deeper, and further - entrusting her body to Him all the way, until this pneumonia, lung growth and leukemia are completely put behind her.

And please know that we thank God for you. I thank God for you every day in my prayers, for your awesomeness and faithfulness to my mom and Him. We thank God for you and are praying for you as well.