Merry Christmas

It’s been a really good week. I had my hospital chemotherapy on Wednesday. That went well. Yesterday, the take-home chemo was disconnected. This round has had the least severe side effects of any so far. I thank God that the side effects have never been really bad.

I forgot to write about a praise from last week. While I was getting out of my vehicle on Saturday at IWU, I slipped on the ice. I was opening the rear driver’s side door when both feet slipped out from under me. I landed hard on my lower back and bottom. Of course, I felt immediate pain where I fell, but nothing was broken. I had no trouble getting up, which was good since no one was around to assist. For about an hour I felt some discomfort and then it slowly passed. After that initial discomfort, I was never in pain. None at all.  Praise God!

What is so special about this, is the fact that a broken bone could have significantly set back my chemotherapy treatments. Keeping the rest of the body healthy during chemo is very important. Colds, the flu and certainly broken bones need to be avoided in order to stay on schedule with chemo.  I praise God that I had no pain, no bruises and no negative impact from this fall. God has been so good throughout this journey.

We will be celebrating Christmas with Kerri and her family tomorrow. I’m sure it will be a wonderful day of celebrating the birth of our Savior.  This Christmas will be extra special for Joan and me because without the healing touch of the Lord…quite frankly, I wouldn't even be here.  Thank you again for all the love, prayers, cards, texts, emails, and phone calls.  I am humbled and blessed by all of them.  Merry Christmas to you all.