Waiting patiently

Julie and I had an extremely close call on Interstate-40 on our way to the oncologist today. Another car got in front of us and tried to move over to the left lane, as she did another car in the left lane was moving pretty fast, so the person in front of us tried swerving back into our lane, but she overcorrected. With her tires locked up and screeching, she instantaneously went horizontally into the three left lanes, clearly out of control. I gunned it into the exit lane as it looked like she was coming back around into our lane. However, her car came to a stop in the middle lane -- facing oncoming traffic -- she was facing eastbound in the westbound lane with lots of trucks and traffic coming her way! We don't know what happened after that, but it was extremely frightening and we pray that no one was injured or killed. But both Julie and I realized that anything can happen to anyone at anytime.

With that life-flashing-before-your-eyes moment, we got to the oncologist's office to get more information on our proposed treatment options. Our oncologist said the fluid on Julie's
lung -- which is to be drained tomorrow -- would not put her in the best position to begin chemo due to the intense, and cumulative, toll chemo has on the body. Consequently, it appears Julie will undergo surgery first, perhaps this week. However, we will know more once her lung is cleared.

We're both learning to be patient throughout this entire process, which is really only the beginning. Patience, however, does not come easily when your loved one has such a violently aggressive cancer inside her. Yet, as we learn to go through this ordeal one day at a time, we find comfort and confidence in the Word. Tonight we are dwelling on II Timothy 1:7, which says, "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Please pray with us that there will not be any complications tomorrow morning.