Christmas Eve

Yesterday was a big day! First and foremost...it was Mary's birthday! Sweet, sweet sixteen. I can hardly stand to say it out loud...16. WOW. She is such a blessing to our home and a delight to all who know her. Tom and I are very proud of who she has become in the Lord Jesus Christ, just a beautiful, young Christian woman.

Yesterday was also a medical test day for me. Tom and I spent Wednesday night in Little Rock so it would be easier to get to my 7:00 am appointment. I went in and had a CT scan of my head, my chest and pelvic areas. Then 2 hours later I went in for a bone scan from head to toe. Immediately following we went in to see my oncologist for the report on all these tests.

My doctor said that there were 2 small spots on my spine that concerned them enough to give them "suspicious" status on the report. She said she wants me to come in for a PET scan this coming Wed, Dec. 29th to look at it closer. She discussed the fact that these were showing up, plus my tumor marker being elevated concerned her, so she wants to check it all out further. She also took me off of Tamoxifen and put me on Arimidex, another type of hormonal therapy.

We left the office feeling okay. It would have been nice to have heard "we did not see anything at all, Mrs. Carr"...but we didn't hear anything definite either. SO Tom and I took a deep breath and looked on the hopeful side of this. It looks very much like what happened to me 3 years ago. They saw a lesion in my humerus bone and my scapula. It wasn't until 5 weeks later when they did the biopsy that they were confident that it was not cancer. I guess I am holding lots of hope in my heart because of that experience having a good ending.

THEN...something great happened about 4:00 in the afternoon. The nurse called and she said that they rechecked the tumor marker. It had gone DOWN from 42 to 31, with 30 being normal!!!! WOW...that was incredible. In one week it dropped almost to normal. She was very surprised herself but glad. She said "we will still continue with the plan to do the PET scan on Wed.". Fine. That's fine. Good plan.

That news shifted the whole picture. If the tumor marker is down, that means the presence of cancer is lessened in their medical perspective. I truly believe that it was God who stepped in. SO many people are praying...and I'm very grateful! We ask for mountains to move and when we see the mountain shift, we can't write it off to coincidence. I want to give Him the glory and the credit.

So...

Thank You, God, for shifting the mountain. Thank You, O Lord, for those numbers going down. Thank You for hearing our cries. Thank You for stepping in. Thank You for blessing Mary's special day with a joyful celebration. Thank You for Your faithfulness and Your love. AND, on this glorious Christmas Eve, I thank You for coming to earth as a innocent baby, both holy and human. Thank You for Your life and for Your death and Your resurrection! My heart is full of gratefulness for this day of life that You have given to me. I praise Your Name!!!
In Jesus I pray, Amen.