Thursday, December 29, 2005
FINAL (?) SURGERY DATE FOR KARON
The question mark in the title of this post indicates some uncertainty about the surgery date. It has changed three times. Karon talked the Oncologist out of her Chemo treatment, which was to have been December 19th. Shortly thereafter they called from the orthopedic doctor’s office and said surgery was scheduled for some date down in February. That was totally unacceptable. So they re-scheduled it for January 11th. In the mean time, Karon’s affected leg, foot and ankle swelled to twice the normal size. That made us decide to call the doctor.
We never got to talk to the doctor directly. The closest we got was when someone from his office called and relayed the message that Dr. _____ said he couldn’t do anything for her. He suggested she keep her foot and leg elevated and apply ice. So that is pretty much the way she spent the time from Thursday before Christmas until last Tuesday. The doctor himself did call later that day but didn’t offer any further solutions.
Her only means of transportation has been her wheelchair. We did take her to Christmas Eve service and to church Sunday morning with the use of the wheelchair. Slowly the swelling began to recede and she was able, with the use of the wheelchair and assistance from yours truly, to go to work this week.
The doctor’s office called Tuesday and said they could move her surgery date up to Monday, January 9th, at 7:30 a. m. They told her to be at the hospital at 5:30 that morning. UGH! But that’s better than the other scheduled time—it was 3 p.m. So as of now that’s the plan.
The good news is that the tumor count (sometimes called the cancer count) has continued to go down. This last three weeks it went from 30.7 to 25.2. We are grateful for that. That means she can delay further chemo treatments until she has the surgery.
Our Christmas was terrific! Church service Sunday morning was marvelous. Everyone participating did so with excellence. You could tell much preparation and practice went into the service. We had a record-breaking crowd for our little church—144! Of course there were a lot of family members of those participating who attended. But there were also some visitors who came just because they wanted to worship with us that Sunday. We did several special things that morning that were family-oriented and intended to glorify God. Our youth did a musical, “The First Leon.” They did a great job.
I hope your Christmas season was blessed. For some it was a difficult time as the “first Christmas without a loved one”. Those special days are always different after the separation, whether by death or divorce. But there is something uniquely different about the “first” one. However, God promises to be with us in the bad/hard times as well as the good. He has promised that He will never leave us or forsake us.
It will be interesting to see what 2006 brings each of us. My wish for you is for another year live according to God’s Will and by His strength and guidance.
Jim
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