David's surgery is now a sure thing. It will be happening on Monday, May 4. I am very glad that this is coming quickly since David's eye is visibly deteriorating on a daily basis. I will be glad to get the cancer out, and am actually feeling a bit nervous about them finding things in the surrounding tissue. It is so hard to keep your mind from going places and running through scenarios. Rob will also be going out of town next Wednesday for work, so that will be a challenge on both of us. It will be hard for him to be away, and it will be hard for me to have him away, but thankfully it is just a short trip. Please pray for the tests on those tissues to come back negative for cancer, and also pray for peace of mind and spirit for our whole family over the next few weeks. Our small group at our church has been a wonderful support to us, and they will be providing us with meals that week which will be such a blessing!
We won't know what time the surgery is scheduled for until Friday afternoon, but I will try to post it here for you all so that you can be praying while David is in surgery.
On a lighter note, we are under contract to buy a house in Clemmons, NC. This is only about 10-15 minutes away from Rob's office. It is a lovely house with a big yard for the kids to play in. It has wonderful mature trees - something that we didn't have at our old house making it hard for the kids to enjoy playing outside on hot days. It even has a tiny little creek running through the property! We have our inspections on it today. Pray for wisdom on our parts as we go through this whole process. There are still a lot of things that could make this deal fall through, so this isn't a sure thing yet. We are hopeful, but we are looking mainly for God's will in this situation.
The big kids seem to be dealing well with David's situation for the moment. I know that reality will come crashing in when David comes home on Monday evening with a swollen patched up eye. We will need a lot of wisdom and patience at that time.
Thanks again for all your love, support, and mainly prayer!
-Kim
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Surgery
We have tentatively scheduled David's surgery for May 4. I say this is tentative, because Rob had an out-of-town work trip planned for that week, so he is trying to make all the calendar things work out. I'm glad that this will be soon and then over and we will be able to learn our new life with David's new and cancer free eye!
Also, we have found a nice little house that we are in the process of making an offer on. It is in Clemmons, NC just to the South-West of Winston-Salem. It is a great house with a lot more space than our old house, a huge yard, and best of all, just 15 minutes from Rob's work!! It is also in one of the better school districts, so that is huge!! We are really excited about putting in our offer and seeing what is going to happen.
Thanks again for being interested in us!! We love you all.
-Kim
Also, we have found a nice little house that we are in the process of making an offer on. It is in Clemmons, NC just to the South-West of Winston-Salem. It is a great house with a lot more space than our old house, a huge yard, and best of all, just 15 minutes from Rob's work!! It is also in one of the better school districts, so that is huge!! We are really excited about putting in our offer and seeing what is going to happen.
Thanks again for being interested in us!! We love you all.
-Kim
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Newest News
Hi everyone!
We are back from our most recent visit to the eye doctor with David. Unfortunately, the hemorrhaging in his eye has gotten much worse. This wasn't a surprise to us since that eye is visibly a different icky yellow color now instead of pretty white. It has even changed the color of the iris to a funky yellow/blue. So, we weren't shocked that conditions were worsening.
So....we have decided to remove the eye. We are doing relatively well with this emotionally. I think we felt that this would happen eventually, so we have had some time to deal. There is still grief over the whole thing, but also a strong sense of peace and calm. Life rarely lets you feel just one emotion at a time :-).
We have found out that the surgery will be out patient surgery, and it should happen in the next few weeks. There will be several weeks for the orbit to heal, but we have found out that David will most likely be fitted with a movable prosthetic!
Our biggest concern at this point is....once they have removed the eye, they will be checking surrounding tissues to make absolutely sure that the cancer has stayed contained in the eyeball. So, you can all pray that they will not find anything when they run their tests.
Also, Isaac and Hannah will have to deal with this news about their beloved baby brother. I know that it will be hard for them to deal with the news, but it will be even harder for them to deal with the ugly eye that David will have for several months while the orbit heals and before they fit him for the prosthetic. They will have strong emotions that we need to have wisdom to help them work through.
Even though we are hoping that the cancer will be gone when the eye is removed, we will still have to go through several years of continued exams, MRIs, blood work, and etc. So...it will only be the next step in this journey.
We are so grateful for your prayers and support. We love you all!
-Kim
We are back from our most recent visit to the eye doctor with David. Unfortunately, the hemorrhaging in his eye has gotten much worse. This wasn't a surprise to us since that eye is visibly a different icky yellow color now instead of pretty white. It has even changed the color of the iris to a funky yellow/blue. So, we weren't shocked that conditions were worsening.
So....we have decided to remove the eye. We are doing relatively well with this emotionally. I think we felt that this would happen eventually, so we have had some time to deal. There is still grief over the whole thing, but also a strong sense of peace and calm. Life rarely lets you feel just one emotion at a time :-).
We have found out that the surgery will be out patient surgery, and it should happen in the next few weeks. There will be several weeks for the orbit to heal, but we have found out that David will most likely be fitted with a movable prosthetic!
Our biggest concern at this point is....once they have removed the eye, they will be checking surrounding tissues to make absolutely sure that the cancer has stayed contained in the eyeball. So, you can all pray that they will not find anything when they run their tests.
Also, Isaac and Hannah will have to deal with this news about their beloved baby brother. I know that it will be hard for them to deal with the news, but it will be even harder for them to deal with the ugly eye that David will have for several months while the orbit heals and before they fit him for the prosthetic. They will have strong emotions that we need to have wisdom to help them work through.
Even though we are hoping that the cancer will be gone when the eye is removed, we will still have to go through several years of continued exams, MRIs, blood work, and etc. So...it will only be the next step in this journey.
We are so grateful for your prayers and support. We love you all!
-Kim
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