Scope results

We are having a celebration and praise time!!!! Can you hear the shouts? My heart has been tight for so long it took a while to sink in, and Phaedra was there w/ us when the doctor did the scope but she just asked if she really heard what she thought she heard! The new (to us) Dr. Black (ENT surgeon) scoped Jr and said he did not see any signs of cancer!!!!!

He said Jr's throat is still mangled from the radiation and will be for a while which is prob what is causing the gagging, strangling, etc., and there will still need to be scans and dyes ran to look for cancer that the scope can't see -- BUT this is a great day and the news is good! We are thankful for what we heard today. The doctor will be checking him for cancer each month for the next year, and he said other stuff, but we'll worry about that later. Right now, we have had GREAT news today and we're wallowing in it.

Donnell and Bonnie were here to watch Phaedra's kids in the waiting room so she could be there w/ her daddy and me during the scope, and we appreciate them. I think they are glad to share the good news w/ us because they have been faithful to stand w/ us during these past months as has many others. We are blessed in our friends. We want to especially thank all you prayer warriors who have covered us in crying out to Jehovah God on Jr's behalf. Words are not adequate for what we feel, because if we believe anything at all it is that God has the last word in any event. We are just thankful that He heard the desires of our heart and blessed us with wonderful news this day.

Also, we are so sorry for the families of Dale Marcus and Ronald Lee Dowden because they both lost their battles w/ cancer this week. These two men were so close to Jr for so many years. They fought long and hard, but are at peace now.