Hi dear ones. Kelly had some blood work done on Monday and our Oncologist was not happy with the numbers. He wanted to do a more in depth analysis to see if there was any cancer coming back. He is concerned about Kelly's white cells being elevated and his hemoglobin not going up.
Just another opportunity to learn to trust Jesus more. Every time something comes up, (and "somethings" are always coming up) my heart jumps and emotionally I take a ready stance like...a football player ready for a play. I am always tempted to be scared of the unknown then my gracious Jesus calms me down and reminds me of what He has already spoken over Kelly. "Kelly lives!" He also reveals to me how very much I need to grow in the area of trusting Him. I am seeing how I cognitively get that He is totally trustworthy but there are places in my heart that don't get it yet and I know He is healing those places. I am beginning to see that without trusting Him, I can't receive His love for me very well and without His love, my life has little power to walk victoriously and in freedom. It's His love that frees me! Does any of that make sense?
I almost forgot to share that the blood test results came back today and there was no sign of Leukemia! Thank you Jesus! We are coming up on two years without any cancer and only 4 months of a 2 year treatment plan! I have to declare the miracle of God's hand of healing!!! We look forward to sharing the test results with our Naturalpathic Doc. and see what he think about the elevated white blood cell count. We will keep you posted.
Anyway... our camping trip never happened. I got sick and the weather didn't cooperate. So plan B was to set the tent up in the backyard! The kids loved it! We even had a campfire and ate smores. We all went to sleep in the tent until I realized, at around 1 a.m. that Kelly had jumped ship and gone inside to sleep in our comfortable bed! Actually I was glad for the excused to move us all inside for a better nights rest.
We are now the proud parents of a preschooler, 1st grader, 4th grader and 5th grader. School is out for the summer and I am looking forward to a great summer, especially since the last two summers have been so taxing.
Well, thanks for reading the blog and for your prayer. We love and appreciate you all.
Sincerely, Gabriela
3 comments:
You make perfect sense! Even though our struggles are different the faith lesson is the same...What a glory to God is your faith and even joy(?!) in the middle of it all. Praise be to God. You continue to be in our prayers!
Kelly & Gabriela,
Coming up on two years of no cancer--such a wonderful praise! Although I can certainly identify with much of what you have experienced, you have had a dimension and duration of cancer that I haven't...unless mine returns soon. Life is full of unknowns, but God's character isn't...hallelujah! Blessings to you both...and your precious kids. --Donna Stark
Is this Kelly Rosenthal from master's College? If so, this is Jeff Harvey, your room mate from '86-'87. I think from the pic this is you but not sure.
I read about your struggle with cancer and want to encourage you brother. Please let me know how things are going.
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