january 29, 2021
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Hello all, a quick update this morning :)
Would love your prayers today and in the coming week as I have several different tests to prepare for chemo:
Today I have a CT Scan and a Bone Scan.
Monday I have a cardio scan and a breast MRI.
Wednesday I am having a port inserted that will be used to give the chemo and hormone therapy. It's a small surgical procedure.
Next Friday I'm back to see Dr. Myers, the medical oncologist, to review the test results and set the start date for chemo.
I feel a bit tired this morning thinking about it all :) but am also so thankful for our good health care and for the nurses and doctors that are caring well for me as we walk forward.
One other quick note to say thank you to all of you who have offered to bring meals for our family. It's incredibly kind and we so appreciate the ways people are rallying around us. We'll try to get a plan organized soon, with the help of friends, to figure out what's the most helpful way to receive your kindness. Hope that makes sense :) we'll post something in the 'ways to help' zone once we've got it sorted.
Otherwise, on my heart this morning are some lyrics from a song by Audrey Assad - so often her lyrics and music resonate deeply with the things my own heart wants to say & sing.
These lines from one of her songs have been playing in my mind the past few weeks:
I put all my hope on the truth of your promise
And I steady my heart on the ground of your goodness
When I'm bowed down with sorry, I will lift up your name
And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy
Because you are good to me
I appreciate again this morning the defiant hope of praising God and thanking him for his abundant goodness even when we're staring down a day or week that we're not really looking forward to. It shifts and steadies my heart to turn my attention to him and remember all of the ways that he is faithful and present.
So today again I choose to begin the day by lifting my eyes to him, knowing he is with me, knowing he is so very good.
Have a lovely day friends xo
