The Windows of Heaven

As you know, on November 20th we received  some very unwelcome news.  We were at the University of Illinois Medical center.  They give you the news and then send you home.  The drive home was very hard, especially since we knew telling our children came next and that might be the hardest thing we had ever done.  It was hard.  Those phone calls were rough and tears more than flowed.  I sobbed as Dell passed on the news.  Days and weeks and months later came the fasting, blessings, prayers and love by so so many.  Thank you again to all of you.

At the beginning of December I had my first Pet Scan.  It is sort of like an MRI except they inject you with radioactive glucose.  You sit for an hour letting it get into the system before the scan.  Glucose goes directly to the tumors because they feed on sugar.  The radioactive glucose lights up the tumor sort of like a Christmas tree with little dots of light showing exactly where the tumor is.  Yesterday the Doctor showed us the Pet scan from December and the pancreas was definitely lit up as was the liver.  Next he scrolled down to the Pet scan I had on Monday.  We could see nothing lit up.  Nothing.  We take this as a miracle.  I will continue treatments until the end of May and then there will be another PET scan and they will assess whether or not surgery.  We feel so very blessed at this point and are so grateful for all of you who care and pray for us and love us.  Thank you again!!!!
With love,  Barbara