Update:
We went today to start Clayton’s new chemo treatments and weren’t sure he would be able to do them because he started feeling bad yesterday while he was preaching, but his labs came back ok, so we were thankful for that!! However, his port looks like it could have a hematoma around it, so Dr. Shalaby sent a picture to Dr. Baucom (the doctor that performed the port surgery) to see what she thought, and we are waiting to hear back on that. It will either dissolve on its own or they will be able to access it in spite of the hematoma. Either way, it shouldn’t be a big deal. Because of the port and some pain Clayton has started to have on his left side, Dr. Shalaby decided to go ahead and postpone the treatment until next Monday the 24th so that clayton could go ahead and do another CT scan this week to get a baseline scan before we start treatment. He hasn’t had once since December, so we really wouldn’t have a good picture of a “before” to compare to once we started this new chemo since we’ve gone 2 months without seeing what is going on with the cancer at the moment. He will also do an MRI of his hip area where he’s started having the pain at night just to make sure it’s not a slipped disc or anything along those lines. Dr. Shalaby believes it is slow growing and that waiting a week is not putting Clayton at any risk whatsoever. Although we see his CEA numbers growing as something to panic at, he assures us that they are growing very slowly. So we will wait another week. I’m not sure what God has in store for us in the waiting of starting treatment except that this morning when I started to get overwhelmed with how frustrated I was that we weren’t starting, and feeling like we are up against a clock to get the chemo started, God reminded me that Clayton life isn’t in the hands of treatment. Treatment isn’t his savior, chemo isn’t his savior, and supplements aren’t his savior. The only one who can spare his life is Jesus. Sometimes I get so caught up in trusting in the earthly treatment that I forget who his true healer is. And so we trust, and we wait. Maybe not always patiently or with the best attitude, but we’re learning to trust Him to help us!!Thank you for praying for us in the waiting…we couldn’t be in the trenches without each of you.
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