A Message of Hope

The following is an excerpt from an email I received from our friend Sam yesterday. You remember Sam, defied pancreatic cancer and now, he is on the path of miracles again! Please continue to pray for Sam and Anne and that the next CT scan will be as positive as the numbers!!

"Praise God!!

In September we got the CT Scan results showing the return on my pancreatic cancer. The radiologist and the oncologist were very grim as to my outcome. My surgeon stated the surgery was out of the question owing to the location of the growth. Chemotherapy was my only option. Anne was told I had 9 months to a year to live. We got the wills updated, talked with our financial advisor regarding Anne's future without me, then we started the process of throwing away "stuff". Anne and I flew to Florida to see my sister and two of her three sons, from there we drove up to Orlando where we met the whole family at Disney for a week, one last fling before starting chemo...my "valley of the shadow of death". Remember the e-mail..."It's in the Valley's I grow"?

At the onset of my treatments my CA 19-9 (cancer markers) was 58. Above 35 they act on it. After the first set of chemo's my markers were 51.9. The second set finished a few weks ago but just got the results: 21 !! Praise the Lord! However, the Oncologist states that NOTHING is conclusive till we see the CT Scan results. I get it sometime after next week's IV treatment.

I'm convinced it's prayer (it's worked for me starting with my birth)...but the chemo's (both of them...one IV and one tablet) are God's working through mankind's knowledge....and I'm convinced of that too.

We're praying for yet another 'miracle'. "

So are we, Sam, so are we!!