Winning the Battle Against the Invader!

We prayed so fervently for Ernie's latest PET-CT scan. Daily masses, novena to Sta Rita-saint of the impossible, novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, daily prayers to the Divine Mercy. Our prayers were heard and granted!

Ernie Ryan and I left for HK Tuesday 7am flight. A Pet CT test measures actual biologic cancer activity not just size of a tumor. Very expensive in the Philippines...better to fly to Amed Center. We have been to Amed Cancer Center almost 6 or 7 times in the past 5 years including Ryan's tests when he was undergoing his treatment. But this time, with a new address, it wasn't easy groping and lugging around suitcases in a mall that leads to a pier where the center is now located. At the center we were welcomed by familiar faces..."suki".

A little vacation for Ernie and I

Ernie was injected with a glucose dye that ran around his whole body measuring cancer activity. It took over 2 hours.

At our suite in Butterfly hotel at Wellington

We checked into our hotel in Wellington St in the center of so much shopping very pleased and surprised to have been upgraded to the biggest room in the hotel! Wow....that was fun! Too bad we only stayed overnight. There was time for a little shopping. But the best part of the day was dinner with a long lost friend Chona Ponce, an executive for a big multi-national jewelry company living in HK for almost 20 years, who treated us out to a sumptuous and healthy chinese dinner! Thanks a lot Chona -you are truly a LOVELY LADY!

Back home the following day - results came in the e-mail.

Excellent! Wonderful results!

Except for a lone lesion in the hip area  with a slightly elevated SUV (cancer activity measure- 9.7 last December now down to 3.5-dramatic reduction!!!) all lung tumors have shrunken or have stayed stable (which is GOOD in cancer monitoring) and have NORMAL SUV levels (normal is 2.5 and below)! ALL organs are normal! With Gods loving and healing grace - we are winning the battle against this invader!! ALL Thanksgivings and Praise to our LORD GOD!

Good results for Ernie!

Seeing our dear oncologist today at noon for the next step. Please pray with us that there will be no need for the next step of treatment. We continue to trust in HIS Divine Mercy and dedicate more and more of our lives to giving GLORY to HIM- Ernie's healer!

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