Thanking and Trusting

Dr Charity Gorospe, Ernie's oncologist, had just arrived from weeks of a grand birthday celebration in Europe! She is concurrent Head of the Cancer Institute of both St Lukes Medical Center QC and Glocal City- the number one hospital in the Philippines with the same if not better standard than majority of hospitals in the US. She is a dear friend and close associate of Ryan in running Corridor of Hope Cancer Support group- where Ryan serves as President.

Dr Cha, as she is fondly called, carefully scanned the latest CT scan of lungs of Ernie - very thrilled that tumor has not regressed slightly but significantly!! "We can burn the remaining tumors with radiation theraphy and then it is gone. It will take about 40 session..."Dr Cha explains. But we (you and I) all know and think "gone....? until....?". And that's the real battle now, keeping Ernie's immune system so strong months and years after conventional treatment - with nutrients, de-tox therapies, possitive mental attitude and PRAYERS to keep the invader in a deep deep sleep,weakened that it cannot invade new cells or best yet...DEAD!

However, the bone is a different story. CT shows remaining cancer activity in his pubic area - but activity that is also regressing. It shows healing of the bone!!! "We cannot treat the lung and leave the bones..."Dr Cha explains this in detail to us both. "Ernie will have to go on another 3 months of oral chemo and zometa injections (bone building drug), then Pet CT scan in February and then let's evaluate..." Dr Cha says.

Amen! Amen! Thank you LORD for a great healing journey! Thank you for a good doctor with a big heart, wonderful family and friends and community. Thank you for a son who gives both Ernie and I so much joy! Thank you for blessing Ernie with such a great sense of humor.  Thank you for the available resources (though limited Lord) to give Ernie all the best and the househelp that does all the juicing and organic vegetarian cooking w olive oil. Thank you for the very effective Nutrilite supplements. Thank you for being our fortress and our rock! In YOU we trust!

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