This is a big weekend at our house as we welcome Peter home for Spring break, David & Elizabeth for a weekend visit, and Susan's cousins Jill and Dick who are in town for a convention from the LA area. Susan is feeling pretty good today, albeit with the usual nutritional challenges. We had a regular office visit with Dr. Munoz who was very frank about where Susan was from his point of view. This was a rather discouraging discussion, and I'm glad that the boys are here to distract me from the implications of Dr. Munoz's inputs. He wasn't too impressed with TLK-286, and called it a pegylated version of taxol. I'm not sure that I agree with him on this point, since I can't find anything in the literature that uses these terms. Nevertheless, as Susan keeps on saying: "we know Who's in charge." And as the Apostle said: "If we hope for what we do not see we wait for it in patience." In that spirit we continue to hope for the best possible outcome of the latest treatment, and wait patiently for the Lord's continued blessing in very special ways. Peter's analysis of our web site shows that we are getting "hits" from every continent. I'm not sure what this means, but to all those of you who visit--both known and unknown--we thank you for your praying for us. May God bless you, and in this time of war, may God bless America.
PS: On a personal note I thank you for praying for me as I underwent the biopsy yesterday. I got through it OK (though I don't recommend it if you've got something better to do). I should hear back from the doctor's office by the end of next week.
Posted by John Dishman at March 22, 2003 10:30 PM