It was such a beautiful day yesterday when we arrived in Houston—and Susan was feeling so much better—that we decided to motor the 40 miles down to Galveston to check out the beach and have an early dinner at Landry’s. Spring break is winding down, but the Galveston beachfront was still pretty crowded. But there were plenty of tables at Landry’s, and Susan did a very good job on her lobster bisque, while I enjoyed my Gulf red snapper topped with crawfish etouffee.
After a “restful” evening watching the next war start, we had an early breakfast and arrived for chemo around 8:15 AM. We were met as usual by our faithful research nurse, Lisa. Lisa is a fellow believer, and in a nice “coincidence” her son is a member of a new PCA church plant (by PCPC) here in Houston. As she and Susan dialogued about how chemo was going, and what happens next, her eyes began to tear over when Susan said, “if this doesn’t work, that’s it.” She assured Susan that other clinical trials or treatments would be available if needed. Susan’s reply was, “we know Who’s in charge!” to which Lisa positively agreed. Then she presented Susan with a beautiful book of meditations for women—then hugged her twice before taking her leave. We were both greatly touched by Lisa’s compassion and generosity. It’s just another example of how the Lord shows His presence—through his people—of how He is with us during this time.
Although Lisa noticed how much improved Susan’s appearance was, we were both concerned by the results of today’s weigh-in which showed Susan’s weight had dropped below 100 pounds, to 99.9. Again we will be asking you to continue to pray that Susan will be able to improve her nutritional intake in the coming weeks. At this time of war we would also ask you to join us in prayer for protection of our armed forces—and particularly for Scott Pollock (son of Doug and Karla), a marine on the front line in Kuwait, who is a member of our local church and a contemporary of our own sons.
We arrived home this afternoon after an uneventful trip with help from our “limousine” driver Judy H. (thanks, Judy!). At Susan’s encouragement I decided to make my signature dinner: waffles. So as not to bore you with the details, I placed a little story on "Making Waffles" on "Pop's Page."
Posted by John Dishman at March 20, 2003 07:57 PM