This is how Dr. Munoz expressed it in his phone conversation with Susan this morning. That's pretty discouraging news to hear from his lips. However, he felt that if there was any hope at all, humanly speaking, then it was to continue the TLK286 at MDA. He agreed that she has a partial bowel obstruction. "We have a hard decision to make," he said, "about whether to do another (major) surgery." At the moment we're trying to sort all this out. With Susan feeling good, do we try to drive the treacherous streets to the airport so she can make her appointment tomorrow in Houston? Do we go for a hospital admittance here in Dallas so they can study the nature of the blockage? Once they do that, do we have surgery for the blockage, or do we go to palliative care? Alternatively, do we take up residence in Houston so that we maximize Susan's chances of getting her weekly dose of TLK286? We state all of these questions quite openly to you our friends and family who have been standing by us in prayer. Now we need those prayers for wisdom--to discern the Lord's will for Susan--more than ever before.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:2-5
Posted by John Dishman at February 25, 2003 09:38 AM