Jas scans came back CLEAR!!!! Praise Praise PRAISE THE LORD!!!! What an incredible relief! We are so thankful for the Lord's healing of Jas' body!
One year out from surgery officially with no recurrence. God is so incredibly good!!! Thank u so much for your prayers! Each scan is a HUGE mile marker for us, providing each year he goes with no recurrence, the better his odds are of it not returning. Seems pretty straight forward and really is that simple, as we go through this 'watchful waiting' period. With his type of cancer, there were very high chances of it returning back that first year and the odds greatly reduce each year thereafter. We are thanking Jesus that he has more plans for Jas here on earth :) We now have six more months until we have to go through another round of scans again- hooray!!!
As for his stretching, it went well and he isn't even sore today. Another huge blessing! After talking to our entire team of Doctors yesterday to get their opinion on whether or not to do a stent, we are leaning toward having one put in March. If all goes well, and yes we are trying to erase from our memory what happened last time around with the stent, he will be able to keep his stent in for about 2 months without stretchings during that time. A HUGE break from the every 2 week schedule that we've been on for awhile. Sounds wonderful and appealing right? Well, there are cons to having it as well. Jas could have constant discomfort/pain, as it will be pushing out on his esophagus wall constantly during that time. There is a possibility that it may not be as uncomfortable, since we are a year out from the surgery, and there is a significant build-up scar tissue and less chance of tearing. So, we will continue to pray whether or not to have a stent put in next month and ask for your prayers for God's direction as well!
As we continue to transition back to EST from our big trip, we have removed the stress of scans from the table for awhile which will help tremendously! Even Taylor hasn't been sleeping as well this week, probably feeling the stress that we didn't even know we were bearing.
With that, we hope you all had a Happy Valentine's Day! It was a wonderful day for us celebrating our love for one another and our love of our Heavenly Father :) God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 1 John 4:9-11
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| Taylor's Valentine's Outfit |
With Much Love,
Meg
