After much thought and a throng of family and friends joining in prayer and fasting we had an
extraordinary experience with our medical team head doctor that led to a unified and clear course- involving a rare and aggressive chemotherapy plan. First dose, administered this past Tuesday afternoon, was followed by Ronald having a pretty violent and somewhat painful reaction throughout the night yet resolved for the most part by Wednesday afternoon. Ronald regained some strength and sleep Thursday and then received his second dose yesterday afternoon , this time with some additions pre-medications to help cut down on reactions and other than some weakness and fatigue, things went much smoother and last night and today Ronald has been doing well and even enjoying our kids, grandson and some family and friends visiting much of the day. If all continues to go well, he will enjoy the Sabbath and some resting and regaining strength for the next few days. He will receive his last dose of this chemotherapy on Tuesday. His medical team will continue to assess him and his overall response to this aggressive plan over the next week as his system responds and immune system depletes and will eventually make the safest plan for Ronald while we wait how his system responds and hopefully rebuilds which could take up to 40+ days! Seems like a long time but he's been through much worse so were up for the challenge! Meanwhile, Ronald continues to try his hardest to fill his days with all the mental, physical and spiritual activity that he can handle even doing some online medical consulting from his hospital bed...We have also had the joy of having all of our children (including our angel Rylan) all together this past week, as well as our sweet grandson, Cole and that has been such an infusion of joy, love and strength!! I'm also constantly amazed by Ronald's positive attitude and ability to confront his long-suffering with such bravery and without any complaint!
Thank you to all of you for your fasting and prayer as we are certain that the extraordinary experience of inspiration, hope and peace that we had that led us on the course we have chosen was absolutely ignited with the fuel of combine faith! We are certain we are on the course we should be and know it will lead to exactly what the Lord has in store, whatever that may be... and that has produced such welcomed,priceless peace! We will post updates as we feel is appropriate and needed.We are truly blessed to have you in our lives.
DAILY DEVO:
This Quote from President Howard W. Hunter has entered our hearts so profoundly this past week and brought perspective, peace and invaluable focus... We join in President Hunter's firm belief and we are committed to stay focused on our Savior and His endless reservoir of power and perfect wisdom!... no matter the strength of the wind and waves that may rise or rage....
“It is my firm belief that if as individual people, as families, communities,
and nations, we could, like Peter, fix our eyes on Jesus, we too might
walk triumphantly over ‘the swelling waves of disbelief’ and remain ‘unterrified
amid the rising winds of doubt.’ But if we turn away our eyes from him in
whom we must believe, as it is so easy to do and the world is so much
tempted to do, if we look to the power and fury of those terrible and
destructive elements around us rather than to him who can help and save
us, then we shall inevitably sink in a sea of conflict and sorrow and despair”
“The Beacon in the Harbor of Peace,”President Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, Nov. 1992, 19).
This picture above really in not complete without Shayli and Cole but they had to hang outside of Ronald's room as Cole isn't allowed because children under 14 are not allowed on his floor of the hospital-so they played right outside the window of Ronald's room so he could see and enjoy them, as you can see in the picture below (look close and you can see Shayli and Cole in the back on the other side of the window;-)
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