Jon had his chest x-ray yesterday (last MONDAY) and it was CLEAR! And his blood work was normal! HALLELUJAH! We are rejoicing. You know God has performed a miracle in Jon's life. A great reminder at this Christmas season what God did for us by sending His Son. He loves us so much and He still performs miracles today!!
You know, this process is such a grueling process. It is such an up and down process. We are very grateful we have gotten to the point of having scans every 4 months. And it is nice not to be living day by day wondering what news we would receive. But there is part of us that lives 4 months to 4 months. Because I can promise you, sitting in that patient room, waiting for the doctor to come in and announce "your body is free of cancer OR your cancer has come back" is the most excruciating experience. Jon and I literally sat there on Monday in that IU patient room waiting for Dr. Einhorn to come in and thought, we could either walk out of here jumping for joy OR we could walk out of here with our world rocked once again. We could walk out of that office and continue life as usual, or we could be making the next plan to kill cancer that had returned. We could walk out smiling OR crying! Thank goodness we walked out jumping for joy and Praising God for the great news. And praising God for Dr. Einhorn! He is the BOMB!
God gave us a great weekend and gave our children a great weekend with Jon's parents. When Jon and I go to Indy, we try to make the most of our stay in the city. We love shopping, eating dinner at places we don't normally get to eat at, and just enjoying each other's company (since there is not a whole lot of time for that in our everyday lives). So this weekend was especially special, thanks to several of our friends. Saturday, we got picked up by a friend and headed over to the Butler game. Now this friend has the HOOK UP. I will keep it a secret who they are--but if you are reading this, you know who you are!!:o) She not only picked us up, but we got prime parking. We had access to the hospitality room where all the big wigs mingle:o) And then our seats were incredible. Jon and I LOVE to go to sporting events and because of where we live do not have many opportunities to do that. Jon and I were in heaven. It was a great game AND Butler won! And NO I did not let Jon wear his Duke gear to the game like he threatened!
So then on Sunday, after attending our Indy church service, we enjoyed shopping together and having a dinner date.
Then Monday night we were invited to an event by our dear friend who is in leadership with Dream Alive at the Colts practice facility. That was way cool because I personally have never been in an NFL practice facility. I am not going to take time to explain Dream Alive but here is a link
It is a great organization! Please read about it.
http://dreamaliveinc.org
Anyways, some of you may remember that Coach Pagano (Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts) reached out to Jon at the very beginning of his treatment in Indy. So they emailed back and forth and have kept up throughout the year. Well, since we were at his practice facility and office, we were able to thank him face to face for the encouragement he was during that time. We were able to spend time in his office sharing stories and seeing things that meant alot to him that people did during his battle. He showed us how he has our picture in his office amongst others that he reaches out to and prays for. You know, some people may look at this somewhat like meeting a celebrity, we saw it as meeting a friend that had helped us during a very difficult time and has walked the same road! He just happens to be the coach of an NFL team and is SUPER BUSY! I am not trying to put him on a pedestal, because he is just a man that cares about others, but in the middle of his season, he took the time to meet with us and allow us to thank him. I think we can all learn from this. He is definitely an inspiration to Jon and I as we too try to reach out to cancer patients but get caught up in the busyness of life. NO EXCUSES! Very happy for Jon as most of you know he is a HUGE sports fan! Definitely a fun experience, not everyday do you get to sit in the office of an NFL coach and chit chat.
#CHUCKSTRONG
#COLTSTRONG
#JONSTRONG (as Coach Pagano always writes)
But we will always and forever be:
GODSTRONG!!!!
because without HIM we would be nowhere.
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