We are okay. really

We are really doing okay with the last scan results. It did not take us by surprise and really when you get down to it is the same news over over as it was on October 4th 2010 when this journey all started.
It is a different perspective from within this house then on the outside. We have lived with the news of terminal cancer for close to a year now. The shock has worn off and doing our best to live with this is the challenge at hand. If we could take a magic wand and make this go away we would but that is not the case so we are building the support system and working through each emotion each step of the way. We are really okay.
When we turn every emotion, every scan and every issue that comes along with this cancer over to Him, we are okay.
When we keep them to ourselves, or search for them on the Internet or wait for a doctor to come up with some life saving plan... we are in a pit.
We are trusting in God to heal Craig and walk with us each step of the way to that point.

I do have a HUGE prayer request for our extended support system. Please pray for our day to day system. It is a tough place for many of them to be in. They are close enough to be family but don't really have the support in place to lean on. We need support for our support.

I have been wanting to update the blog all weekend but really there is not much to say. We really are doing okay, we actually got a lot done in our house this weekend, spent some time together as a family and with some great friends. All pretty normal.

Our 1st appointment at Vanderbilt is October 7th with Dr. Berlin. They will take blood and make sure that Craig's levels will qualify him for the clinical trial and talk about the side effects to make sure it is something  that we want to do at this point. Craig is happy and feeling good right now.

http://www.vicc.org/dd/display.php?person=jordan.berlin

Here is Dr. Berlin's bio. He is the one that we met with a while back and we will see on the 7th. He is Crazy smart. He is actually funny too. Nerdy funny but none the less funny.

I guess that is it. There is not much going on here. I think we have accepted the diagnosis that has been handed to us and we are taking one day at a time. Please pray for our peeps.

If you get the chance listen to this sermon of endurance... Kyle does it again. I need to listen to it again. I think there were a couple points that I got stuck on and missed some good points. We are so blessed to have such a talent at SECC.
http://www.southeastchristian.org/?page=3476
great sermon.