God's Miracle is Unfolding before our eyes
Yesterday was the beginning of part 2 of God's healing miracle for me. Kaye and I went to see the doctors in Chapel Hill yesterday and they did a series of baseline tests on me to get readings for my lungs, heart, and did a bone marrow biopsy (if you ever have one of these you will never forget it!) All these tests are done in preparation of a stem cell transplant that they hope to do with me in November. This is the light that God has shone as the path and the way to put this behind us and move on to giving him all the glory and praise for what he has done in my life over the last 12 months. Here is a quick timeline of what I am looking at in the next 3 months
If everything falls into place, I will start getting set for the procedure October 18th. I will have a central line catheter put in followed by two days of outpatient chemotherapy. Then the fun part, 2 times a day of Neupogen shots to boost stem cell production (this will last up to 12 days) after blood testing to see how I am doing, they will start harvesting the stem cellss (once a day for up to 8 days or until they get the necessary count) Whew! Lots of work here on Kaye. When all the stem cells are collected, they put me in the hospital, administer the 6 days of Chemotherapy, then reinfuse the stem cells and it is up to 4 weeks of isolation! After Isolation, it will be up to 4 weeks of visits to the hospital for blood work then hopefully around the second week of December, I will be sent home. Sounds like a lot and it is, but the first part of the miracle has already happened because Kaye and I were so very low and doubted I would make it to this procedure after we left Chapel Hill in July!
God intervened and said I would make the procedure and now I believe he is saying you only have about 3 more months and then I will open more doors for you and create more opportunity for you to use your resouces, your time, and your talents for my benefit. I believe he is saying you used some of them for me the last 50 years but now it is time to use more of what I have given you for me and my kindom. I really believe that.
I continue to ask you to remember me and my friends in prayer. A new name has been given to me and that is Justin Falls who is the son of one of my high school friends, Jerry Falls. He fell from a two store building and has a broken neck and is in critical condition. Please pray for him as you remember me.
We love you all
Tim and Kaye
If everything falls into place, I will start getting set for the procedure October 18th. I will have a central line catheter put in followed by two days of outpatient chemotherapy. Then the fun part, 2 times a day of Neupogen shots to boost stem cell production (this will last up to 12 days) after blood testing to see how I am doing, they will start harvesting the stem cellss (once a day for up to 8 days or until they get the necessary count) Whew! Lots of work here on Kaye. When all the stem cells are collected, they put me in the hospital, administer the 6 days of Chemotherapy, then reinfuse the stem cells and it is up to 4 weeks of isolation! After Isolation, it will be up to 4 weeks of visits to the hospital for blood work then hopefully around the second week of December, I will be sent home. Sounds like a lot and it is, but the first part of the miracle has already happened because Kaye and I were so very low and doubted I would make it to this procedure after we left Chapel Hill in July!
God intervened and said I would make the procedure and now I believe he is saying you only have about 3 more months and then I will open more doors for you and create more opportunity for you to use your resouces, your time, and your talents for my benefit. I believe he is saying you used some of them for me the last 50 years but now it is time to use more of what I have given you for me and my kindom. I really believe that.
I continue to ask you to remember me and my friends in prayer. A new name has been given to me and that is Justin Falls who is the son of one of my high school friends, Jerry Falls. He fell from a two store building and has a broken neck and is in critical condition. Please pray for him as you remember me.
We love you all
Tim and Kaye
posted by Tim | Thursday, October 05, 2006
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