GOOD UPDATE!

He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.' "God does all these things to a man twice, even three times to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him. JOB 33:28-30

Angelia and I celebrated our three month anniversary on Sunday. It has been an amazing adventure with her and God! Above is a picture from our honeymoon, we are looking forward to going camping again this spring. My procedure to shrink my Spleen has been a great sucess, however the pain medicine causes me to dehydrate and be constipated, then the medicine for the constipation makes my dehydration worse. I am getting more fluids today, and hope to be able to get chemo next week. I was off my pain medicine since Sunday afternoon, I had gotten sick right after taking my pain medicine, so I decided to try to just deal with the pain. I would like to return to work as soon as possible. When I visited with Dr. Hassan yesterday she told me to go back on my meds so they can get control of the pain, and then they will rehydrate me, and then get my bowel movements back to regular. I think I am fighting a two headed snake, the side effects from the meds, cause trouble, but I can not do without the meds. I pray everyone is doing well, and God has blessed you today! Jesus said he is the way, the truth, and the life, follow him and you will never be lost! I love you all and God bless!

THINGS CHANGE FAST!

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile, JOB 9:27

I had my procedure last week, and had a follow up appointment with the doctor at the main campus, my platlet counts went from Fifty to over Two hundred. We are all pleased with this and give God the praise. I have been experiencing allot of pain and had some bowle movement problems, the laxitive fixed that, the doctor placed me on a different pain medication, and I am going this afternoon for some IV fluids. I will probably have another CAT scan on Sunday, with follow up appointments with Dr. Hussan about restarting my chemo. Other then the pain I am feeling pretty good. Angelia has been with me for the past 2 weeks taking care of me, she truely is a blessing. I hope ths update finds you well, and may God bless you and your family!

PRE-SURGERY UPDATE!

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. PROVERBS 17:22

I appologize for not updating sooner. I was waiting to get information on when I would be having another procedure. On Tuesday at 1:00 pm I will be having a procedure to shrink my spleen. They are going to go thru the Artery in my leg and find the Arteries feeding the Spleen, then they will inject some clotting material in to limit the blood flow to the Spleen. This will hopefully allow my platelet count to go up and I can continue my chemo theropy. We went to the Blue Collar Comedy Tour last weekend, and had a great time, the picture above is Bill Engval. Angelia is spending the week with me while I am in the hospital, they are going to admit me for observation for 1 to 5 days, depending on the amount of pain. Have a great week and God bless everyone!

APPOINTMENT UPDATE!

Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord until he comes to rain righteousness on you. HOSEA 10:12

Angelia and I went to see the doctor at M. D. Anderson this morning. We have decided to have an operation to reduce the size of my spleen. They will go up the artery in my leg and into the spleen, where they will inject a clotting agent that will kill part of the spleen and reduce its size by half. The weather has turned off cold, so no fishing. I am cooking pork chops, green beans, and potatoes for dinner. The picture is one of my CAT scan pictures, it is of my heart and lungs. Angelia just told me that my pictures are to big and making my bible verses to read, I am sorry and will correct this in the future. I may have a job on Sunday outside of Houston. I hope the job pospones so Angelia and I can attend church, but if it is Gods will I hope I get the opportunity to witness to someone. I hope you all have a great weekend, and God bless everyone, and the USA!!

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. ECCLESIASTES 3:4

I am having a pretty good week, Iwas in Lafayette, LA for a job on Monday and stayed for Tuesday to do some training. The picture is of the managers truck in Houston. Some of the guys wrapped it in suran wrap. Angelia is coming into town tonight, we have a busy weekend planned. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to see about a surgery to kill my enlarged spleen. We have tickets to the Blue Collar Comedy Tour for Saturday night and church on Sunday. There is a slight chance I may have to make a job on Sunday (where God leads me I will follow). I will update to let everyone know what happened at the doctors as soon as possible. I am hoping the weather does not get to bad this weekend and we can do some fishing. I pray God looks out for everyone and blesses them with good health. God bless and have a great weekend!

THURSDAY UPDATE!

Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits -- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. PSALM 103: 1-6

I was not allowed to have chemo again, because of my platlet count was at 65, and it needs to be at least 100. My doctor called and said she had been talking to a surgeon about my spleen being enlarged, I was already aware of this problem. The doctors believe my spleen is absorbing the platelets. I have an appointment next Friday to discuss the options with the surgeon, the do not think it would be wise to go in and remove the spleen as this would be my second invasive surgery in less then 6 months. They are going to go in and cut off the blood flow to the spleen, so it will die. I hope it will allow my platelet count to increase and I can stay on a constant chemo therapy routine. Other then that I am doing fine. My mother (Sue) had a surgery on her foot to relieve pain caused by bunions. Please pray for her speedy recovery. God bless everyone, and have a great weekend!

BLESSINGS ABOUND!

I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. EZEKIEL 34:26-27

I appologize for having not updated my blog in awhile, I have been blessed by God, and got to spend the last 11 days with my wife. It just worked out that the jobs that I needed to do were all within 2 hours of Nacogdoches, TX. I am doing really well, I have been having problems with my platelet count, that has delayed some of my chemo therapy. I have done 3 jobs in the past week, and it has felt good to be working in the field. I love each and everyone of you, and will attempt to update my blog more often. Have a blessed day and may God look over you and your families!