Update #4

Dear family and friends,

It has been almost 3 weeks since we've started this journey and yet it feels like we are no further to a diagnosis than when we started. Last week Friday our oncologist told us that they together with the pathology team here at HSC could not come to any diagnosis in regards to Robs biopsy so they sent it all for further testing to the Mayo Clinic. So as of today yet we are still waiting to hear the results, it could be today, or it could be on the weekend. At times it can make us frustrated and impatient; both Rob and myself are eager to start on the road of treatment. Yet we both rest in the comfort that this waiting too is in God's hand. Even if the doctors are baffled by the abnormalities of the cancer, God already knows the course of action that will take place in the months ahead.
It is amazing now to think that just 3 weeks ago Rob was still going to work. Since coming into the hospital his eating and mobility have deteriorated quite alot. He has pain from his kidneys sometimes, so he gets morphine for that. A more noticeable issue has been that since his lungs are quite full of fluid he loses his breath very quickly. He is on oxygen alot especially when he is sleeping so that he doesn't have to fight for breath. This has been getting better yesterday and today since they are working on draining his lungs through different medication.
Rob was able to get out on a day pass for both of the past weekends. This was a huge blessing for both him and myself, to get some fresh air and different scenery was wonderful. We always remind each other to only think day by day so we have yet to see what this weekend will bring.
Rob and I have been overwhelmed by the support and encouragement from the communion of saints both nearby and from different provinces. Thank you most of all for your prayers, we feel the Lords nearness every hour. Please continue to pray, our God is an awesome God and He can heal Rob. We fully rest in His strength and take much comfort from His holy word.

Time and time again we go back to our wedding text Psalm 33: 20-22. I'll post the whole psalm here.

Psalm 33:1-22 NIV

Sing joyfully to the Lord , you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord  with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the Lord  is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does. The Lord  loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love. By the word of the Lord  the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;
he puts the deep into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord ;
let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord  foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord  stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ,
the people he chose for his inheritance. From heaven the Lord  looks down
and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches
all who live on earth— he who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do. No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord  are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.

We wait in hope for the Lord ;
he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord ,
even as we put our hope in you.


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