Going forward, April’s physical experiences will continue to give her and our family insights into her future. April’s plane has turned towards the glorious destination of health. But overall, she has regained a quality of life that has escaped her and our family since her diagnosis in May.

For brief moments, April has had to sit down and embrace her heating pad. For the better part of three weeks, April has attended church, visited the girls’ music class, and gone on errands without being sidelined by back or leg pain. The light of hope has filled our hearts.Īs our church family knows, the Mayo reports confirm April’s recent experiences. And now, He has been the strong tower that has rescued us from the deadly clutches of cancer. He has been the rock of certainty that has upheld us as we wrestled with our worst fears. Indeed, our hearts were faint many a day and night as we wrestled through the turbulence of bad reports and the realities of April’s failing health.īut today, our hearts can echo the sentiment of David that that the Lord has led April, “to the rock, that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy (Ps 61:2-3).” God has rescued us from being swept away by the waters of cancer. We happily entrust our souls into the wise hands of our all powerful Heavenly Father.įor the past several months, we have joined David and pleaded with God to hear our cries and to listen to our prayers for deliverance. Only the limits of divine providence can accurately predicted what will come next. But April’s journey will ultimately not be unbound by averages and projections. Because this first treatment has succeeded and promises to keep succeeding for a time, April’s outlook has become far brighter. God is good!Īdmittedly, the length of our flight remains a mystery.

In short, April’s treatment has taken off and is safely airborne. The tumors in her breast and her liver have slightly decreased in size. The tumors in April’s back and chest have stopped growing. We can happily report that April’s hormone therapy is working.Īccording to April’s medical team at the Mayo Clinic, the majority of April’s tumors have stabilized or shrunk. Golden rays of hope have torn through the grey skies of April’s cancer.

Rays of hope 2019