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It has been a while since I have submitted an article to 101. There have been a multitude of things complicating my mere existence. I guess the most important thing was the announcement from my wife's doctor that she had cancer. A few months ago my wife started bleeding from her rectum. All the tests were run and the doctors could only find a small tear in the colon. Well, throughout all the tests, the doctors said she had enlarged ovaries. One thing lead to another and they said she has ovarian cancer. Wow, what a blow. We were really devastated. We had no idea what to expect.
My wife's primary care doctor sent her to a specialist who in turn sent her to another doctor, an Oncologist. Through all this, I have been getting a new leg built. I had finally talked the Veterans Administration into making a leg with the items I needed to walk properly. More on that later, but first the wife thing. We made the appointment with the Cancer Doctor, and walked away in tears. One thing that has been a great help to us was out friends. One lady suggested that my wife should ask for prayer at a local church. If you have never seen a miracle, then you should have been in the waiting room the morning of my wife's surgery. All the preparations had been made and we arrived at the hospital as required. My wife was poked, prodded, x-rayed, ultra sound and generally tested all the day before the surgery. The doctors said the operation would take about four and one-half hours, or maybe a little longer. She went into the surgery suite at 7A.M. That would mean it would be around noon before I would know the extent of the cancer and have any idea what was to be next. Around 9:30 A.M. the Oncologist came in the waiting room and I almost fainted. I just knew he was coming out way too early and he would tell me that there was nothing they could do for my wife. Well, do you remember I said she was asked to go to church and get prayer? As the doctor explained that the surgery went very well and she was in recovery already, and I would be able to seen her in about an hour. I was dumbfounded. The people in the hospital thought I had lost my mind. I ran around thanking God. You see, there was no cancer, not one little cell of cancer. The cat scans, ultra sounds, and x-rays, blood test and knowledge that the doctors have, were all wrong. Now you may think .. Oh well, she did not have anything before... well, you guess again. I was present when the oncologist did an ultra sound and saw the cyst on her ovaries. I was there when the cat scan was read. I saw the look in the doctors eyes when he said I believe we should operate as soon as possible. Man what a rush. No cancer. The doctors even said it was a miracle. But, I knew God was still in the miracle business. Go To Page: 1 2
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