Surgery

Wayne is doing great. We got to the hospital at 8 30 had to wait around for quite a while. We had Wayne s friend from Calvary come down and pray for us which help calm our nerves. The actual start time for the surgery was 11 20 and it finished at 140. Everything went according to schedule. Andrew waited with me during the surgery which the two of us together always makes for interesting conversation. I called the ICU unit around 9 30 to speak with the nurse and check on Wayne and they finally gave him something to drink and let him eat some jello. Wayne also had a technician in his room because his TV was not working, which is a good sign that he wanted to watch tv. I spoke with him and he sound great for someone who just got done having a crainotomy. Hanging out in the hopsital all day is exhausting. Your whole world comes to a complete halt. When doctor Kelly came out to tell me the surgery went well another doctor was with him. I thanked them both for there expertise and I loved their response. GODS GRACE, these men worked on waynes brain for hours and there first response was to humble themselves and give the glory to God and all of Gods people said AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Night before surgery

I will update tomorrow after the surgery. All went well today we had to drive down to Santa Monica for an mri tonight we didn't get home until nine thirty. It has been six months since the last brain surgery. The correct term is crainiotomy but I told Dr Kelly that I did not like that term, it reminded me of Frankenstein so I just call it brain surgery. Dr Kelly is an amazing doctor if anyone ever needs a little brain surgery he is the one to go to. It is so amazing to see God's hand in all of this. Dr Kelly just ended up at Waynes bedside at the initial surgery. After I got home and did some research we ended up with one of the top doctors. Do a google search he is quite impressive. The surgery starts and 10 and is suppose to be 4 hours. Thank you for your prayers. I remind myself almost hourly God Is In Control. No matter what happens. If we choose to look at life thru Gods perspective we should never worry. Because if God for us and not against us there is absolutly no reason to worry. I will update tommorrow. May we all be aware of Gods blessings in our lives.

Please Pray

Most of you from Oaks already know about Malachi, but I want to share his story with the rest of you. Here is a link to this little boys blog, read it and you can not help but admire this family. They are the perfect example of trusting in the Lord. Grab a box of tissues and read his journey your life really should never be the same after reading it. If you click on the heading PLEASE PRAY it will take you to Malachi blog.

Surgery again!!!!!!!!!!

I know I have already disclosed that I am a terrible Blogger but it has been 5 month since an update. That is bad, let me try and get you up to speed. Wayne has done whole brain radiation that ended around July 4, he has done a couple of cycles of Temodor (chemo) which targets the brain tumors. He had gamma knife which is gamma rays that target brain tumors. He also has undergone a couple of cycles of chemo that will treat the cancer in the body. He is going to have brain surgery again this coming Tuesday. Despite that he has to under surgery our doctor assures us that it is pretty straight forward. Life has been pretty crazy. I am learning many things on this journey. Gods continued faithfullness is quite reasurring. If our hope is not in God then what is it in. We are all going to die, and we like to think we are all going to Heaven. What is heaven, Who is GOD, Why does the sun come up everyday? These are real questions that beg for answers when you are in my situation. Where do the answers come from? Our feelings or the bible? I have many people tell me that they have a relationship with God but they do not believe in the Bible. How is that possible? Ask the questions and demand truthfull answers?? Death is going to show up sooner or later. Jesus is not in his tomb and that is my hope. Considering my circumstances these thoughts our normal. I have people telling me all the time that they are mad at God because of death. Does that not beg the question, are you grateful to God for Life??? If you have a new baby as I do who am I that I would be mad at God. He gave me a new Baby? Are we so self centered that we only like to blame GOD for people dying? Aren't you glad I updated my Blog???????

Michael

Side effect

I forgot one side effect from the radiation, Wayne keeps having these nightmares of what Christian might be when he grows up.

Update

So I am officially terrible at updating. Wayne only has four days left of radiation and then he will resume a five day treatment of chemo and from there he should be in a clinical trial. At this point he feels great. The radiation treatment makes him tired and so far that has been the only side effect. It has been amazing these last few weeks all the kind phone calls and emails we have received, I am grateful that Wayne has so much support.

It has been one month since the surgery and considering the situation I am at peace. I remind myself daily if not hourly that God is in control. To live in Faith and not Fear. I refuse to live in Fear, that is what satan wants. God is teaching me to live in Faith, to cast my burdens on Him. I am telling you it works, get out your Bible, get on your knees and start praying. Give God a chance he will change you from the inside out. We all are going to face crisis in life. Suffering is unavoidable and inescapable. How will you respond? How do you answer the tough questions, Who is God? What happens when people die ?What is Heaven? There are many different religions and beliefs but only one can be right. They can all be wrong but they all can't be right. The fact is we are all going to die the reality is most people have no idea who God is. Personally I have lived most of my adult life avoiding the tough questions. Never stop asking questions, never stop seeking. My light bulb moment was when what I believed did not corespond to the realities of life. God is love. Jesus suffered so we can live eternally. Even if you don't believe in Jesus that doesn't change the fact that he died for you. That is the most amazing thing about God, he gives you a choice. You can accept him or reject him, but he will never reject you. I might me crazy with all my "God" ramblings but I can tell you Wayne and I are proof that given our current circumstances without God we would have no hope and no future. Our future is in Gods hands. Please continue to pray. God bless you all.