Saturday, May 11
"God is good! When? All the the time!" As I am writing Pam is driving and we are just outside of Houston on our way "Home". We should get in Sunday afternoon in time to celebrate Mother's Day with the family. We are very excited!
We have a one month leave. Dr. Rogers wants me to take a CT scan in 14 days and come
back two weeks later and we will continue killing cancer and building up my immune system. Thanks to God's grace I am way ahead of where I was four month's ago when we came here! My energy is 100% better, my immune system is working as evidenced by my returning hair, normal nails, and renewed appetite, just to mention a few.
As glad as we are to get back home to family and friends we hated leaving our new friends at the clinic. We will keep them in prayer and check on their progress. We have met so many great people from so many places and so many different backgrounds what a great journey we are on.
Thanks again for your prayers and support!
Love Pam and Virgil
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Week 13
Sunday, April 27
Well it has been three weeks since we have returned from our "spring break", time sure goes quickly. My energy level has been the best I've had since starting chemo. The treatments are going well and we are meeting new people everyday. Like going to camp, you form new friendships and hate to see people leave, but you are happy for their progress and ability to return home, better than when they arrived. Our good new friends Max and Norma are returning to Indianna this Tuesday and we will miss them. They have been fun to be with, they are a very dear couple, Pam and I want to have thier spirit when we are approaching our 80's.
Dr. Reyes gave me a "Cancerend" shot to my liver on Wed. and Fri. and says the plan is to do this every other day for seven shots. I will then go home and take a CT scan one month later. If large tumor on my liver is 5cm (50% of it's biggest size) I'll stay home for three months and then return, if it isn't I will return then. We are cautious about making travel plans because we know how this can change, but Pam and I are hopefull and excited this will workout so we can catch Tish and grandkids program at church on May 18th. Their will also be some ball games left and Scott's move to his new place and the building of Mike and Tish's new home along with just being HOME. We are not complaining though, this has been a home away from home, with visit's from family and friend's and making many new friends.
Pam and I once again thankyou for your prayer's and support they truly are being answered everyday!
Love Pam and Virgil
Well it has been three weeks since we have returned from our "spring break", time sure goes quickly. My energy level has been the best I've had since starting chemo. The treatments are going well and we are meeting new people everyday. Like going to camp, you form new friendships and hate to see people leave, but you are happy for their progress and ability to return home, better than when they arrived. Our good new friends Max and Norma are returning to Indianna this Tuesday and we will miss them. They have been fun to be with, they are a very dear couple, Pam and I want to have thier spirit when we are approaching our 80's.
Dr. Reyes gave me a "Cancerend" shot to my liver on Wed. and Fri. and says the plan is to do this every other day for seven shots. I will then go home and take a CT scan one month later. If large tumor on my liver is 5cm (50% of it's biggest size) I'll stay home for three months and then return, if it isn't I will return then. We are cautious about making travel plans because we know how this can change, but Pam and I are hopefull and excited this will workout so we can catch Tish and grandkids program at church on May 18th. Their will also be some ball games left and Scott's move to his new place and the building of Mike and Tish's new home along with just being HOME. We are not complaining though, this has been a home away from home, with visit's from family and friend's and making many new friends.
Pam and I once again thankyou for your prayer's and support they truly are being answered everyday!
Love Pam and Virgil
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Answered Prayer Report!
We know that you have been praying for Pam and I from the very beginning of this journey back in September and want to let you know that God is answering those prayer's everyday. First with the peace he has given from the beginning to deal with the challenges along the way. Then with the direction on the course to take for the challenges and now with a good progress
report on our cancer fight.
We had asked Dr. Reyes if it would be all right for us to take 11 days and go to the Lowe family reunion and then be home for grand kids Spring Break. After consulting with Dr. Rogers she said it should fine. After 10 weeks of treatment, 58 IV's, 58 hyperthermias and 3 direct injections we were on our way home.
Pam found us good fares out of San Antonio so after treatment on Wednesday we drove there and and stayed the night to fly out Thursday morning. That evening our friends from the clinic Miriam and Gary Madden, the creator of the dancing Virgils, picked us up and took us out to a great mexican place for dinner in downtown San Antonio, we had a great time.
Thursday a.m. we headed home. Heather picked us up at the airport around 5pm and the reunion began. All our kids and grand kids met at Red Lobster in Cartersville for dinner, a place I had been day dreaming about, and I felt like a kid on Christmas morning there were just so many gifts sitting around that table, I was overwhelmed with God's grace. When I see our family around a table like that, interacting, sharing, teasing, and loving I know this family is a blessing from heaven God has given Pam and I and I am so gratefull.That feeling of being a kid at Christmas never stopped for the whole time I was at home!
When we finally returned home Pam and I were overwhelmed by the conditioned of our home after 21/2 months of being gone. Our good friend Linda had worked two long days cleaning the inside of our home, the wood floors did not shine that well when they were new. Our good friend Sandra came after work those two days and helped her. Scott had a lawn crew come out for two days and work on our yard, it looked great. Kathy and Tom came to town, Kathy detailed Pam's car and Tom resurfaced our road, among other things. Ryan and a customer of his tuned the boat up and had it ready if needed. What a wonderfull gift, out of love, we were given.
The reunion was great. It was great to visit with my many cousins and their children, mom, aunt Emily and uncle Donald. The Lowe's are such a good natured bunch and I am so proud of us as a family, and am reminded of it every time we get together and hope we can do it more often. I know we are making our ancestors proud.
With the grand kids being on spring break we were able to spend time together and we needed it, they are such a joy. On Sunday we were all in Church filling the pew again, my heart was twice it's normal size. It was so good to see our friends in our Sunday school class who have been so supportive and to be in church with all our friends and they could see how their prayers were paying off. What a blessing our church family is to us.
Heather, the "daughter" in charge of my medical destiny, had setup for me to take a CT scan while I was home. On Wednesday April 2nd 1st thing we took the scan. Dr. Kim, our radiologist, went over the results imediately afterwards. He started with "whatever they are doing is working". My largest tumor had gone from 10.22 cm to 8.77cm, smaller lesions had shrunk and some were no longer visible, the smallest lesions the same and stomach wall same. This was great news, on
Jan. 13th the CT scan had shown the large tumor had tripled in size in 5 weeks and had to be stopped or I would be. "Prayer Warriors" you are being heard, and our God can make the blind see, the lame walk and fill any of our needs and he does it through his children and things that he has put here on this earth for us, if we ask and listen for the answer.
Thank you again for all your, prayers, love and support, Pam and I are so blessed by our family, friends, and church.
The last eight months has been an incredible journey and as odd as this may sound a blessing. We have seen so much love and support given to us by friends and family that we are truly humbled. Caring effort by our doctors and staff in Cartersville and in Mexico what wonderfull gifts we've been given. Visits to Texas from friends and family, calls and cards from everyone. Talk about an opportunity to stop and "smell the roses" we have truly been given it.
I will close now, please know that Pam and I thank you for your love and support and that "GOD IS GOOD" when? " ALL THE TIME"!
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
report on our cancer fight.
We had asked Dr. Reyes if it would be all right for us to take 11 days and go to the Lowe family reunion and then be home for grand kids Spring Break. After consulting with Dr. Rogers she said it should fine. After 10 weeks of treatment, 58 IV's, 58 hyperthermias and 3 direct injections we were on our way home.
Pam found us good fares out of San Antonio so after treatment on Wednesday we drove there and and stayed the night to fly out Thursday morning. That evening our friends from the clinic Miriam and Gary Madden, the creator of the dancing Virgils, picked us up and took us out to a great mexican place for dinner in downtown San Antonio, we had a great time.
Thursday a.m. we headed home. Heather picked us up at the airport around 5pm and the reunion began. All our kids and grand kids met at Red Lobster in Cartersville for dinner, a place I had been day dreaming about, and I felt like a kid on Christmas morning there were just so many gifts sitting around that table, I was overwhelmed with God's grace. When I see our family around a table like that, interacting, sharing, teasing, and loving I know this family is a blessing from heaven God has given Pam and I and I am so gratefull.That feeling of being a kid at Christmas never stopped for the whole time I was at home!
When we finally returned home Pam and I were overwhelmed by the conditioned of our home after 21/2 months of being gone. Our good friend Linda had worked two long days cleaning the inside of our home, the wood floors did not shine that well when they were new. Our good friend Sandra came after work those two days and helped her. Scott had a lawn crew come out for two days and work on our yard, it looked great. Kathy and Tom came to town, Kathy detailed Pam's car and Tom resurfaced our road, among other things. Ryan and a customer of his tuned the boat up and had it ready if needed. What a wonderfull gift, out of love, we were given.
The reunion was great. It was great to visit with my many cousins and their children, mom, aunt Emily and uncle Donald. The Lowe's are such a good natured bunch and I am so proud of us as a family, and am reminded of it every time we get together and hope we can do it more often. I know we are making our ancestors proud.
With the grand kids being on spring break we were able to spend time together and we needed it, they are such a joy. On Sunday we were all in Church filling the pew again, my heart was twice it's normal size. It was so good to see our friends in our Sunday school class who have been so supportive and to be in church with all our friends and they could see how their prayers were paying off. What a blessing our church family is to us.
Heather, the "daughter" in charge of my medical destiny, had setup for me to take a CT scan while I was home. On Wednesday April 2nd 1st thing we took the scan. Dr. Kim, our radiologist, went over the results imediately afterwards. He started with "whatever they are doing is working". My largest tumor had gone from 10.22 cm to 8.77cm, smaller lesions had shrunk and some were no longer visible, the smallest lesions the same and stomach wall same. This was great news, on
Jan. 13th the CT scan had shown the large tumor had tripled in size in 5 weeks and had to be stopped or I would be. "Prayer Warriors" you are being heard, and our God can make the blind see, the lame walk and fill any of our needs and he does it through his children and things that he has put here on this earth for us, if we ask and listen for the answer.
Thank you again for all your, prayers, love and support, Pam and I are so blessed by our family, friends, and church.
The last eight months has been an incredible journey and as odd as this may sound a blessing. We have seen so much love and support given to us by friends and family that we are truly humbled. Caring effort by our doctors and staff in Cartersville and in Mexico what wonderfull gifts we've been given. Visits to Texas from friends and family, calls and cards from everyone. Talk about an opportunity to stop and "smell the roses" we have truly been given it.
I will close now, please know that Pam and I thank you for your love and support and that "GOD IS GOOD" when? " ALL THE TIME"!
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
How To...
Many readers of the blog would like to comment on what is going on "over the border." I've been meaning to post on this for a while and apologize for taking so long!
Here it goes...
1. Click on "COMMENT" at the end of the post.
2. Type your comment in the box
3. Next you have to select an identity. Choose "NAME/URL"
4. Type your name in the box
5. Publish your comment
Hope this helps!
Here it goes...
1. Click on "COMMENT" at the end of the post.
2. Type your comment in the box
3. Next you have to select an identity. Choose "NAME/URL"
4. Type your name in the box
5. Publish your comment
Hope this helps!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Things Are Getting In Order...
Sunday, March 16
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE,
WELL, WE STARTED IN OUR 8TH WEEK OF TREATMENT LAST FRIDAY. VIRGIL IS DOING SO GOOD. THIS LAST WEEK HAS BEEN THE BEST SO FAR. HE IS FEELING STRONGER AND IS FEELING BLESSED EACH AND EVERY DAY. AGAIN, GOD IS GOOD AND HE IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS SO GREAT WHILE MIKE,TISH, AND SOPHIA WERE HERE. WE HAD SOPHIA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. OH MY GOSH IS SHE A DOLL BABY. SHE REMEMBERED US. SHE MELTS MY HEART AND HER PAPA'S HEART ALSO. WE GOT SOME CUTE PICTURES OF HER IN HER BIRTHDAY HAT AND EATING HER CAKE. I BELIEVE SHE ENJOYED IT.
MY SISTER, TRECI IS HERE WITH US UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST. IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL HAVING HER HERE. SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT ST.JOSEPH'S CLINIC IS ALL ABOUT. IT IS SO UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY DO. I JUST WISH THAT ALL OF YOU COULD SEE IT. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY GREAT RESULTS HERE WITH THE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THESE PAST EIGHT WEEKS. WE ARE GIVING GOD ALL THE GLORY IN SENDING US HERE AND THE RESULTS.
DR. REYES, TOLD US, THAT NEXT WEEK THEY WILL DO A 3D ULTRA SOUND ON VIRGIL. IT IS A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THEY ARE GETTING ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS MORE ADVANCED THAN WHAT THEY ARE USING NOW. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST AT THE CLINIC TO DO THIS. IT SHOULD SHOW MORE THAN THE ONE NOW. KEEP US IN YOU PRAYERS FOR GREAT RESULTS. BUT, WHATEVER THE RESULTS ARE....WE KNOW THAT VIRGIL IS DOING BETTER, AND IS FEELING BETTER AND IS LOOKING SO MUCH HEALTHIER. THANK YOU LORD FOR NEVER LEAVING US.
WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH AND CAN'T WAIT TO BE HOME, BUT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO DO FOR NOW AND THAT IS KILLING CANCER!!!!!!
WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS LIKE ALL OF YOU IN OUR LIVES. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALWAYS....WE LOVE YOU ALL.
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE,
WELL, WE STARTED IN OUR 8TH WEEK OF TREATMENT LAST FRIDAY. VIRGIL IS DOING SO GOOD. THIS LAST WEEK HAS BEEN THE BEST SO FAR. HE IS FEELING STRONGER AND IS FEELING BLESSED EACH AND EVERY DAY. AGAIN, GOD IS GOOD AND HE IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS SO GREAT WHILE MIKE,TISH, AND SOPHIA WERE HERE. WE HAD SOPHIA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. OH MY GOSH IS SHE A DOLL BABY. SHE REMEMBERED US. SHE MELTS MY HEART AND HER PAPA'S HEART ALSO. WE GOT SOME CUTE PICTURES OF HER IN HER BIRTHDAY HAT AND EATING HER CAKE. I BELIEVE SHE ENJOYED IT.
MY SISTER, TRECI IS HERE WITH US UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST. IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL HAVING HER HERE. SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT ST.JOSEPH'S CLINIC IS ALL ABOUT. IT IS SO UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY DO. I JUST WISH THAT ALL OF YOU COULD SEE IT. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY GREAT RESULTS HERE WITH THE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THESE PAST EIGHT WEEKS. WE ARE GIVING GOD ALL THE GLORY IN SENDING US HERE AND THE RESULTS.
DR. REYES, TOLD US, THAT NEXT WEEK THEY WILL DO A 3D ULTRA SOUND ON VIRGIL. IT IS A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THEY ARE GETTING ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS MORE ADVANCED THAN WHAT THEY ARE USING NOW. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE THE FIRST AT THE CLINIC TO DO THIS. IT SHOULD SHOW MORE THAN THE ONE NOW. KEEP US IN YOU PRAYERS FOR GREAT RESULTS. BUT, WHATEVER THE RESULTS ARE....WE KNOW THAT VIRGIL IS DOING BETTER, AND IS FEELING BETTER AND IS LOOKING SO MUCH HEALTHIER. THANK YOU LORD FOR NEVER LEAVING US.
WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH AND CAN'T WAIT TO BE HOME, BUT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO DO FOR NOW AND THAT IS KILLING CANCER!!!!!!
WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS LIKE ALL OF YOU IN OUR LIVES. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALWAYS....WE LOVE YOU ALL.
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
What's Going On Over the Border...
Tuesday, March 4
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT AND HAVING A GREAT WEEK! WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR 6TH WEEK. TIME HAS FLOWN ON THE ONE HAND AND THEN ON THE OTHER, IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFE TIME AGO SINCE WE WERE HOME. WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH.
VIRGIL IS DOING VERY GOOD. YESTERDAY, HE SAID IT WAS THE CLOSEST TO FEELING NORMAL THAT HE HAS FELT IN MONTHS. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO HEAR FROM HIS LIPS.
TODAY, THEY GAVE HIM ANOTHER PROCRIT SHOT TO BRING UP HIS RED BLOOD CELLS. AND ALSO ANOTHER VITAMIN K SHOT.
THE ULTRA SOUND STILL LOOKS GOOD. WE ARE VERY ENCOURAGED EACH DAY. WE ARE THINKING OF GOING TO THE ONOCOLOGIST IN DEL RIO JUST TO HAVE HIM MONITERED ON A MORE UP TO DATE ULTRA SOUND AND POSSIBLE CT SCAN. WE'LL SEE AND LET YOU KNOW.
VIRGILS DESIRE FOR FOOD ISNT WHAT IT USE TO BE, BUT HE EATS WHAT HE NEEDS TO. THE DOCTOR HAD TOLD US THAT THE BODY WORKS THAT WAY WHEN THERE IS CANCER PRESENT. I EXPECT THAT IT IS GOING TO GET BETTER EACH WEEK AS HE IS ALSO.
BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK......VIRGIL GOT HIS FIRST HAIRCUT IN 6 MONTHS. NOW DONT GET TO EXCITED,THE FUZZ ON HIS NECK NEEDED TO BE SHAPED UP. AND GUESS WHAT????? THE HAIR ON HIS EARS IS BACK. WOW ...LIFE IS SO GOOD.
ON FRIDAY MORNING, I WILL BE PICKING UP MICHAEL, TISH AND SOPHIA UP AT THE AIRPORT. THEY WILL BE HERE UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. I CANT WAIT TO JUST HOLD SOPHIA AND EAT HER UP. (DONT TELL HER BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HER 1ST BIRTHDAY SINCE I DONT THINK THAT WE WILL BE HOME BY THE 26TH OF MARCH, WHICH IS HER BIRTHDAY) THIS WAY WE WONT BE MISSING HER FIRST PARTY, EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE.
MY SISTER, TRECI WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING HER PARTY BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO COMING IN ON FRIDAY IN THE EVENING. IT IS GOING TO BE SO GREAT.
IF THE REST OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME, WELL, JUST COME ON.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE. WE ARE SO BLESSED IN EVERY WAY AND EACH AND EVERYDAY BRINGS ANOTHER BLESSING.
PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD AND CANT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY I WRITE TO TELL YOU WE ARE ON OUR WAY HOME.
OUR LOVE TO ALL OF YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN EVERY WAY...BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD ! WHEN? ALL OF THE TIME.
LOVE, VIRGIL AND PAM
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT AND HAVING A GREAT WEEK! WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR 6TH WEEK. TIME HAS FLOWN ON THE ONE HAND AND THEN ON THE OTHER, IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFE TIME AGO SINCE WE WERE HOME. WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH.
VIRGIL IS DOING VERY GOOD. YESTERDAY, HE SAID IT WAS THE CLOSEST TO FEELING NORMAL THAT HE HAS FELT IN MONTHS. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO HEAR FROM HIS LIPS.
TODAY, THEY GAVE HIM ANOTHER PROCRIT SHOT TO BRING UP HIS RED BLOOD CELLS. AND ALSO ANOTHER VITAMIN K SHOT.
THE ULTRA SOUND STILL LOOKS GOOD. WE ARE VERY ENCOURAGED EACH DAY. WE ARE THINKING OF GOING TO THE ONOCOLOGIST IN DEL RIO JUST TO HAVE HIM MONITERED ON A MORE UP TO DATE ULTRA SOUND AND POSSIBLE CT SCAN. WE'LL SEE AND LET YOU KNOW.
VIRGILS DESIRE FOR FOOD ISNT WHAT IT USE TO BE, BUT HE EATS WHAT HE NEEDS TO. THE DOCTOR HAD TOLD US THAT THE BODY WORKS THAT WAY WHEN THERE IS CANCER PRESENT. I EXPECT THAT IT IS GOING TO GET BETTER EACH WEEK AS HE IS ALSO.
BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK......VIRGIL GOT HIS FIRST HAIRCUT IN 6 MONTHS. NOW DONT GET TO EXCITED,THE FUZZ ON HIS NECK NEEDED TO BE SHAPED UP. AND GUESS WHAT????? THE HAIR ON HIS EARS IS BACK. WOW ...LIFE IS SO GOOD.
ON FRIDAY MORNING, I WILL BE PICKING UP MICHAEL, TISH AND SOPHIA UP AT THE AIRPORT. THEY WILL BE HERE UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. I CANT WAIT TO JUST HOLD SOPHIA AND EAT HER UP. (DONT TELL HER BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HER 1ST BIRTHDAY SINCE I DONT THINK THAT WE WILL BE HOME BY THE 26TH OF MARCH, WHICH IS HER BIRTHDAY) THIS WAY WE WONT BE MISSING HER FIRST PARTY, EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE.
MY SISTER, TRECI WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING HER PARTY BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO COMING IN ON FRIDAY IN THE EVENING. IT IS GOING TO BE SO GREAT.
IF THE REST OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME, WELL, JUST COME ON.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE. WE ARE SO BLESSED IN EVERY WAY AND EACH AND EVERYDAY BRINGS ANOTHER BLESSING.
PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD AND CANT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY I WRITE TO TELL YOU WE ARE ON OUR WAY HOME.
OUR LOVE TO ALL OF YOU AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU IN EVERY WAY...BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD ! WHEN? ALL OF THE TIME.
LOVE, VIRGIL AND PAM
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Great News!
Sunday, February 24
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WELL , ON FRIDAY WE STARTED OUR FIFTH WEEK OF TREATMENT. VIRGIL HAS COMPLETED THE HALF WAY MARK. AS OF NOW DR. ROGERS WANTS HIM TO COMPLETE 8 WEEKS OF TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT HAS DONE EVERYTHING AND MORE THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
AS OF LAST WEEK, THE LARGE TUMOR, THAT DR. REYES INJECTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, CANNOT BE SEEN ON THEIR ULTRASOUND. EVERYONE AT THE CLINIC IS ABOUT TO JUMP OUT OF THEIR SKIN. THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY EVER EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TIME THAT VIRGIL HAS BEEN HERE. THE CANCER IS SHRINKING. THIS, WE KNOW IS FROM YOUR PRAYERS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO TAKE CARE OF MY VIRGIL. GOD IS SO GOOD...... WHEN? ALL THE TIME!!!! WE KNOW THAT VIRGIL IS GOING TO BE HEALED. WE WILL STAND BY THAT UNTIL THAT DAY AND WHEN THAT DAY ARRIVES, WE WILL SHOUT IT TO ALL. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US IN DOING THAT.
VIRGIL IS GETTING STRONGER EACH WEEK. IT IS A GOOD THING THAT HE IS A PATIENT MAN. BUT BEFORE WE ALL KNOW IT, HIS STRENGTH WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER.
WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED WITH COMPANY. STEVE AND KAREN JUST LEFT THIS MORNING. THEY SPENT A WEEK WITH US AND WE SURE DID ENJOY IT. THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE WERE THE CLINIC IS IN MEXICO. WE WOULD TAKE TURNS RIDING THE BUS WITH VIRGIL OR WALKING OVER THE BRIDGE AND CROSSING THE BORDER BY FOOT. TOTAL OF 1 1/2 MILES EACH WAY. THE LAST 3 DAYS, AFTER VIRGILS TREATMENT, WE ALL WALKED BACK OVER THE BORDER. THAT WAS A GREAT THING FOR VIRGIL TO DO.
THIS MORNING, MIKE SAID THAT HE AND SOPHIA MIGHT BE COMING THIS WEEKEND TO VISIT. THAT WILL BE AWESOME. HEATHER AND SCOTT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE TO SEE THE CLINIC AND IT WILL BE GREAT FOR MIKE TO SEE TOO. I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. KATHY WAS ABLE TO COME AND SPEND A WEEK HERE TO. HOW GREAT THAT WAS. ITS JUST SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE WHEN ITS TIME FOR THEM TO LEAVE. MY SISTER,TRECI WILL BE COMING SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. MAYBE TO DRIVE HOME WITH US. WE ARE SO OVERWELMED WITH BLESSINGS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH, BUT, WE KNOW WE ARE HERE ON A MISSION AND THAT WE NEED TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY SAY. THE CLINIC HERE IS SO DIFFERENT THAN ANY PLACE IN THE USA. THEIR WAY IS VERY DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS WORKING,WITH GOD'S HELP! THERE IS SO MUCH SUCCESS IN OTHER PATIENTS TOO SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE. MOST OF THE PATIENTS ARE CHRISTIANS AND WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING ALL OF THEM. SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. IF WE CAN'T BE IN THE KEYS ENJOYING THE SUN, WE ARE GLAD TO BE HERE. TODAY IS SUPPOSE TO REACH 82.
WELL, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD AND WE MISS YOU ALL. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL IN OURS TOO. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. OUR LOVE TO ALL.
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WELL , ON FRIDAY WE STARTED OUR FIFTH WEEK OF TREATMENT. VIRGIL HAS COMPLETED THE HALF WAY MARK. AS OF NOW DR. ROGERS WANTS HIM TO COMPLETE 8 WEEKS OF TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT HAS DONE EVERYTHING AND MORE THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED.
AS OF LAST WEEK, THE LARGE TUMOR, THAT DR. REYES INJECTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, CANNOT BE SEEN ON THEIR ULTRASOUND. EVERYONE AT THE CLINIC IS ABOUT TO JUMP OUT OF THEIR SKIN. THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY EVER EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TIME THAT VIRGIL HAS BEEN HERE. THE CANCER IS SHRINKING. THIS, WE KNOW IS FROM YOUR PRAYERS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO TAKE CARE OF MY VIRGIL. GOD IS SO GOOD...... WHEN? ALL THE TIME!!!! WE KNOW THAT VIRGIL IS GOING TO BE HEALED. WE WILL STAND BY THAT UNTIL THAT DAY AND WHEN THAT DAY ARRIVES, WE WILL SHOUT IT TO ALL. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US IN DOING THAT.
VIRGIL IS GETTING STRONGER EACH WEEK. IT IS A GOOD THING THAT HE IS A PATIENT MAN. BUT BEFORE WE ALL KNOW IT, HIS STRENGTH WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER.
WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED WITH COMPANY. STEVE AND KAREN JUST LEFT THIS MORNING. THEY SPENT A WEEK WITH US AND WE SURE DID ENJOY IT. THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE WERE THE CLINIC IS IN MEXICO. WE WOULD TAKE TURNS RIDING THE BUS WITH VIRGIL OR WALKING OVER THE BRIDGE AND CROSSING THE BORDER BY FOOT. TOTAL OF 1 1/2 MILES EACH WAY. THE LAST 3 DAYS, AFTER VIRGILS TREATMENT, WE ALL WALKED BACK OVER THE BORDER. THAT WAS A GREAT THING FOR VIRGIL TO DO.
THIS MORNING, MIKE SAID THAT HE AND SOPHIA MIGHT BE COMING THIS WEEKEND TO VISIT. THAT WILL BE AWESOME. HEATHER AND SCOTT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE TO SEE THE CLINIC AND IT WILL BE GREAT FOR MIKE TO SEE TOO. I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. KATHY WAS ABLE TO COME AND SPEND A WEEK HERE TO. HOW GREAT THAT WAS. ITS JUST SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE WHEN ITS TIME FOR THEM TO LEAVE. MY SISTER,TRECI WILL BE COMING SOMETIME NEXT MONTH. MAYBE TO DRIVE HOME WITH US. WE ARE SO OVERWELMED WITH BLESSINGS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE MISS EVERYONE SO MUCH, BUT, WE KNOW WE ARE HERE ON A MISSION AND THAT WE NEED TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY SAY. THE CLINIC HERE IS SO DIFFERENT THAN ANY PLACE IN THE USA. THEIR WAY IS VERY DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS WORKING,WITH GOD'S HELP! THERE IS SO MUCH SUCCESS IN OTHER PATIENTS TOO SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE. MOST OF THE PATIENTS ARE CHRISTIANS AND WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING ALL OF THEM. SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. IF WE CAN'T BE IN THE KEYS ENJOYING THE SUN, WE ARE GLAD TO BE HERE. TODAY IS SUPPOSE TO REACH 82.
WELL, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD AND WE MISS YOU ALL. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL IN OURS TOO. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. OUR LOVE TO ALL.
LOVE,
PAM AND VIRGIL
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