Update

Well, I'm not sure where to start, but today was a little stressful for us all. Dad has his PET Scan this morning and we were to meet with the Physician's Assistant to discuss the results at 1:30, as this was Dr. Agura's day off.
After a little over a 3 hour wait, Dr. Agura appeared in the doorway. This did not strike me as a good sign. Sure enough, he told us that Daddy had developed a tumor in his abdomin the size of a grapefruit/cantelope. This development makes it necessary to put off the stem cell transplant for atleast a month. He explained that the chemo used during the transplant would not be strong enough to take care of a tumor this size. Dad was immediately admitted to the hospital to undergo 5 days of 24 hour intensive chemotherapy. The chemo will be followed by 2 weeks of daily follow up visits. At that time we are hopeful that he will be well enough to go home for a week or so and then return to Dallas to start the transplant process.
We did get an amazing sign tonight of exactly who is in control. My favorite bible verse is Proverbs 3:5, as a matter of fact it is part of the automatic signature on all of my e-mails.
We were being escorted to Dad's hospital room tonight and when we got to the door, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that someone had printed out and taped to the door, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding, in all ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5 I pointed it out to Wendee and we were pretty amazed at how touching it is for Baylor to put comforting verses on the patient's doors. We got Dad settled and as we were leaving we passed about 20 other hospital rooms. Not one of them had a verse on the door. I was overcome with emotion and peace, knowing that God picked out that room for my Dad because He knew what that sign on the door would mean to us....reminding of that if we just rest in Him, He will take care of everything else.
Today also reminded me of one of my other favorite verses: "The Lord will fight for you, and you must only be still." Exodus 14:14

****Also, we ask that you understand that the next few days are going to be extremely difficult, but we will try to update this blog as often as possible. Daddy has asked that we let you know that he is really not up to visits or phone calls at this time. Should you want any additional information, please feel free to call Wendee at 817-673-2097 or TeeLee at 214-679-4687 or feel free to e-mail us at whoswithwally@gmail.com Thank you so much, in advance, for your prayers and well wishes.*****