After meeting with the neurosurgeon yesterday, our expectations were to be waiting awhile for a surgery date. They called me this morning and want me to fly down for an appointment tomorrow and surgery on Monday or Tuesday of next week!! They had someone need to reshcedule next week, which opened up a slot for me. The Drs said for them to call me and see if I could come tomorrow. Wow! How quickly God answers our prayers sometimes! My prayers for a quick healing I didn't realize would mean a quickly scheduled surgery, but God is providing and showing me favor...we feel very blessed to get me onto a road of recovery sooner than 6 months from now.
I was a little anxious when she first called this morning...I thought I'd have more time to prepare. I thought they'd call and say, "Your surgery is January...blah blah blah." I guess God knows me well. Time for preparation just means more time to worry.
This is all happening so very quickly. Chad and I will be flying down to University of Arkansas tomorrow morning and staying until they release me to fly back home...probably a couple of weeks. The surgery will be Monday or Tuesday, we will let you know after the appointment tomorrow when the scheduled time is so you can all lift me up in prayer. In the mean time...
Please pray for our peace of mind and comfort. Pray for safe travels to Arkansas for me and my family. Pray for the surgeon--preciseness, skilled steady hands and that he is able to remove the whole tumor. Pray for a speedy recovery with no neurological deficits. Pray for no reactions to the meds I have to start taking tonight--including anti-seizure meds and high doses of steroids. Pray for total healing!
Thank you to all of you for your love and prayers! We will continue to update the blog so you all are informed of my journey of healing.
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Laura, God is ABLE and God is Faithful. My son Rick (Wagner) has fought cancer for 3 years. He is strong, active and travels and works part time in spite of treatment for stage 4 colon cancer. All our prayer warriors have sustained us. We, too, can feel the power of their prayers. God gives us peace and hope in these times and never abandons us. He will be with you through it all and I am just one of MANY who are praying for you. Have no fear, you are in His safe hands. Love, Marlene Harvey
Dear Laura,
I wanted you to know that I'm following your blog and praying for you every day. Watching you go through this difficult time really hits home for me. You are truly an inspiration for me and so many others. I won't stop praying for your complete healing, I have other believers praying for you too. It's truly awesome what God can can do when we come together in prayer.
God bless you and your family,
Dawn Carlen (Underwood)
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise His holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits-
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psalm 103:1-5
I love you and will continue to pray ~Becky Vreugdenhil
Wow! The very idea of you needing to wait six months seemed just intolerable, but now you leave tomorrow and I can't even get to you to hug you and tell you I love you in person, so I am sending you this message with the full force of prayer behind it! The prayers of you, your family, and all of us that love you so dearly are being shaped into God's plan for your FULL healing and recovery. I have NO DOUBT that you will do GREAT!
I usually like to travel with you by plane to watch you fall asleep with your mouth gaping wide open, but maybe Chad can take a picture of that for me and send it by email...
All my love to you and Chad and your family as you embark on this journey of healing! I will come to see you the minute Chad says it's okay to do so!
J'Aimee (Dave, Jakob, Anne, and Abigail, too!)
Praise Him! Trust that you have SO MANY PRAYERS following you through this journey. Trust that He will provide! and we will continue to pray for TOTAL HEALING!
You are on our Hearts, The Vreug's.
My Deliverer
Rich Mullins
Joseph took his wife and her child and they went to Africa
To escape the rage of a deadly king
There along the banks of the Nile, Jesus listened to the song
That the captive children used to sing
They were singin'
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
Through a dry and thirsty land, water from the Kenyon heights
Pours itself out of Lake Sangra's broken heart
There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry
For the healing that would flow from His own scars
The world was singing
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
He will never break His promise - He has written it upon the sky
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
I will never doubt His promise though I doubt my heart, I doubt my eyes
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
He will never break His promise though the stars should break faith with the sky
My Deliverer is coming - my Deliverer is standing by
You are so loved Laura. Please know that as much as we all love you, God loves you even more. You are in the best hands possible, the Great Physician. My prayers are with you. Love ya, Keri
Hi Laura,
Jennifer sent me your blog last week and I've been praying for you ever since. I'm not sure if she ever shared with you our son, Zachary's story, but he had brain surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in November & has been seizure-free since. Praise God!
You can check out his website at: www.babyjellybeans.com Enter Zachary Meier in the blue search box.
Every prayer has been answered for him and I have faith that every prayer will be answered for you also.
God bless you and keep you safe.
Love & prayers,
Mary Lou Meier (Burkeybile)
Zeta sis :)
Laura & Chad,
I read the your last 2 entries today and I am overwhelmed - Our God is Good!! and Dave and I are praying for you both - We love you!!
Kristy & Dave
God has bestowed many blessings upon you, May he continue to impress upon you the strength and courage to keep moving forward. Dealing with a similar situation, I realize God selects the strongest people to show as an example for all. May he continue to bless you and keep you close at heart in this difficult time. Love, The O'Neill's
God has bestowed many blessings upon you, May he continue to impress upon you the strength and courage to keep moving forward. Dealing with a similar situation, I realize God selects the strongest people to show as an example for all. May he continue to bless you and keep you close at heart in this difficult time. Love, The O'Neill's
I tried to text you back, but I'm such a texting virgin and it wasn't wanting to go through. I'll have to work on that.
Anyway, we can't tell you enough how much we are praying for you. We love you and we thank God that He crossed our paths. It's hard to imagine all of the emotions and things that you both must be experiencing. But what I do know with certainty is that our God is "mighty to save"! He who conquered the grave can surely take you're tumor away. He may use the hands of a skillful surgeon, but to Him be the glory! Let's believe and give Him praise in advance for what He, who's hands are scarred with nail holes, is about to do! Don't let satan let fear overcome you. (I know, easy for me to say, right?) " The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid? Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident." Psalm 27:1 & 3. "So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my rightous right hand" Isaiah 41:10
Our love and prayers are with you!
Matt and Rachel
p.s. We look so forward to seeing you when you return!
I tried to text you back, but I'm such a texting virgin and it wasn't wanting to go through. I'll have to work on that.
Anyway, we can't tell you enough how much we are praying for you. We love you and we thank God that He crossed our paths. It's hard to imagine all of the emotions and things that you both must be experiencing. But what I do know with certainty is that our God is "mighty to save"! He who conquered the grave can surely take you're tumor away. He may use the hands of a skillful surgeon, but to Him be the glory! Let's believe and give Him praise in advance for what He, who's hands are scarred with nail holes, is about to do! Don't let satan let fear overcome you. (I know, easy for me to say, right?) " The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid? Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident." Psalm 27:1 & 3. "So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my rightous right hand" Isaiah 41:10
Our love and prayers are with you!
Matt and Rachel
p.s. We look so forward to seeing you when you return!
Okay, Laura...how great is our God? I only had to pray one time that you'd get into the neurosurgeon in a "timely fashion", and you were on your plane flying to meet with him TODAY!! I've read all about him, and he sounds AMAZING. How blessed you are to have the one and only "Neurosurgeon of the Century" operating on you! It's just so awesome to see God orchestrating your healing right before our very eyes. I'll see you VERY soon...probably in Little Rock, as soon as I get my little Will started his first day to Kindergarten.
Jennifer
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