Short Update

Thanks for your prayers!  The bone biopsy is over and I have "slept off my drunk" for a couple of hours.  I have a sore hip, otherwise, I'm no "worse for the wear".  The procedure was virtually painless.  They did a great job!  It's not something I would recommend doing for recreation, but they made it as pleasant as possible.  My Dr. said he has probably done 5000 of these procedures and that was apparent.

Once again, when it came time for the procedure, I felt peaceful and calm. Maybe some day I will learn that God gives grace when I need it - and not before!  I thought I needed grace yesterday for today's procedure!  It doesn't work that way!  Yesterday, the words of the song that stayed in my mind were:

In Christ alone, my heart is found, He is my light, my strength, my song.  

This cornerstone, this solid ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.  

What heights of love, What depths of peace, 
When fears are stilled, When strivings cease.                       
My comforter, my All in All, Here in the love of Christ I stand.

Those words helped calm my uneasiness.

When they did my blood work this morning they found that my counts had already come up - on their own!  Thanks again for the prayers!  The Dr. said that after seeing today's numbers, he was comfortable that they would rebound.  So, I was hopeful that the biopsy scenario would be changed. But, the Dr. said "since we're all here" he wanted to go ahead and collect more data that would help him as he makes decisions regarding my treatments in the weeks to come.  I did remind him that the data he was collecting were in my bones!!  He laughed!  (It wasn't a joke! :-))

We should get results tomorrow or Friday.  The nurse told me again that the way the Dr. is talking, she knows he expects them to be normal.  I will be glad to know for sure! 

It is really amazing how God gives me a song for each day when I'm going through a difficult time.  When I woke up this morning, the words that were going through my mind are a song sung by Lynda Randle, "God on the Mountain":

Life is easy, When you're up on the mountain.

You've got peace of mind, Like you've never known.

But things change when you're down in the valley.

Don't lose faith, For you're never alone.

For the God on the mountain, Is still God in the valley,

When things go wrong, He'll make them right.

And the God of the good times, Is still God in the bad times,

The God of the day, Is still God in the night..... 

When I wake up with the words to a song going through my mind, I always stop and "take note" because I consider it a gift from God, and I listen with interest to "hear" what He's telling me for the day.  Today's song was, as always, perfectly appropriate for this day of my journey.

If all goes according to the plan :-), I will start Cycle 3 this coming Tuesday. Thank you again for your prayers and friendship!