Waiting and Treatments

Metisha has another bone treatment on Friday. Last month this treatment made her VERY sick for several days so we are praying that she will be protected from all side affects this time and will not experience one moment of sickness from the treatment.

Metisha is actively pursuing a second opinion on her current case and treatment plan. She is waiting on two different people to call her from MD Anderson. The first is a PA that has given her information by her current oncologist. The second person is a patient relations specialist who got Metisha’s information through a very dear family friend with MD Anderson connections. Metisha left the patient relations person a message this week and her oncology nurse let her know this week the PA will be calling her. Metisha is also going to call Cancer Treatment Centers of America. As Tisha makes more calls and waits for people to call her back we are praying diligently that God will open and close the appropriate doors and lead her to the right doctors and hospital. She is very anxious to get a second opinion and so we are praying for speed in this process.

Metisha won’t officially be released from post surgery until next Tuesday but she has already been wake boarding, mountain biking and four-wheeling! So she’s living it up and still not obeying the rules but is feeling great from surgery! There’s definitely no keeping her down!

Metisha continues to be mentally and emotionally strong every day but it isn’t easy. Every twinge of pain can bring up fears and she naturally has thoughts about death. While she knows this is normal, she wants to focus on being positive and believing she will be healed. I have never once heard her complain, feel sorry for herself or ask why her. When she’s sad and fearful, it’s because she’s worried about how us, her family and friends, would be affected by losing her. When she’s angry, she’s angry for how this has affected those around her. And when she says it’s not fare, she says it’s not fare that Mark and her family have to go through this. Her sorrows, angers and fears are never about her. She is just an amazing person with an abundance of strength and grace and a simple prayer request – to live.

We know we can count on you to continue to stand beside Metisha in prayer and love. We are praying that:

• She will be physically protected from all side effects from treatment on Friday
• She will get to the right doctors and hospitals for a second opinion and that it will happen quickly
• God’s direction and leading will be clear in the second opinion process
• Metisha, Mark and all of us around her will have complete faith in God’s healing for Metisha, claiming healing for her and believing she will be cancer free
• Metisha will continue to feel good and be able to continue with all her summer plans
• She will live, cancer free, until she is an old lady