Our time is measured. Sometimes in hours, sometimes in months. For us, it is measured by the distance between scans. This distance can be immense. We are trying now to enjoy this interval, this period when we can believe we are winning the war. But with every fight comes a new day and a new opportunity for your opponent to show you how smart he has become. No one is talking about it, but it is always lingering, always waiting for you when you are quiet and still. So the goal is to never be still. To always be pressing forward to the next big hurdle.
And that hurdle for us right now is surgery. We have been researching facilities that are qualified to perform the type of surgeries Iva will require. And (unfortunately) we have been asking ourselves how on earth we will pay for it. But all that will come. We pray, anyway.
We have recently discovered a charity program through Iva's cancer clinic that is paying part of her chemo costs. We will be trying to contact the maker of the other drug to see about getting it partially (or wholly!) paid for as well.
I'll be crossing my fingers and praying and hoping the costs will get covered!
ReplyDeleteSorry to be so long in posting here, we've had a lot of gastroenteritis at our house and computer time has been iffy.
ReplyDeleteI have been listing Iva and your family in the prayer list at our church every week since the first Sunday in February, requesting prayers for healing for her, endurance for all of you, and that funding will be found for Iva's treatment.
We continue to hope and pray with you.
Love, Sue.
Dearest Iva, only recently have I come across your site and read about your struggle with great distress.Your pain and sufferings are tearing my heart apart, your enchanting smile has been haunting me each single day, I have you on my mind and in my prayers every day.May God grant you your health back very very soon!What you have lost in flesh is nothing in comparison with what you have gained in spirit, love and compassion during all this time. What I, as an outsider can see above you is an ever-growing network of friends radiating love towards you, I can see your and your closest people's faith growing stronger, too and that rejoices my heart. May God bless you and all the ones who love and care about you! Being an Orthodox Christian myself I would like to share with you the information about a monastery in Arizona. It's the monastery of St Anthony's whose igoumen is one of the most holy people on Earth and his prayers reach God instantly. Here's the link so you can contact them: http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/index.php Forgive me if you are already familiar with it.
ReplyDeleteI press my lips on your beautiful forehead, hold your hands in mine and carry you in my heart...
Mila Iva, HRISTOS VOSKRESE! neka i tebe te voskresne vo zivot vecen a uste sega i tuka ti dari celosno iscelenie!
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