Cutting Away

There have been many theories on treating Iva's cancer. You all have shared some that you have heard of or read about. The doctor's in Austria had suggested a plan of treatment. MD Anderson, here in America, suggested another. Iva's own family members each has his or her own idea about what the next best thing to do is. Sadly, we can never know for sure who to listen to or which path to chose.

BUT--this is the first chance we have had in all this time at getting Iva cancer-free. Next Thursday she is scheduled to have her right lung operated on to remove any and all masses. Two weeks later on June 30th, she is having the left lung done. She has no other known metastases. As we found out earlier this week, the spine lesion is not a tumor. Having metastatic disease to only one body system (the respiratory) is way better than having it in two.

And why not Iva? Why is she not worthy of this miracle that we have all prayed for so hard this last year and half? She doesn't have the courage to hope for it, but I do. And why not? What do we lose? We have had each other each and every day for the last 14 months. That has been an amazing blessing. Looking back at how far Iva has come--the mere fact that getting her here when we did was an amazing feat! What obstacles! It is not too late to proclaim full victory--to cut away all this evilness from her body and her spirit. It is not too late for Iva to heal herself. To start seeing what she has accomplished, rather than what she has lost. To see what blessings she has, rather than what she has been burdened with. To start rejoicing and embracing the day, rather than cowering in fear of what the day may bring.