Undeniable
What a day. My baby has rested peacefully in my arms all evening. The surgery was a huge success, the tumor is completely gone from Isabella's body. Dr. DeCou was planning for a 4" incision, and it turned out that he was able to complete the surgery with only a 2" incision. The tumor was easy to find, and it wasn't attached to anything significant. Everything went perfectly, there were no complications.
When the tumor was removed it was studied for preliminary pathology testing, which showed NO cancer cells, not even ONE! It will be studied more extensively, but it is very likely at this point that the tumor is benign! They are calling it a ganglioneuroma tumor rather than the suspected neuroblastoma, which is malignant. Friends, we were told on Christmas Eve by a highly respected team of doctors that they were 98% certain that Isabella has cancer, to this...NOT ONE CANCER CELL.
There is no other explanation. This is the power of GOD at work!
We are experiencing a miracle before our eyes. We are in awe at the love and faithfulness of God, it's hard to find the words. Prayers have been answered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There aren't enough exclamation points to express how we are feeling! We believed that God could and WOULD remove the cancer from her body, Isabella was anointed with oil as God calls us to do as a symbol of our faith, and we rested in His grace. You, our friends, family, our church and many people whom we have never met and may never meet until Heaven have prayed for a miracle with us. God gave us a miracle today, it is undeniable.
We don't know what tomorrow will bring, Izzy still has a lot of recovery ahead of her. We don't know what these results mean for her Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome. We will continue to rest in the Lord's grace knowing that He will continue to watch over our sweet baby girl.
Thank you for lifting up our family in prayer...God is doing amazing things all around us, He has introduced us to special people who will be in our hearts forever, and He is changing lives through this miraculous experience. I can't wait to see what is next!
What fabulous news! God is aweome! We have been praying for Izzy and for your family - it is so great to see God at work performing his miracles. Karen - your updates here and on facebook have been beatiful, informative, and an inspiring testament to your faith and family. May God contintue to bless you all!
ReplyDeletePraises to our King!! Thanks for allowing us to be a part of yet, another one of God's miracles.
ReplyDeleteI takes a lot to make me cry but this post? Ugh. I cannot imagine how you must have been feeling, we go to the same church and my daughter is just a few months older than Izzy so putting myself in your shoes terrified me.
ReplyDeletePraise God for the good news you and your family received yesterday, what a weight lifted from your shoulders!
I am so very happy to hear this great news! We have been praying for your family and Izzy! Not only have we been praying for you our church family has been praying for you! God is good! I am overjoyed for this blessing!
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To God be the glory!!!! I am so happy to see this post, I and some friends at Res life choir have been praying for your daughter, It just goes to show you nothing is impossible for the almighty God, thank you Jesus by your stripes she is healed.
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