Month: March 2022

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Dear Friends,
So much has happened in the last two weeks and we desire your prayers. On the afternoon of Monday, February, 21st we discovered over a phone call with my sister that my mom, Verda, had developed symptoms that were resembling a stroke that was affecting her left side body movements. So we encouraged that my mom would be taken to the emergency room. Once the hospital ran a CT scan, a doctor came in at 3:00 AM and told them that mom had a mass on the front right side of her brain.

Once we found this out Tuesday morning, we packed up and left JAARS, ICC, two days early and headed for home to support mom and be with the family. We are so thankful for the flexibility of the ICC team for allowing us to complete ICC with leaving a couple of days early. The remaining family was able to travel and be together over the weekend while we waited for the doctor appointments the following week. The next week, we met with two local doctors. Our consultation with the neurosurgeon said the tumor is almost 6cm in length and about 4cm in width. So that evening we discussed as a family what we thought the next steps should be. With many prayers and an encouraging reference of a clinic in Mexico from Eddie (a friend of a friend) who had been through the battle of a brain tumor as well, we had peace as we made this the next step of going to the Mexico clinic. We packed up and departed Florida Thursday, March 3rd to accompany my parents, Eddie, and Rita (a friend of the family) on the trip to the clinic in Mexico. We are so thankful to Eddie for graciously offering to accompany us all and show us around and help the trip run smoothly.

Since we have been here, the doctors have done another MRI and several physical exams and the tumor has grown about 8% (1cm) since her last MRI eleven days ago. With the urgency of removing the tumor and relieving the pressure in mom’s brain, the doctors had scheduled surgery for this past Wednesday, March 9th to remove as much of the tumor as possible. But Sunday morning she had swelling in her left leg, and after doing an ultrasound, discovered there was a large blood clot that was the cause of it. They surgically removed that Tuesday, March 8th as well as inserted a screen to protect her body from clots moving up to her heart, lungs, etc. Surgery for the brain tumor was postponed until mom could recover from the blood clot surgery. Although this was a setback for mom, we are praising God that the blood clot was discovered and removed due to the major complications that could have been caused during the brain tumor surgery. Yesterday we learned that the brain tumor is scheduled to take place tomorrow March, 12th.

So as we face the next days and weeks ahead, we request your prayers for guidance and wisdom in the many decisions we face. My parents and family feel that the Lord has led them here and we are so thankful to all of our friends, family, and prayer warriors for their support. It means more to us than we can express. Please continue to keep us in your prayers, we need them greatly!

The Prefield Aviation Orientation team has been gracious to us during this time. We are thankful they have allowed Kenneth to still participate in classes as much as possible on zoom, until we can travel back to JAARS.

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Praises:

· For safe travels from NC to FL, then from FL to Mexico, especially for mom.
· For mom not having worse symptoms for a tumor of that size.
· For the friends and family that have gathered around and supported us during this time.

Prayer Requests:

· Wisdom for the doctors as they discern the best steps for mom to take
· The tumor surgery can be scheduled ASAP
· The Lord would protect mom from danger during the surgery

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