Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
Psalm 33:1-4

It is true that God is faithful in all that he does. We are thankful that this week began and ended with him demonstrating his faithfulness to us with answered prayers.

The week began with what we thouhgt would be another 4 hour MRI. As we prepared for the MRI we were concerned that Karen continue to have the terrible coughing and gagging during the MRI that have plagued her for the past few weeks. We were also concerned that laying on her back for all that time would be extremely painful particularly for her head which is very sensative right now. So we prayed, as many of you were as the week began.

I was surprised to get a call from Karen a full hour and a half before she was supposed to be done. Somehow the MRI technician was able to get her in and out of the machine in two and a half hours. Better yet Karen only coughed once and her head felt good the whole time.

The week ended a few hours ago as we recieved really good news from the radiation oncologist Dr. Massullo after he got the results of the MRI. The tumor is responding extremely well to the radiation. The tumor in Karen's brain has not grown at all or moved into the cavity created by the surgery. Furthermore the tumor in her lumbar region has all but disapeared leaving only some residual scarring where the tumor was. There is only residual tumor left in her thoracic and cervical regions as well.

Needless to say, we are very happy and very thankful.

Thank you all for your consistent prayers.