[Magdalen] Continuing prayers for Keith and for me

[Molly Wolf]

You have us, to whatever extent you need.  You and Keith are firmly wrapped in the golden hammock of prayer.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Feb 20, 2015, at 4:23 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh dear...this week has been a roller coaster, and now it's heading down
> faster than I can handle.
> 
> It seems that the radiologist who did Keith's biopsy on Monday "definitely
> missed" which leaves us back at Square One. I met his physician this
> morning on the ward and he pulled me aside to tell me this...which was the
> end of my working day. I can't handle seeing another hospital patient even
> if he or she is improving!!
> 
> My sister shares this opinion and already asked for more tests, another
> blood test for something or others, and a 24 hour urine collection for
> serotonin - since if these are tumours they're probably
> carcinoid/neuro-endocrine tumours. So he's in the middle of that and will
> go back for the bloods later on.
> 
> If the test is positive we more or less have the diagnosis, at least six
> malignant growths in his liver and who knows where else. If negative, it's
> still not good because another biopsy will have to be done. The lesion they
> went for is large and close to the surface, but it's tricky - you have to
> hold your breath and keep still because our livers are attached to our
> diaphragms and move along with the breathing.
> 
> Keith is going to Cape Town next week so the plan, if it can be arranged,
> is for him to see a specialist there instead of going around the loop again
> in this provincial neck of the woods.
> 
> I'm officially a nervous wreck!! Don't even want to go back to church after
> last week's reading - Elisha's sorry and "Don't speak of it". I wish we
> didn't have to speak of it, but we must.
> 
> Thank you for your prayers, they mean a great deal to me.