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We have been without Internet service for several days (holiday weekend, you know) - finally restored today. Today, Linda was taken off Coumadin - her levels are actually high. We will go back for blood work on Friday to make sure the levels are still good. The doctors are quite surprised - this can take months to stabalize, and Linda's blood stabalized in two weeks! We are convinced this is a direct answer to prayer! Thank you for praying about the blood clot.

On the other hand, the blood clot is evidence the tumor is still there. Even if it is not growing, it almost certainly had something to do with the blood clot. So, keep praying about the tumor!

On Friday, Linda will begin her five day regimen (which comes every 28 days) of Temodar, the oral chemo. The dose is much higher this time. She got quite sick on the first night of her last five-day treatment. We will try to manage it better, but please pray about this, also.

We continue to look only to God for helaing. This tumor is a nasty one, but as one of your children told her in a homemade card in February: "This tumor is nothing to God." We know that He can heal, though it is His choice. The brevity of life confronts us more every day, not only because of the tumor, but from many different accounts that come to our attention of sickness, accidents, and the ending of life for elderly friends whose lives didn't seem all that long. We have also been aware of the pain this life holds for so many people. And, we are thankful for the cross of Jesus! That's our hope, isn't it? THAT"S GOOD NEWS!