Last Trip to Chicago for Awhile! Yahoo!

Good evening all,

John, Cejae and I drove up to Chicago yesterday; John had a follow-up appointment today with Dr. Anderson, the neurosurgeon. John had an MRI done in December as a baseline for the doctor to look at post-surgery. We had not gotten the results of that, until today. Dr. Anderson said he saw no signs of the tumor at this time and we don't have to go back for a year. He showed us the MRI of the tumor before the surgery and the one after. We're not always sure what we are looking at, but as long as he sees no tumor, we are so thankful. He said John was doing well and he thought would continue to improve for up to 18 months. Praise God! It is such a miracle to know where John started and see where he is now.

His eye seems to improve daily. He still doesn't see well, but it looks better from the outside.

The doctor asked John how his swallowing was doing and John told him it was much improved. The doctor said it didn't look like John was losing any weight and, of course, Cejae and I laughed because it doesn't appear that any of us are losing weight. The doctor said, "Oh, I didn't mean it like that." And we knew that, but found it to be an amusing moment anyway.


The doctor also commented on how good John's attitude is and said that is such a big part of it. He really does have a great attitude. He is willing to try whatever they tell him to do. He does his exercises every morning. He does most of the laundry, a lot of the cooking and usually does the dishes. What a huge help for me. He has cleaned out most of the cabinets and does the sweeping. God took a good man and turned him into a great, Godly man. We never know how things are going to turn out or how people are going to react to them, even people we know well. But, in this case, it seems to have been a great thing. There used to be a man in my Sunday School class that said adversity makes us "better or bitter." John is definitely better and gives God the glory.

Again, we are so blessed to have such great friends and family that support and pray for us. Thank you again to all of you for your continued caring. We still get cards almost weekly.

We may not have much to report in the next few weeks, but thank you all for following and I will try to blog if there's anything at all going on.

Love you all,

John, Cathy and Family