I remember falling asleep that night wondering if I was ever going to get out of this situation. Even though I was feeling better and my headaches were gone I still had the mindset that I was only going to be around for a couple of months. I was looking better on the outside but on the inside I was full of fear, doubt, and worry. I was having my own little pity party until the curtain of my cubicle was opened and there stood my closest friends that had driven through the night to come and pray for me. It was like God had just walked in the room. I felt incredible, I never knew the true power of friendship until that moment, it ignited faith inside of me that started to grow. Later that day I had a visit from my pastor who made a trip out of his way to come and pray with me. The support was overwhelming. The icing on the cake was a phone cal I received from a fried who had a scripture for me.
John 11:4, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it’s to bring glory to God through His son Jesus Christ”
That became my rally cry. I was not going down without a fight.
I had received a bone marrow biopsy which is a pretty painful experience. They had to figure out what type of cancer I had. My doctor was awesome, very encouraging, funny and supportive. He had to break through my hip bone with a needle the size of a cork screw and then inset another needle that would aspirate the bone marrow. He assured the test wouldn’t take long and that I should be moved up to a room shortly.
The next day I had finally gotten moved up to a room and with all my friends around my bed the doctor walked in with the results of my test. He was floored at the support I had and really couldn’t believe it.
“Just as we thought, you have the most aggressive form of leukemia, it’s called acute myelogenous leukemia”. He explained that my bone marrow was not working correctly and was producing immature white blood cells and relaesing them into my body which was killing off my healthy cells.
This is a very aggressive cancer Rob, we don’t want to hide that from you” He then said this, “but you are going to be fine because you have your friends and you have your faith. I have already scheduled you a follow up appointment for January because I believe that you are going to make it”
Those were the words from an unsaved doctor. I thought if he has faith and doesn’t even know God then what was my excuse. After the doctor left the room I was so encouraged that I knew in my heart that I could beat this.
More To Come
