At Denver International Airport - after two days of canceled flights - getting ready to board.
I have seen God's hand at work, even in the delays.
Doctor's Report: Yesterday the pathology report was presented to Amy and Ryan. By human standards it was pretty bad. The tumor was the AR/TR cancer the surgeon feared it was. It is very, very rare and so they have very little direction when it comes to treating it. Basically, they treat it as aggressively as possible without the treatment becoming fatal - at the risk of many side effects and possible complications from the treatment.
Doctors say it is their only option.
The most extensive study on treatment and survival rates on children with AR/TR was just recently completed. It was a two year study, but the cancer is so rare it only included 12 children. The survival rate for that two year period was 50%
Joel is scheduled to undergo 6 weeks of intense radiation, followed 46 weeks of chemo.
It is only very recently that they have treated children under 3 with radiation.
Of course the radiation and chemo can be greatly damaging to Joel, as well as to the cancer.
Please, please pray that God will see Joel through this treatment with no permanent damage - and little or no pain or side effects!
The most difficult thing for Amy & Ryan is that there is no longer any medical measure which might show that God has healed Joel and spare him all or a part of these treatments.
The MRI they did after surgery was clear - yet, the surgeon knows that he left a small bit of the tumor which was right at the bottom of the brain stem and had a major artery and nerve running through it, making it too dangerous to remove.
There will be many tests along the way, but none that will show him to be healed.
I would ask you to pray fervently for Ryan and Amy as they journey through this next year - that they would turn to each other, support each other, encourage each other, grow in love for each other - and have God's peace which passes all understanding - and that God would increase their faith daily as they are bombarded with difficult information and circumstances - and that through it all, they would keep their eyes and hearts on God and be able to hold fast to Him and His work in Joel!
Pray for their two other boys, Caleb and Issac.
Above all - keep praying - keep following the blog - http://joelevangreen.com - and keep posting on the Facebook group - I Believe! Praying for Joel's Healing
I have been so honored to be here, to pray over Joel and, because of flight cancellation, to be able to pray with Ryan and Amy right after they had received the pathology report.
This may all seem to be devastating news - it may even seem to some that our prayers for Joel were not answered - but let me assure you of this -
GOD'S REPORT IS THAT JOEL HAS A 100% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
WITH NO COMPLICATIONS - THAT HE WILL LIVE 80+ YEARS, HAVE A POWERFUL TESTIMONY - AND THAT MANY SOULS WILL BE SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS THING WITH SATAN MEANT FOR BAD!
I thank you for your many, many prayers - more than 3000 people from 29 countries have seen Joel's blog and are praying.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR JOEL AND FOR AMY & RYAN!
Love in Christ Jesus,
Jim
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