Keep Going Forward!

Blind Eye to the Telescope

When Lord Horatio Nelson was fighting the Battle of Copenhagen, his senior officer, Sir Hyde Parker, also known as “Old Vinegar,” hoisted the flag signaling retreat. Nelson was blind in one eye. Nelson deliberately put his telescope to his blind eye and said, “I do not see it.”

If he had surrendered when it looked like defeat, he would not have captured twelve Danish ships.

I don’t see defeat. Do you?

            When you’re fighting the Battle of Perspective, Satan will hoist his flag, trying to discourage you. Remember to put a blind eye to the telescope. Refuse to see the retreat flag. Keep going forward.

This morning we went to Duke Clinic to see Dr. Diehl, Jerry's regular oncologist. He always gives us the bad news first, so at first we were afraid he might not continue treatment. He said the heavy dose of chemo in the hospital did not work and that was the strongest chemo available.

He said Jerry had two other choices - to do nothing or to try another less invasive chemo drug, the one recommended by our transplant oncologist, Dr. Chao. Dr. Diehl agreed with Dr. Chao that this drug would be worth a try.

We couldn't just sit by and do nothing. So we decided to try the other chemo drug.

It will be a 5 or 7 day round of injections of a chemo drug called vidaza. After 3 weeks, he will undergo another round of injections. Then after another 3 weeks, he will return to see Dr. Diehl and have another bone marrow biopsy to see if the drug is helping with the leukemia. Jerry might have to receive another round of injections, if the drug has not knocked the leukemia down.  If the drug knocks the leukemia down to where they can do a transplant, then we will continue with the transplant.

The good news is that they set it up to do the injections here in Greenville. We will not have to travel back and forth to Duke for the injections. That is going to be so great.

We are still taking a day at a time. We know that we have a good God and He's Already In Our Tomorrow! He put it in two doctors hearts to be in agreement with this new treatment. We were told there are no guarantees with this, it's an alternative treatment, but we need to try. We need to KEEP GOING FORWARD!

We appreciate your prayers as we begin this treatment.