Great News on Abel

Abel Tyson, the 21 month old son of a classmate of mine, has stage 3, high-risk neuroblastoma and brain damage, but today they have received great news. He has finished four? rounds of chemo so it was time to do some scans and test to see how the chemo is affecting the cancer. His CT scans of chest, abdomen and pelvis showed now evidence of cancer, and his bone marrow tests and MIBG (a neuroblasto specific test) showed no morphological evidence and near complete resolution of his cancer. See the title of this post or my favorite links for more info.

Psalm 9:1-2
9:1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart!
I will tell about all your amazing deeds!
9:2 I will be happy and rejoice in you!
I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
(NET)

Abel Tyson

Abel, is the 21 month old son of one of the medical students at my school. Adam was in the middle of his second year when he and his wife Rachel found out that their sone Abel has stage 3, high-risk neuroblastoma. The tumor, the size of a grapefruit, that was wrapped around his aorta. During the surgery to remove the tumor Abel's heart stopped twice. Surgeons were able to resusicitate him, but he has suffered a lot of brain damage from the lack of oxygen. The post title is a link to a journal about Abel's progress. My heart breaks for this family. They are suffering so much and deped daily on God for strength to make it through the next day. My thoughts turned to Job's suffering today as I was reading Abel's journal. For how long will this family suffer the unknown? They pray for the complete healing of their son. Will that be accomplished in this lifetime. Adam believes with all his heart that it will.

God, be close to Adam and Rachel right now. Give them rest and strength. Lift them up and sustain them. Uphold them with your right hand. Hold them close to you and remind them that you love them. Remind them that they are precious to you and you will never forsake them.