We have seen God work so much for us this year... This year is far from over for us as we continue to have a crazy year. This year started out ok, family illnesses took a turn for the worse when Casey ended up with Pneumonia and what followed turned into an amazing time for our family.
I blogged about all of that, the fear of the unknown as we faced a tumor in Casey's lung, we dealt with it swiftly by allowing him to undergo surgery to remove the lower right lobe of his lung. In that time of recovery we saw God work in great ways. We became closer as a family, enjoying having Daddy home for several weeks especially when he wasn't in so much pain and was actually able to do more then just lay around the house with the exceptions of his several times a day walks. We witnessed first hand God's provision through family and church family. We were never hungry, we didn't miss any bills (we weren't even late in any of them), even when the car needed repair someone stepped up to help us with that.
Just as we were on the upswing we found out that now his right middle lobe had shut down completely and the only thing to do was to remove it as well. We dealt with this huge blow by clinging to each other and most of all God. By the time he went into surgery for the 2nd time we were completely at peace with the situation and totally trusting and praising God for taking care of our family. Again, God provided, people stepped up to help again and we made it through to the other side where we started seeing amazing things happen.
During the recovery of the 2nd tumor my photography blasted off! I ended up booking 4 weddings for Sept! They were all amazing weddings to be a part of! 2 weddings even allowed me to practice a skill I have been wanting to um for lack of a better word.... DEVELOP (haha). The results of those images turned out amazing and I was so happy to have gotten the chance to do them. During the busy month of Sept my car again started having issues. We had been talking about getting a minivan but when the health issues came up we put that on the back burner. Now my car was in trouble, the AC had gone out which was going to be expensive to fix. We could have waited till next year to address the issue of the car but it was going down hill fast. The shop we took it to told me it had some other issues and they didn't recommend trying to fix it if we planned on getting a new one in the near future. So after prayer and consideration we decided to look at a few minivans. We were blessed to have a family member that had connections with a dealer and he gave us a good trade for my car (way more then it was worth) and got us in the van with payments close to what we were comfortable with. God provides,
As we go into the fall season I was kinda bummed that my crazy booking of weddings hadn't kept up but that is probably a good thing as I have some stuff to catch up on! While weddings for Oct are so far none I have been blessed to book several family sessions, engagement session and some anniversary pictures (so excited about that one). So still God provides in other ways.
Last week Casey had a Dr's appointment to check and see what his lung function was now. They did a follow up CT scan where they learned he had some air built up around the right lung. His pulmonary Dr said he wasn't to worried about AIR, said it won't cause infection and he didn't think there was a leak in the airway. He told Casey they will do another CT scan in Dec to see what its doing. Yesterday Casey got a call from his surgeon who has been working with his pulmonary Dr and left a voice mail stating he wanted to talk about Casey's "options" this scared Casey so he didn't return the call. This morning his surgeon called me and I talked to him. He IS concerned about the air around his lung. He is concerned that it might mean there is a leak in the air way. He said we had 2 options, we could wait and do nothing and see if something bad presents itself (like Casey getting sick) or we could go in and have the air removed and see if there is a leak in the airway. That would require a cath to be put in and a couple of days in the hospital and then a couple of days at home recovering. He said that would be his first choice, I told him I would need to talk to Casey and see what he thinks (already knowing the answer). I called Casey and he said since Dr Burns wasn't worried about it he wanted to wait and see what happens. He has another CT schedule for Dec so he's going to wait. I agree with this decision, no need to go poking holes if there is nothing wrong. Dr Downey (surgeon) said to keep an eye on him. If he starts running a fever and having chills to call him or Dr Burns to make sure its not related to his lungs. So for now we wait and pray, we know God has a purpose for all of this. If he decides we need surgery again we will continue to trust & praise him knowing that he has a plan for our lives and we are in his hands. We have nothing to fear, we know God can, will and continues to provide for us. We are in HIS hands.
