cancer seems to be everywhere i look lately.
my sweet friend Libby was just diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma. if you haven't been reading her blog/praying for her, head over here and dive in. her and justin are such awesome reflections of Christ.
my yearly blood test is on wednesday. i am not nervous going into it because my hope is in Christ. whatever happens, He is holding me and He is good. He has kept me cancer free for over 7 years now and that is a huge blessing.
now i know i work with kids who have cancer, and that is definitely something i love, but so far it has not been too hard. people ask me all the time, "how do you do it?". i usually answer right back about how i love it, that kids are tough and have great attitudes, and are extremely resilient. [all true things]
i am obviously a new nurse because i am seeing now where it is hard. 4 out of the past 5 days i took care of an AWESOME kid with a wonderful family that i have become attached to. everyone told me to "just wait" until i had my first patient like this.
[by "like this" i mean my first patient where you start out with a family at diagnosis, and take care of them consistently their first hospital stay...and get attached. everyone gets attached to a hem/onc family at one point]
i am going to love this kid, and love this family, and be on my knees before His glorious throne. for libby, for this awesome kid, and for Christ to be glorified.
my friends, Christ is BIGGER than cancer. and that is truth we can rest in.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble[psalm 46:1]
Jenna,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more that it seems to be everywhere. Right after I got rocked by the news about Libby I asked my friends Tabitha and Josh to pray for them. They were in our small group all last year and battled Tabitha's stage 4 Colon cancer for about 8 months. She had 2/3 of her liver removed in January and had been "cancer-free" since. Until last week. They found a small spot on her liver and after a few tests, suspect it is the worst.
I feel like I cannot shake the fact that young people have cancer and it is hard. It has taught me to be humble and to pray without ceasing. I wish I lived out that verse in everything. I guess it is taking cancer for me to really understand what that means.
Hope we don't hear of any more. Tell us good news on your blood tests. Love you always, Jenna.