Well, (drum roll, please).....................................
We had the CT Scan of the abdomen/pelvis and the Bone Scan done this morning, and then saw Dr. Benson this afternoon.........
The CT Scan was CLEAR (praise God!!!!) and we are still awaiting the results of the bone scan, as it hasn't been read yet, but Dr. Benson said he doesn't expect it to show anything either (we'll hear tomorrow). Anyway, because Clay is 45 years old, and his gleason score (rate of aggressiveness of the cancer) is 7 (3+4), he said we should get fairly aggressive with this thing. They have scheduled Clay for a laproscopic, robotic prostatectomy on Thursday, October 4th @ 8:30 AM at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Benson's partner, Dr. Beck will be the one doing the actual surgery. This method of surgery doesn't disturb the nerves as much, but we need to wait 6-8 weeks AFTER the biopsy, to let the prostate and surrounding area, as the doc said, "settle down a little bit". We are PRAISING GOD for this great report and are at such peace about everything! The doc said that with this surgery, they have a lot better success at maintaining continency of urine and potency. ALSO, the survival rates with this surgery in a 15-year study was 93% (WOW!). Barring any complications, and praise God, there won't be any, Clay should be in the hospital 2-3 days, and doing what he feels like in 2 weeks. Isn't that awesome and just amazing!!!?!!!
As you know me, I have NEW prayer points for you to pray in the in-between time:
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Pray that God continue to heal Clay's body, and that no unhealthy cells, toxins, or other things that do not belong in Clay's body, be wiped out and that no weapon formed against his body would prosper. GO GOD!
2. Pray that the doctors remain healthy and able to do the surgery as planned (unless God supernaturally heals Clay in the meantime----and we are not ruling that out either!).
3. Continue to pray against all the nay-sayers and negative words and even word curses. We pray that any that have been released into the atmosphere be nullified and made void in Jesus' name!
Thanks for your prayers and friendship. Y'all are all sooooooooo awesome!
God's love & mine,
Nonnie
aka Lauren
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