We leave Montgomery EARLY Thursday morning and head to Birmingham for a PET Scan and another CT Scan for Caelan. We are hoping that he will fall asleep during the scan so that they can see everything clearly. Caelan is the youngest child that they have ever done a PET Scan on and they are not able to sedate him, so we are praying that he goes to sleep.
We'll have some answers on some level tomorrow. The PET Scan will only reveal if cancer has spread through his body, but the CT Scan will show if the lymph node has gone down or not. We are fervently praying that it is reduced in size. Based off the results of this scan, they will decide whether or not to do surgery. Again, no diagnosis has been given yet - we are still going through the agonizing process of determining what exactly is going on.
Thank you all so much for your prayers. You have no idea how much they mean to us. I am feeling a great deal of apprehension about tomorrow. I have been throwing myself headlong into work and ministry the last few days and have been desperately trying to think about other things, but Caelan is never far from my thoughts. My prayers have been very simple: "Please God, don't let him have cancer." That's about it. At this point, I know that hundreds and possibly thousands of people are praying for Caelan right now. I pray that God answer our prayers by showing mercy and by bringing healing to my son.
At the end of the day, as great as doctors are, our trust is not in them. Our trust is in the Lord.
We'll continue to lift you, Erika, and Caelan before the Father in a special way throughout the day today.
Posted by: David Rogers | February 28, 2008 at 07:00 AM
Keep us posted and we'll keep praying.
Posted by: Marty Duren | February 28, 2008 at 07:08 AM
Praying
Posted by: Todd | February 28, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Still praying. God bless you.
Bernard
Posted by: Bernard Shuford | February 28, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Alan,
I'm praying in agreement with you.
Posted by: Kevin Bussey | February 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Alan,
Still praying man, and we'll continue to do so!
Blessings,
J
Posted by: Jason Epps | February 28, 2008 at 12:55 PM
You're still in our prayers.
Posted by: Paul | February 28, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Alan,
Many of our church family were asking about Caelan today. We continue to pray for you all.
By Grace Alone,
Scott
Posted by: Scott Gordon | March 02, 2008 at 04:08 PM