Prayers for my Aunt Debbie

My Aunt Debbie wasn't feeling great when she was here so when she got back to Atlanta she went to the Emergency room with stomach pains and they found a mass in her pancreas.  We were all really concerned but trusting in God's sovereignty.  After some more tests, scans and a biopsy, they found that she has pancreatic cancer.  It is in the early stages and hasn't spread which is great news because it is usually a "silent" killer.  She has surgery scheduled for this Wednesday and may need some chemo afterwards depending on what type of cancer it is.  We are still waiting for the pathology report for those details.

Once again, I am reminded of how I hate cancer and how it can come out of nowhere.  I am also reminded of God's goodness to us - it is a miracle that they were able to find the cancer so early.  They say that her stomach pains were not related to the pancreas but it was those pains that led the doctors to do the MRI which showed the tumor in the pancreas.  Praise the Lord!

Please keep my Aunt Debbie in your prayers.  Please also pray for my family as it just feels like everyone close to us is suffering.  My Aunt Lynn has breast cancer, my Papa Howard is still in the hospital, my Aunt Debbie has pancreatic cancer and we just lost the Morgans, my Mama Lambdin, and my moms good friend Marilyn.  It's almost too much...but we are trusting in the Lord and his faithfulness to us.