Miracles

My family has seen our fair share of miracles. This week, we've seen another one! Many of you know my step father Peter has been battling esophageal cancer (cancer of the esophagus) for the past 8 months. When he was first diagnosed, the prognosis was grim. The doctor told my mom he probably only had months to live! Nevertheless, Peter began very aggressive chemo and radiation treatments to combat this extremely fast growing, almost always fatal cancer. As the doctors ran more tests as the months went on, they saw that Peter was responding very well to the treatments and they did a pet scan on Monday and found that the cancer was COMPLETELY gone. He won't have to undergo any more chemo/ radiation treatments. Peter's doctor told us this was nothing short of a MIRACLE. When Peter was diagnosed, 4 other of the doctors patient were diagnosed with this same type of cancer and 3 of the 4 have passed away and the 4th is not doing well at all. All of these patients were HALF Peter's age too! I got chills when my mom told me that. This is truly a testimony to me of miracles and the power of prayer. With God, truly NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. We celebrated Peter's birthday Thursday night and I thought to myself, what a WONDERFUL birthday present! To be healthy again when absolutely all odds were against you! I just thought I'd share our good news with everyone. Also, here are a few pics we took at his birthday party at Stonewood Grill Thursday night, a family favorite. Afterwards, we had cake and ice cream and opened presents back at my mom's house. You are never too old for cake, ice cream and presents in our family! It was a great night!

The birthday boy who had MUCH to smile about!


Dinner at Stonewood- John and I with Pete

My mom, aunt Sheila and aunt Sandra