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Yesterday my family gathered to celebrate a milestone- my nephew Colby has been cancer free for 5 years.
About this time five years ago we also gathered to celebrate Colby and offer him love and prayers as he prepared to travel across country for cancer treatment. At age 9 he was diagnosed with advanced thyroid cancer, which is so rare in children that there was no doctor on the east coast who would treat him. My sister took him to doctor in California, finally, for surgery and treatment. They were there a couple of months.
When Colby was in the hospital preparing for surgery, a priest stopped by to anoint him. This priest, as it turned out, was the pastor of the nearby Catholic church, St. Kolbe's. Colby was in surgery over five hours.
During the long recovery time, my sister went out of the hospital one day and walked to a nearby gift shop. She was tired, discouraged and scared. During surgery, Colby had over 300 lymph nodes removed, and all but two tested positive for cancer.
My sister browsed in the store for awhile, until finally the shop owner came out and asked her, "Why did you come into my shop today?"
My sister was embarrassed- she had no extra money and did not plan to buy anything, so she mumbled that she was "just looking".
But the shop owner surprised her. She shook her head and said, "No. That isn't why you came in here. You came in here today so that I could tell you your son Colby will be healed."
And then she pulled down the neck of her sweater, showed my sister a scar on her neck and said, " I know this because I am also a thyroid cancer survivor. The Lord sent you here today so I could tell you that Colby will be fine".
She then told my sister how she had been diagnosed at age 18 in South America, and there were no doctors who could treat her, and her parents were told she would die. They sent her to California to stay with relatives, and she had been there ever since, for many years.
After five years, this story still gives me chills and makes me cry. And to see Colby yesterday- so full of life and so excited about his party... well, God is good. So very, very good.
We are very, very thankful
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Wow, Melinda ... this story is beautiful! Cancer is so darn insidious ... some of us it takes and some of us are spared! Who knows why God does this ...
But this story is one that definitely needs to be published/filmed or something! God is so good.
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That story is amazing and brings tears to my eyes. Wow.
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Mary G wrote:
| Wow, Melinda ... this story is beautiful! Cancer is so darn insidious ... some of us it takes and some of us are spared! Who knows why God does this .... |
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It is so hard to understand; I agree. This coming fall my dh will be celebrating 20 years cancer free, and he had liposarcoma, an especially nasty type.
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Melinda, what a wonderful story and what an answer to prayer, I rejoice with you at this anniversary.
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 Wow! What an incredible story...the Lord transcends everything!
Blessings! And REJOICING !!!
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That is beautiful! I'm so glad Colby is doing so well.
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Amazing! What a great story! Prayers of thanksgiving for Colby and his family.
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Thanks be to God, Melinda! I'm so glad you shared that story! Amazing!
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What a wonderful story! It gave me Holy Spirit bumps. Amazing!
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Thank you for sharing such an uplifting story. It gives me hope. May God Bless you and Colby.
Blessings
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