04/10/2025
Big praise today! Dad is 1-year cancer free!!
This miraculous journey all started with an Apple Watch.
- Paul bought dad an Apple Watch 1.5
years ago
- Apple watch alerted dad he had A-Fib.
Dad was completely unaware of this
and had NO symptoms. Made Dr.
appointment anyway.
- Doc said to treat A-fib without
symptoms, start taking a blood thinner
to prevent a stroke.
- New Blood thinner made dad have a 1-
time episode where he urinated blood.
Ended up at ER, (after first being
denied treatment since he is a Vet at
walk-in clinic.)
- ER Dr. orders CT Scan of bladder.
Scan of bladder comes back “clear,”
BUT scan happens to capture
unrelated bottom lobe of left lung.
And there it was. Lurking.
- ER Dr. says, “You probably passed a
tiny stone. But there is a spot on your
lung. It is probably nothing. Likely
histoplasmosis from your farming
days.” Dr. sends dad home. No follow-
up needed.
- Sister, in room, says, “Nope. Burn me
a disk.”
Fast-forward, Dad, a life-long NON-smoker, wanted it out regardless if cancer or not, meaning to fore-go a biopsy. He made an appointment with Dr. Baxter, who went in robotically and cut it out, and sure enough, it was cancer at the bottom of his lung and attached to an airway.
This means, if dad would of waited, and NONE the above had happened, by the time he knew something was “wrong,” it would of been because he couldn’t breathe. By that time, it would most likely been “too late.”
So today, we celebrate!!!
He is 1 year Cancer-free. We PRAISE GOD for his provision and mercy. We PRAISE GOD for the wild journey to find it, for having wisdom in so many rooms, and for all involved in being relentless in “not letting it go.”
It’s simply a miracle. And for that, we PRAISE HIM!