Friday, May 1, 2009

Prayer Request Update!

Wow. Just WOW.

Caleb's mom had this to say on Facebook at 11:00 last night:

It's just CONFIRMED BY MRI..THEY GOT IT ALL, THE TUMOR'S ALL GONE!!!! bye bye, zip, zero, nada, nothing left...THANK YOU JESUS, PRAISE HIM!!! the doctor's & nurses are all amazed & don't quite know what to do with us...Caleb is walking, talking, eating, moving all of his extremities and his smile is wonderful! Now we wait for more pathology & oncology to plan our next steps and wait on Jesus to tell them. :)

I just received this update via email from someone who had just spoken to Caleb's dad:
Caleb is on his way home from the hospital! He had an MRI today to make sure all the tumor was gone and it confirmed that it was all taken out by the second surgery. He continues to be able to move everything. Caleb recovered from surgery much quicker than normal. He was eating within hours of the surgery and has experienced minimal pain. In the days to come they will be doing pathology on the tissue that was taken out and determining future treatment, but regardless of the results, a positive outcome is expected.
They hadn't even expected to release him until Sunday. Unbelievable!!

Thank you, Jesus, for the doctors at CHOP, the amazing strength you have given to Caleb and his family, and answering the prayers of all of us.

Prayer works, people. God. Is. LOVE.