What a Year it's Been!

Yesterday we passed the one year mark of Chase’s diagnosis – what a bitter sweet milestone. Bitter of course because of how long this recovery is taking and how challenging it’s been; however, it’s sweet knowing that we’re continuing to defy the conventional medical wisdom. We were told on Aug 11th, 2005 that without radiation and / or chemo Chase had 4-6 months and that with these devastating treatments, the most we could hope for was 12-18 months.

Well, needless to say, they didn’t know much about the character of our little Trooper! He’s been quite a fighter and an inspiration the whole way. He’s done all we could ask to defeat this terrible condition. The files posted on his Yahoo group show what Chase’s current protocol entails, which tends to change on a weekly basis, with the input of his Nutritionist, Naturopath, Energy Practitioner, Homeopath, the Burzynski Clinic, etc.

We continue to see small but positive feedback signs that Chase is on the road to recovery. Nevertheless, it’s a continuous challenge. Lately, he’s had some involuntary nervous movement in his left leg, which is quite concerning and frustrating for him (it makes him shake and spill when he’s drinking, which is one of the things he still enjoys being able to do). Anyhow, he’s working through it and we continually remind him that all of this is just temporary.

We know that this entire situation has been full of blessings for us all and when we stop to consider them, we realize that more good is coming of this than we could’ve imagined. Of course, we never would’ve signed up for this situation, but we’re firm believers that whatever God has in store for us is in our highest good. Either He answers our prayers and Chase gets completely healed soon, or He has an even better plan in store for Chase and all of us – that’s essentially the “win-win” proposition that we have.

Thanks so much for supporting us through this difficult challenge and lifting Chase in prayer. We couldn’t have gotten this far without the tremendous outpouring of support! We’re continuing to stick with the schedule for our collective Prayer / Visualization Sessions on Monday evenings at 9 pm EST and Thursdays at 12 noon EST. During this next session, we’ll be visualizing the reduction in swelling, related to the removal of toxins in the necrosis “blisters”. Thanks for joining with us and we’ll soon have the webcast sessions set up so that those who are interested can follow the same visualization sequence that we do. Thanks again and God Bless!

Love and gratitude,

John & Carol
Chase & Barbara Ann