The morning was like any other, Jordon woke up in a decent mood (even after lots of chemo yesterday).  I think his mood got even better when a friend stopped by right before Jordon went into the operating room. He was confident and ready to get the port in.  Before going into the OR the nurse came in to show Jordon what the port would look like.  He was totally surprised!  He had imagined something like a capsule that would encase his heart.  Jordon's friend stayed till he went into the OR and said a prayer with us.  They were even there when we got some AWESOME news.  This time was a bit different so I had a lot of questions.  I wanted to make sure that since the port was not medically necessary, that the risk were low putting him under complete anesthesia.  The anesthesiologist explained, that before the mass was large enough that it was causing blood flow to the heart to be compromised and putting him under anesthesia would have caused more risk to those vessels.  He said he compared the before CT scan and the most recent CT scan and saw that the blood flow to and from those vessels looked very healthy because the mass was about 1/3 of its original size.  YES THE MASS HAS SHRUNK 66%!!!!!!! I was almost speechless for I do not have to ask how that happened.

After the procedure Jordon came back to his room and slept for 3 hours.  During that time he received a couple of other chemo's. When he woke up he was feeling pretty icky.  He did not get sick, but his stomach was upset and he said he was weak and dizzy.  Before all of this, even on Jordon's sickest days he rarely complained.  So I know that when he is telling me that he doesn't feel good, he must feel really bad.  As his mother, I want to take those sick feelings away because I love him so much.  But then I tell myself that no matter how much I love him, Jesus loves him more than I ever could.  And today we see how much He loves Jordon because He did something only HE can do, He shrunk the mass!!!!   Jesus is wrapping His arms around Jordon and healing him!  And just like He promised, through Jordon's sickest days He is with us.

Of course MANY MANY praises tonight.  Prayers that Jordon will be comforted in his sickness.

Great is your love, reaching to the heavens, your faithfulness reaches to the skies.  Psalm 57:10

For Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.  2 Corinthians 12:10

The Picc Line they took out.  

The Port Catheter they put in.