A Late Christmas Present

Yesterday, the day after Christmas, Leslie was supposed to have her next round of chemo. However, she surprised us all when she came home early that morning. She didn't have chemo! You can ask her for more details, but the gist of it is that her counts (red blood cells I believe) were too low. This is not abnormal. It happens as the cumulative effects of chemo build up. So it may not be the last time she misses her chemo.

At first I was upset about it. Her schedule is now one week off, and one week later. So instead of being done the 18th of March, it will now be the 25th. Additionally, my department at work had coordinated our "in office" weeks to be with her chemo weeks, so that my traveling would be done on non-chemo weeks. But then I had to remind myself of good ol' bovine theology. God knew before we ever thought of planning anything out that this would happen. There's no point in getting upset about it. Churches will understand if I have to reschedule. We'll celebrate big whether she finishes the 18th, the 25th or even later.

So once I got over it, I realized it was kind of a late Christmas present. Instead of her being sick during the holidays, she feels pretty good and we're enjoying family time together. Today I am working and she is taking the kids to meet up with my sisters and their kids at INK (an interactive, learning type place). So it has been a good thing for us, and yet another reminder of God's good providence in our lives.