If you know us very well, then you know that if you come to our house we are most likely watching ESPN or at least some other channel that has a football game, basketball game, baseball game, car racing, or golf on. Jim Valvano and many others are memorialized and honored on ESPN and through basketball games each year to raise funds for cancer research. This week is V Week and we are seeing the videos from a new perspective. Some things that have stood out to us:
1. “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” These words of Valvano’s were one of the first things I said to Tim after the diagnosis. I remember telling him in the car on the way home from the doctor that he couldn’t give up. The kids and I need him to keep on fighting.
2. “Cancer is just a speed bump in life that makes us slow down.” Tim pointed out that his diagnosis has definitely put things in a different light. I know of a couple of people who have called Tim an Energizer bunny. He’s always been one to always be doing something until he just couldn’t physically go anymore. Well now he can’t keep going. He’s tired, sick some days, and his eight hours of infusion forces him to be confined to a hospital bed. He doesn’t have a choice but to slow down.
3. Stuart Scott said, “Fight like hell until you can’t fight anymore. Then lay down and rest and let someone else fight for you.” We had no idea how many people would be supporting us through this journey and are willing to fight for us when he can’t and I’m just too tired. I can’t say enough how blessed we are to live and work in this community.
4. Cancer research is saving lives. Because of previous research, trials, and studies, Tim is being treated with a regimen of chemo drugs that has proven to work and is working in his body. Tim had a follow up scan on Monday and we went to the doctor yesterday to get the results. The report showed that the tumor and lesions on his liver are all responding to the treatment and have decreased in size. Praise the Lord! At this time, Dr. Nelson is presenting Tim's case to the tumor board at MD Anderson within the next few weeks to see if he is a candidate for a liver resection. Until we receive further information regarding this, he will continue with the same treatment plan. He will receive his 5th round of chemo tomorrow and is scheduled for a 6th round on December 15.
5. God is still in control. In the coming days, join us in praying specifically that all cancer be eradicated from his body and that Tim would be able to manage the side effects of chemo that is building up in his body.
To watch the two videos that inspired this post click on the links below.
https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/1875829912463756/
https://www.facebook.com/ESPN/videos/1875829912463756/
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