>> And so on January 13th, our
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lovely nurse Debbie, fully
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gowned to administer three
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different chemo drugs to our
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precious baby boy, walked into
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the hospital room.
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I sat on the bed with Nico
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as she did her job and my
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my heart was broken.
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Nico was fine.
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He was cooperative and upbeat
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that day.
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The next day was a
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different story for him.
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He didn't want to eat anything,
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smells bothered him, he had
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some leg pain and he only got
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out of bed to use the
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bathroom. That was a really
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hard day for us all. But hard
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days don't last forever and
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there are always pockets of
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good within the hard.
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>> Well, welcome and thank you
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for joining us on It Is
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Written Canada. Today we're
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going to be looking at the
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second part of Nico Coursey's
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story. Nico was a six-year-old
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boy when he discovered a
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little bump on his face.
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And he showed it to his parents,
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his parents noticed it on his
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face, of course and they
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weren't too concerned, but
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they took him to the doctor
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and the doctor said, "Oh, it's
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just a sebaceous cyst, it's
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not really all that important,
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not that serious." And it was
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serious. It turned into what
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could be considered someone's
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worst nightmare as it
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continued to grow over the
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weeks and it just go worse and
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worse. So, Mary and Nick,
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welcome back to It Is Written
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Canada. And the last time we
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were talking, we were talking
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about how you were considering
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taking him for radiation. The
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doctors had suggested this and
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there were some serious side
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effects. He could possibly
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lose his vision, he could
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possibly have to have some
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plastic surgery afterwards, he
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could have problems with his
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teeth. And so you were --
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obviously that wasn't
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something that you wanted to
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have happen and so you took a
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different route.
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>> Right. So when she gave us
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that information, we were
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distraught, you know. We had
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felt at this point we had
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committed to, you know, that
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chemo is poison. We had done
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what we felt was a lot and
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then it was like we had to
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even do more in terms of
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harming him to help him get
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better, right? And so we had
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kind of waited and she said
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she'd get back to us on what
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the plan would be and she
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said -- she gave us preliminary,
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this is what the results will
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be, kind of what I said
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before, and then she said, but
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she's checking on radiation at
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona. And we
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were like, "Oh, OK." We didn't
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know she had made that
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decision already. Like, we had
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suggested it in one meeting
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and then now she's saying
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she's already talking to the
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head radiologist there. And
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the way it works is she does
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her best case scenario, all
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percentages and damage in the
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area and, you know, radiation
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percentages...
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>> For photon.
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>> For photon, was what she
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was proponent of at that point
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and then they were going to do
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proton in Arizona. And she got
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back to us that when they
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compared, the proton at Mayo
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Clinic in Arizona was
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significantly better outcomes.
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And so she made all the
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arrangements for us to go
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there and set up the dates to
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leave, and that BC Medical
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would cover all the costs. If
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the treatment is necessary,
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but it's not in Canada,
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they'll pay for it outside of
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the country.
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>> That must have been quite a
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relief because you had just
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come from the United States
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and you had medical insurance,
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but it wasn't enough to cover
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all of this and then you came
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up to Canada and you were
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working here for a short time
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and now that was completely
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covered by the Canadian
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government and you didn't have
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coto worry about that.n
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>> No.
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>> And so that was a part of
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God's leading in this to quite
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a miracle.
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>> It, yeah, absolutely was
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God's timing and we've been
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encouraged just to see His
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hand in so many of those
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details just like that.
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Because we moved in September
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and it takes 90 days for you
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to be here before your medical
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kicks in and so that started
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December 1st for us and his
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initial surgery was
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December 21st.
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>> Right. Wow. So I just want
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to bring Nico in because he's
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behind you there and he's
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playing so nicely and
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colouring. We're talking about
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you, Nico, so we wanted to
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talk to you.
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>> Nico, can you tell us how
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old you are?
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>> Seven, wow!
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So what was the
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hardest thing for you last
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year when you were going
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through your treatment?
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>> The NG tube? Aw.
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And when they put that in
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were you asleep all the time
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when they put that in?
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>> No? Aw.
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>> So that must have hurt.
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Did it hurt or was it just
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in the way?
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>> Yeah.
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>> He has to swallow as it's
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going by and so it's just a
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very uncomfortable process
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feeling that. Right?
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>> So what was it like when
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you went for this proton
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treatment? Did they give you
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something special? Or what
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happened during that time?
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>> Oh, wow!
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>> So that would go over your
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face and then they would shoot
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through that right into a
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certain spot so that they
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wouldn't hurt you.
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>> So this is actually bolted
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in the back to the table and
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then you can see the -- his NG
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tube was actually part of the --
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>> OK. So out of this whole
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experience that you had, were
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there some really, like,
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terrible times that you went
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through?
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>> The first few weeks of
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chemo were the hardest?
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>> Did you feel nauseated?
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Were you vomiting at that time?
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>> OK. The days must have been
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really hard when the radiation
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came about because at the time
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that Nico was having radiation
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it wasn't just the radiation
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treatment. Did they continue
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with chemo at that time?
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>> Mhmm. That's what made it
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the most difficult because now
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not only are we adding
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radiation, but they don't stop
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chemo during that time. They
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continue with the chemo
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therapy and so we're spending --
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radiation is 28 days,
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so five days a week for 28 days.
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And so he would go in in the
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mornings -- we'd go in in the
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mornings, he'd have to fast
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because he would be sedated
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every morning because they
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have to make sure he's super
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still so that they get the
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correct placement and then
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he'd have to wake up from
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sedation and then we would go
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to the Children's Hospital
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which, they didn't at Mayo
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Clinic do chemo therapere,
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hen we'd have to go to the
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Children'spital which was
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about 20 minutes away and then
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go there for the treatment for
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that week. And so some weeks
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were hard because some weeks
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he had a five-day -- that week
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would be five days of
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radiation in the morning and
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then five days of chemo
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therapy.
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>> In the afternoon after the
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radiation.
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>> So it would be an all day --
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and it was physically and
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emotionally exhausting.
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>> And then if he had a cold a
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couple -- he got sick a couple
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times and so then he's taking
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the ambulance from one
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hospital to the other and then
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back because they won't
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discharge him.
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>> Was that fun
in the ambulance?
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>> If you had a little friend
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that you heard had cancer,
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what's one thing that you
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would tell that little friend
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or encourage that little
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friend with?
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>> The numbing cream.
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>> What does that do?
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>> So you can't feel anything?
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Wow!
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>> So they don't
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need to be scared.
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>> So going through all of
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this, did you start looking
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back on it thinking to
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yourself, "This is terrible!
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Why did God allow this to
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happen to us?" Did you ever
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blame Him for any of this?
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>> We were in shock and we
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went through a grieving
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process, but I, and I don't
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think Nick, ever blamed God.
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Thankfully we had an
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understanding of His character
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in the sense that He is love
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and He is not the author of
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pain and suffering. And so we,
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with that understanding, could
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process the fact that we live
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in a sinful world that --
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where things like this happen
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to innocent children and that
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God grieves with us because
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that was not by design.
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I think we could appropriately
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direct our frustrations and
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anger to where it should go
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which is Satan and knowing
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that he is the one that brings
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on these things. And we could
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feel and see God loving us and
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supporting us and providing
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for us through it all and that
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was such a big comfort because
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even before in these early
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days of being so difficult
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and actually
radiation portion was
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the most difficult part of
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treatment, but we could look
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back and even before all of
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this started, we could see God
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lining things up by moving us
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here, by --
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>> The insurance.
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>> The insurance, the way that
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in a system, in a medical
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system that, although is free,
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doesn't always move quickly,
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that it did move quickly in
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this situation. And so we felt
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a lot of comfort even though
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we were grieving and sad.
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But, no, we didn't blame God.
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>> Nico, what was the best thing
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last year with your treatment?
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>> You got a dirt bike for
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Christmas?
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>> So what kind of dirt bike
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was it?
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>> So that's a red
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and white bike.
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Very nice.
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Did you meet anybody famous?
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>> Doug Batchelor, OK.
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[chuckles] Who else did you
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meet famous? Didn't you meet
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some sporting stars that were
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famous?
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>> OK. And who is he?
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>> Did you see any sporting
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events?
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>> And these are all
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professional games that you
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went to, yeah?
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Down in Arizona
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and also in Vancouver? Yeah.
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>> For the soccer game he got
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to go and walk out
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on the field
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with the captain of the team
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and they announced him --
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>> Phoenix Risings, OK. Yeah.
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>> And then for the Canucks
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game they put him up on the
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jumbo tron.
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[Announcer speaking]
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[crowd cheering]
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>> Then he got to meet the
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Toronto Raptors
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at a meet-and-greet.
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>> And he really liked their
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mascot, right?
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>> Thank you very much for
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sharing with us, Nico.
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>> When somebody is ill,
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especially if it's a child,
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I mean, it's just so devastating
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to hear about it, but then the
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first thing you say is, "Oh,
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we've got to do something!"
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What can you do? And you're
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not a doctor so you know you
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can't, you know, give him
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treatment or anything like
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that, but you just buckle down
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and think of what you can do
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and we could pass the can and
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we're a small group, but we're
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a generous group.
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>> Amen.
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>> Yes, we were praying at
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that time that it would be
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nothing and that everything
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would be OK. And then the news
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was devastating
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because it
wasn't going to be OK.
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They knew it would be at least a
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year of treatment and that
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this was a very
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aggressive cancer.
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>> That would be one of the
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hardest things you could ever
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go through and trying to
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imagine how you would be able
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to reconcile that and just,
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you know, go through it and
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have the positive outlook that
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they were able to keep up.
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>> You know, you try to think
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of why would this happen
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and then some things that would
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come to my mind would be:
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what a force Mary and Nick would
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be around other parents at
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Children's Hospital or the
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hospital in Arizona as those
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parents would be frantic over
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their children and they would
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see the peace and the calmness
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and the trust that Mary and
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Nick had they would even see
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it in -- I'm sure they would
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even see it in Nico.
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>> Well, I think it would have
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been a really hard span of
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time for them because they
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moved three or four times or
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something, like, in that
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little time and then they had
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the baby and they had Nico and
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then they had V and there was
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so much change in their life
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in addition to the sickness
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and the challenge there.
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>> I know it was hard for Mary
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to be able to do her blogging,
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but I think it maybe a little
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bit therapeutic for her. Yeah.
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>> Well, at first it was a lot
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of texting and phone calls,
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but that gets exhausting
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pretty quickly, right? And so
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we decided to do a blog. A few
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people had suggested that to
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just be able to put down
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thoughts and what's going on,
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help to process it all.
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>> Do you want to read some of
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that? Some of what you shared --
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>> Yeah. This is one from
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early on: "Nico had the tumor
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removed on December 21st and
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by January 13th it had visibly
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started to grow back.
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This cancer was fast and
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aggressive. We knew
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conventional treatment would
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be necessary. We decided that
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we would continue to do all we
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could naturally at home to
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support his body and hopefully
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minimize the negative side
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effects from the chemo as much
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as possible. And so on January
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13th, our lovely nurse Debbie,
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fully gowned to administer
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three different chemo drugs to
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our precious baby boy, walked
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into the hospital room.
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I sat on the
bed with Nico as she
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did her job and my heart was
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broken.
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Nico was fine.
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He was cooperative and upbeat
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that day.
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The next day was a
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different story for him.
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He didn't want to eat anything,
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smells bothered him, he had
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some leg pain and he only got
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out of bed to use the
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bathroom. That was a really
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hard day for us all.
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But hard days don't last forever
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and there are always pockets of
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good within the hard,
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like friends coming to bring us
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sushi at the hospital on their
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way to the airport."
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That was the Dixons.
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"The next day Nico was eating
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a bit more and had more energy
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and he was discharged that
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evening.
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Being separated those
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three nights were the hardest
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on me and it was a great
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feeling to all be together
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again that night. By Thursday
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of the next week -- of that
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week he seemed back to normal
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with renewed energy and normal
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appetite levels. The following
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two chemo treatments were just
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one drug, vincristine, and he
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has handled those very well.
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And so now we have completed
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one cycle of treatment.
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This Monday will begin cycle two
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and he will start a new chemo
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drug that is administered
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outpatient everyday for five
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days.
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My wonderful
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mother-in-law, Linda, flies in
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today to help us for a week.
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We are thankful. There have
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been many emotions that Nick
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and I have grappled with the
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past six weeks. The emotion
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that we, through the
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outpouring of love and support
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from our friends and family,
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have experienced most often is
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gratitude. God is good to us
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and we are reminded of His
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care and love for us daily.
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Thank you for reading this,
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for being on this journey with
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us through your thoughts and
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prayers. Our lives will never
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be the same and there is a
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blessing in that fact."
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>> That's very beautiful.
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Thank you for reading that to
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us. I remember we were reading
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that as well at home and I'd
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come into the room and Rene
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would be crying.
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>> And I'd just say, "I can't
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read this anymore." And Mike
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would say, "What's going on?"
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And I'd say -- oh, it was
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just, it was so hard. So yeah,
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but --
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>> You had support of your
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friends, your family, but you
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also had your church family
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who was praying for you.
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>> Yes.
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We've had a wonderful --
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we felt support from various
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places. Nick's work
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environment, our community at
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Fountainview was very
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supportive and they held a day
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of fasting and prayer for
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Nico. Our church in town in
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Lillooet were very supportive
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financially. They blessed us
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several times throughout the
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year. They included us in a
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baby shower even though we
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weren't here and sent us gifts
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while we were down there and
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prayed constantly for us and
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Nico's Sabbath School -- the
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kids would send him a couple
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of times
get-well notes and videos
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and our friends,
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the Dixons, did so much.
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>> In James chapter 5 it tells
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us if anyone is sick among us
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that we should call together
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the elders of the church and
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that we should have prayer
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over that individual. And so
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Nick and Mary, they wanted
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this for their son and they
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believed in the power of
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Christ and the anointing of
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their son. They reached out to
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me to see if I would help
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organize an anointing and so
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I said, "Yes." So there was --
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I think there was about eight
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of us gathered together one
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Saturday afternoon. We had
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gone down there to the
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hospital and it was a pretty
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neat experience. We could come
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together. Nathan James was the
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one that was asked to anoint
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him. But there was singing,
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there was exchanging of notes,
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and there was tears and you
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could definitely feel the Holy
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Spirit's presence there.
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>> And I was just trying to
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think of ways that I could
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help and since they were so
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far away, prayer was what came
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to mind and so I organized
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different people praying on
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specific days during the exact
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time that he would be in
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radiation for the entire six
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weeks, hoping that that would
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give them some sort of peace.
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And I was praying specifically
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just for wisdom in regards to
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what I could get her for a
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gift. And I knew that I wanted
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to get her something, but I
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just couldn't figure out what
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to get her and so I was
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praying and praying. And one
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day Nick sent an email to the
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staff at Fountainview and it
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had a couple pictures of Nali
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in it. All of a sudden this
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idea just came to me of family
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pictures -- having family
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pictures done. So I connected
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with this lady, her name was
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Cayla, and right away she
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emailed me back and she said
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that she would love to do it
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and she said that she was
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willing to do it for nothing
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and I was so thankful and so
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it took a little while, but
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eventually everything worked
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out and they were able to have
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it done and I was just so
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thankful and I just saw so
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clearly how God connected so
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many different dots in order
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to make that happen.
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>> Did you ever have any
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encouragement from the Bible,
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from the written word
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of God?
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>> We would go back to those
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promises, right? I journaled a
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lot throughout this process
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and just reminding myself of
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the promises that God doesn't
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leave us nor forsake us, that
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all things work together for
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good. And we weren't -- we
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couldn't comprehend or
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understand, but we knew that
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God's ways are not our ways,
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but He has a thousand ways to
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provide for us that we don't --
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can't comprehend, right?
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And little by little as we
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processed this last year we
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can see that He was indeed in
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the details in laying things
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out for us and we -- any time
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something would happen and we
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weren't sure how
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we were going to
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do it or what was going to
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happen, we would just remember
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just to focus our energies on
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that day and not to worry
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about tomorrow, right?
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And so that was a lesson for us
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in surrender and in patience and
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in faith.
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>> Mhmm.
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>> Yeah, so she had kind of
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mentioned Isaiah 55: 8 and 9,
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"For My thoughts are not your
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thoughts, nor are your ways My
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ways, says the Lord, for as
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the heavens are higher than
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the earth so are My ways
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higher than your ways and My
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thoughts than your thoughts."
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And then also James 1:2 to 4:
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"My brethren, count it all
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joy when you fall into various
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trials knowing that the
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testing of your faith produces
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patience." And so we realized
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that, you know, as painful as
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it was, it was an opportunity
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that -- in looking back that,
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you know, we're all going to
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go through pain and it's what
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we do with that pain. Is it
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going to give us a benefit?
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Are we going to let it be a
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way for us to grow? Learn more
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about ourselves, learn maybe
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more to rely on God and more
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faith and more trust. Or will
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we blame God or get angry?
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And then it's kind of wasting
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that experience because then,
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you know, God uses that as a
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way to get our attention, to
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help us, help us grow, draw us
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closer to Him, help us see our
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need for Him. And so in
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looking back, it's like
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constant reliance on God.
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Every day we had to -- we
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couldn't -- like she said, we
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couldn't think more than that
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day because it's overwhelming.
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And so training our mind to
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think that, you know, each day
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we have to look to God for
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help to get through it. And
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some of the days were super
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hard, but having an overall
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understanding of why that
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could be happening, we didn't
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know. But we did know that God
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lets these things happen, you
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know, it wasn't our doing, it
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wasn't our fault that this
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happened so then we have to
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accept that God let this
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happen. And so what are we
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going to do then if He's
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letting this happen, how can
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we benefit from it? And so we
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just really felt encouraged
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that there's such a benefit
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that can be gained and now
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looking back because we had
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that mindset, you know, we're
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able to move on with our life,
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we're able to make sense of
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everything and enjoy life and
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have, you know, just live for
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that day, enjoy the day. I mean,
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you don't know what tomorrow's
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going to bring.
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>> Nick and Mary, how is Nico
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doing today?
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>> So good. He was declared
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cancer-free in December and
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his scans came all back clear
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and so he was able to have his
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feeding tube removed before
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Christmas and he got his port
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removed in January and he's
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doing so well. We've been home
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now for the past few months
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and Nick's been back at work
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and life has been our new
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normal, right? And so we've
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been enjoying it so much being
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home and he's been playing
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outside and loving being back
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and loving that his hair is
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growing back and --
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>> I think we're just so happy
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to have them back and I find
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myself just like -- my eyes
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well up with tears every time I
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think about just them sitting
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up in their house up here and
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knowing that Mary is just like
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getting to live every day
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normally, like -- just things
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that she missed so much. And
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being able -- like watching
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our boys run around and things
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like that that Jace missed,
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our little five-year-old,
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missed so much, like spending
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time with Nico. And just
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knowing that they're doing
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normal things like home school
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and going for walks and all of
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those things just like -- it
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just makes my heart just so,
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so happy and it just feels so
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normal now and it's so nice,
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but it something that at least
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I know I don't take for
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granted, like every time I see
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it -- every time I see all of
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us together, our kids playing
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together, it's just such a
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feeling of gratitude and
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thankfulness to God that He
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has brought it around and we
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are just -- I am just so, so
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thankful.
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>> They came home and the
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ordeal was over and I just
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wanted to get down and praise
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God. It was just so amazing
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and wonderful that they were
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back and they were with us and
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it's just gotten better every
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week now.
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>> I know that, obviously,
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something could relapse, there
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could be another battle down
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the road, but in my mind the
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battle was done, the Lord had
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answered the prayers.
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>> We prayed endlessly for him.
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>> He's still on our prayer
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list because I know that it
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hasn't ended yet for them.
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They still have a journey to
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take. If we didn't have a God
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I don't know how we'd ever get
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through this stuff.
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>> Oh, how would you go get
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through this? How would they
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go through this?
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>> I'm thinking of the words
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in Deuteronomy where it says,
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"Be strong and of good
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courage." We don't have to be
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afraid. God is with us.
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He will never leave us nor
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forsake us. And you had some
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words that, as we close, I
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just wanted you to share those
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that you read in a devotional
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one morning and you want to
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share that with us.
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>> "All that has perplexed us
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in the Providences of God will
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in the world to come be made
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plain. The things hard to be
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understood will then find
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explanation. The mysteries of
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grace will unfold before us.
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Where our finite minds
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discovered only confusion and
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broken promises, we shall see
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the most perfect and beautiful
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harmony. We shall know that
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infinite love ordered the
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experiences that seemed most
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trying as we realize the
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tender care of Him who makes
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all things work together for
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our good. We shall rejoice
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with joy unspeakable and full
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of glory."
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And this kind of
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pulled it all together for us.
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Like just, you know, there's a
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reason that it happened and
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we may not understand it now,
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but we will.
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>> He was in church and the
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pastor said, "Is anyone
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suffering?" And he responded
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to that.
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>> He did.
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The pastor asked, "Is anyone
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suffering among you?"
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And Nico looked
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at me and he said,
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"Not anymore."
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Not anymore, praise the Lord.
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>> Father in heaven, we thank
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You, Lord, because as we look
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back we can see the way in
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which You have led us and we
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can have incredible faith. And
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as we move forward into the
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future we have nothing to fear
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except that we forget the way
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that You have led us in the
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past and we know that You will
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continue to lead us in the
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future. We thank You for
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hearing and answering our
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prayers. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Well, friends, thank you for
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joining us on It Is Written
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Canada. I just want to leave
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you with the words of Jesus,
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"It is written, man shall not
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live by bread alone, but by
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every word that proceeds out
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of the mouth of God."
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