We Remain Thankful

Luan completed her 3rd cycle of 3 days of chemotherapy treatment in Singapore on Thursday (21 Sept). We thank God that she is strong enough this time to travel back to KL one day after her completion of the chemo. Chris and Luan will need to travel back to Singapore to meet up with the Oncologist on 9 Oct to review and chart the next course of action. For these next 2 weeks, both of us are glad that we can be together with Hui En when Chung En has just left to continue his 2nd year Engineering studies in Nottingham University, UK (19 Sept '06 - June '07). We are thankful for the use of the web-cam as all four of us communicate regularly on Internet. God provided someone from Malaysia who brought him to church on Sunday.

While Luan had the usual bouts of nausea (slight), loss of appetite, and low blood pressure, she is now steadily getting over the side effects of this round of chemo.

Different church members and concerned sisters-in-Christ are bringing food for Luan twice a day! A sister from another church comes to give Luan the booster jab daily (for 5 days). We are very thankful to be surrounded by such a loving community in an increasingly impersonal, urban world.

We are also thankful for the love gifts that are being received. We are also able to pay off the costs for the third round of chemo (S$3200) and other needed tests (CT scan, blood test, etc).

We are continuously being strengthened by the prayers of many of God's people. Please pray with us using Eph 1.19-22--that Luan will continue to experience God's incomparable great power (the power that raised Jesus from the dead) to heal her of the leiomyosarcoma cancer. May God's resurrection power be at work mightily in Luan to restore the rectum and other parts of her body that are affected by the tumors, and to replenish healthy cells destroyed by the chemo. With God nothing is impossible--David will slay Goliath! Praise the Lord!

Pressing On After 2 Operations & 2 Rounds of Chemo

Today Luan saw the doc and received the CT scan report and blood test results.
We give much thanks to the Lord for:
* blood test results ok--she is able to continue with chemo
* both kidneys functioning well with a stent in each ureter
* both lungs very clear
* all other organs (liver, gall-bladder, lymph nodes, etc) are normal

The left pelvic mass has decreased significantly in size. The right tumor does not seem to have grown bigger, but both are mainly cystic. However, they could not be totally removed during the recent surgery because of the surrounding blood vessels. Doc managed to 'de-bulk' them. The recommendation now is for Luan to return to Dr Ang in Singapore for a possible 3rd chemotherapy and, or radiotherapy, to shrink the masses further.

In view of all these, our family will be going to Singapore this Sunday, 17 Sept. Luan will see Dr Ang on Monday, 18 Sept, when he will analyse the reports and give his recommendations.

At the same time, our son, Chung En, will fly off from Singapore on Monday night, 18 Sept, to begin his 2nd year of Electrical and Electronic Engineering course at Nottingham University, UK, under the university's mobility programme (Sept '06 - June '07).

Please pray:
* quick and easy adjustments for the whole family as Luan remains in Singapore (with her siblings); Chung En in UK; Chris and Hui En go back to KL on Tuesday, Sept 19
* God-given wisdom to the docs and us as we decide on the next best course of treatment for Luan
* daily strength for Luan as she is still recovering from her 29 August major operation in KL

We have much to thank God for the continued strong prayer supports from many churches and individuals, good wishes received, words of encouragement, visits, love gifts and practical helps rendered. We are unable to personally reply to all of you but we are definitely very grateful for all that you have done. May God richly bless you too.

Keep on keeping on.

We thank God for the steady progress of Luan's post-operation condition so that she was able to be discharged yesterday (Wed, 6 Sept) from Pantai Hospital in KL. It has been a busy time for Chris and the children of commuting between home, office, college and hospital those 9 days.

Luan is now home with a temporary colostomy attached (to rest her rectum). It is indeed a new lifestyle, with the needed daily cleaning. She is scheduled for a thoracic/pelvic/abdominal CT Scan on 15 Sept before seeing Dr Wong Sum Keong of Pantai Hosp. We would then be collecting all the needed reports and results.

We are again grateful for your prayer support, words of encouragement, calls and visits through this time of Luan's operation and post-operation recovery.

Different members from our church as well as other individuals have been providing "meals-on-wheels" for Luan since she is able to take in soft diets after her operation. Three individuals had also donated blood to replace the 3 pints of blood given to Luan (pre and during operation). We are again much touched by these practical gesture of love.

We thank Jehovah Jireh who provided for all our needs. Givings from different individuals and churches had enabled us to pay off the hefty operation bill which come to almost RM20k. We also thanked the Christian oncologist who only charged us RM1 for operating on Luan to remove the tumors from her pelvic region! God is good!

On Sunday, 17 Sept, we will be going down to Singapore for Luan's scheduled 3rd cycle of chemotherapy which may start on the 18th (Monday). Dr Ang Peng Tiam will advise accordingly after studying the latest referral reports from KL.

On the 18th, our son, Chung En, will also be flying off to UK from Singapore for his 2nd year Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course at Nottingham University (19 Sept 2006 - June 2007).

Please pray with us:
* healthy family adjustments and safety with all the mobility for the four of us. Journey mercy and strength esp for Luan to travel back to Singapore on Sunday 18th Sep
* God-given wisdom for us and the docs as decisions are made to get rid of the remaining sarcoma cancer. (Much of the tumors had turned cystic and died--Chris' sister told us that the docs in England said it is a miracle that the huge sarcoma cancer tumors (both were over 10 cm long) had suffered massive tumor neucrosis and the 2cm tumor in the lung had disappeared--Praise the Lord!)
*Speedy healing of Luan's internal body organs (e.g. the rectum) that were affected by the operation. Her external operation wounds had healed well.