SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL

Shalom All,

Greetings  in the name of our  Lord!

Truly, God has heard and answered our prayers. All praise to our mighty God, who did not ignore our prayers or withdraw his unfailing love from us - Psalm 66 verses 19 - 20.

Here, let me also thank all of you for your prayers for my wife, Jenny, your prayers are a great testimony of  God 's work in your life. Praise the Lord!

On the 3rd November 2013, the children from our Church accompanied Jenny to the hospital. Jenny was admitted to the same ward of 20 beds but a different bed from her first surgery.

The surgery was scheduled for the following day. She went to the operating room at 9.00am (+7 GMT) and came out around 1.15pm (+7 GMT). She looked much better after the second surgery compared with the first surgery.

“Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!" - Psalm 103 verses 1 - 5.

During the surgery, I prayed and petitioned the Lord.

“Lord, please send your angels to assist the doctors in the surgery and sustain Jenny in the healing process, so that she will be healthy and made whole again. Amen" Praise the Lord, He is faithful to our petition and He heals.

It is truly a miracle that Jenny did not lose her voice and felt no pain at all. She was able to walk to the restroom to do her body cleaning after 6 hours' surgery. The following day, she asked me to accompany her to walk to the market inside the compound of the hospital and she was able to walk half a kilometer!

The doctor checked her calcium level on 6 November 2013 and noted that the calcium level at  8.0 was low. A day before, the calcium measurement was 8.1. The stable calcium level is 8.5. The surgeon did not remove the parathyroid gland (right side) during the surgery. Pray that her parathyroid will start producing the hormone (calcium for the body). Since then, there has been a slight improvement in the calcium level to 8.3 on 7 November 2013.

With this improvement, the doctor discharged her on 7 November 2013.

In the following month, Jenny still needs to go to the Chulabhorn Research Institute for cancer treatment.

Her schedules is as follows;

- 9 December 2013 - Medical test

- 13 to 17 December 2013 - Medical check-up

- 18 December 2013 - Admit to the Chulabhorn Research Institute and to undergo Iodine 131 (nuclear treatment) radiotherapy

- 22/23 December 2013 - Discharge Hospital

- 22/23 to 30/31 December 2013 - Stay alone in the room

For  the Iodine 131, treatment she must follow the procedures as follows;

- Keep a distance of 2m from human and animal

- Flush the toilet twice

- Separate plates/spoons/forks/cups/clothes

- Drink a lot of water

- No iodine/salt/seafood

- No travelling abroad for 90 days

This journey will put us on another step of faith.

Again, the Lord is sovereign and so we will have complete trust in our Lord, who is in complete charge and control over everything. But we know that the Lord is with us … in every way and all the time.

In Him we trust and obey. Amen

Thank you dear brothers and sisters in Christ, for all your prayers

God bless all of you.

Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok