Uncle Bob

Uncle Bob is the only man left in my life that I've known since birth. He is also my buddy. Uncle Bob hasn't been feeling well, went to the doc and found out he had pneumonia. That was last fall. Fast forward to last month. He found out he had a mass on his right lung. The doc's biopsied it, not cancer.

Two weeks ago the doctors removed the lump. Found cancer in his lung and in the lymph glands. Chemo and radiation was talked about in great length. My uncle said "Bring it on!"

He was home last week, but didn't get better. Got weaker. Kept coughing and couldn't catch his breath. As well as not being hungry and felt like he was full of gas. Couldn't burp for nothing. Sunday he had to go into the ER because he couldn't breath from coughing. That's when the news got worse.

He had blood cloths in his lung. More testing found he had cancer in his stomach and liver. He wasn't full of gas, his stomach was full of fluids. A drain tube was put in. Today, he had a heartache and his kidneys failed. I have prayed and prayed. In my prayer, I asked God to see that my uncle was saved so he could be with Him if it was his time to go. Because, quiet frankly, I had no idea if he was or not. Prayed that he was out of pain and to help the doctors do what needed to be done.

Yet a miracle happened. Uncle Bob pulled out of it. Regained his appetite and started acting like his old self. The nurse asked him if he'd like to see the hospital chaplain. He said yes. My uncle and my aunt were baptized tonight. God is wonderful!
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Edited to add, we lost my uncle Saturday May 17th. He will be greatly missed.