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Saturday, December 4

update on david

Posted by duncan.

I want to give an update on David's condition, for those who are not getting information directly from Jenny and him. David was diagnosed with three Primary Osteolymphomas, one in each of his hips and a further one in a rib. He's been having chemotherapy for a while now, and these things take time—not something one can easily blog about daily, though we certainly think of him every day. His progress is encouraging, however. Probably the best thing I can do is simply quote some of one of Jenny's recent email...

According to the latest tests [David] has responded dramatically to the chemo treatment‚ what a wonderful answer to many prayers. He still has 4 more treatments to go which will take until the end of February. In January we will find out if he is to have a hip replacement. He gets about now on crutches because of a broken hip.

I believe David's final chemotherapy session will be administered the day before we arrive back in New Zealand. We are so looking forward to being able to show our love and care to David and Jenny in person again, rather than from the far side of the globe.

I spent the whole day today at The Inclusive Church Conference, run by emergent uk and Oasis/church.co.uk. It was well worth being there. I'll be blogging about this over the coming week. I need some time to percolate.
 

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good to meet you at the conference Duncan. I hope you enjoyed yourself and went home with some inspired thoughts as well as a few new mates. Have a good Christmas sir.

Posted by si at 9:28am on Wednesday 8 December 2004


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