Sam Conway

Dear Friends,
 

We have returned from our Dallas/Houston trip with heavy hearts.  The scans have shown that there are three small metastases on Sam’s spine.   The tumor in his lung has had a slight increase in size and there are two lymph nodes by the tumor that are showing cancer activity now.  
 

Just writing these words to you brings a flood of emotions!!   We know and understand that God is in complete control.   I could write pages of how we are seeing God at every turn, and how He is actually using this in so many ways . . . however . . . this is not an easy journey.
 

We are now faced with so many new decisions.   We want to hear from God more than anything and follow His plan for us.    Right now, we have a tiny ‘window’ of time before we have to make any decisions, as there are many blood tests that will not be back for almost two weeks.   After they have the results from them, they will try to lay out a protocol for our next steps.   In the meantime, we are looking into other treatments available, but most of all, we are seeking God’s direction for us.   It is so easy to be swept into the ‘normal procedures’ of cancer treatments, and we want to be sure of God’s direction for us right now.
 

Once again, we thank you for standing with us these months!!   We have FELT your prayers . . . I don’t know where we would be today without them.   Will you please pray for us as we are researching, contacting various doctors, calling, and all that goes along with this?   We need God’s wisdom and discernment as we are faced with so many decisions into the ‘unknown’.    I love the statement that Corrie Ten Boom said:   “Do not be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God’.   
 

We ARE trusting!!   Thank you for your friendship and your prayers.  
 

We appreciate and love you.
 

Sam & Ann

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Dear Friends,
 

I know it has been a while since you have heard from us . . . I was trying to let you-all get ‘settled in’ to this New Year and catch up on all the other e-mails you probably deal with on a daily basis!!!
 

Sam is doing quite well and we are praising God for his continued health.   He looks great, is still working every day, and has a good energy level.    He is still taking the treatments from the Burzynski Clinic of “medications” every-two-hours during the day, along with two other pharmaceutical drugs, various supplements, and continues to follow the ‘cancer diet’.   
 

God has truly heard your prayers and we are so grateful to you for remembering us!   Please continue to keep us in your prayers!!!    We will be flying to Dallas for new scans on February 20^th, and then on to Houston to meet with the doctors at the Burzynski Clinic.    We continue to trust God for an encouraging report with these new scans!!!    I usually do quite well until the ‘day of’ . . . then . . . the ‘trusting God’ part is just a bit harder!!    We KNOW He is faithful & trustworthy . . . . He has been so good to us on this cancer journey . . . yet . . . the ‘wife & mother’ stuff is still there and some days are just not all that easy!!    Knowing you are praying for us truly does give encouragement, comfort, peace and hope!!
 

We were able to go to Charlotte last week so that Sam could attend the NASCAR Media Tour and be there for Kevin’s big announcement, unveiling of his car, etc. etc.   Sam was one ‘proud Papa’ and I think this was the best medicine yet!!!  
 (If you are interested, here are a couple of articles)  www.catchfence.com/html/2007/mt020207.html       www.joegibbsracing.com/season_2007/news_busch/01_january/070124_zline.php 

  
Thank each one of you that helped make Sam’s birthday so special!!  He received over 100 cards, letters and emails!    What an encouragement they have been to Sam!   He sat and read the cards and letters over and over with tears streaming.   (He still picks up the “birthday book’ quite often & rereads them.)  He says it has been the most encouraging thing to ever be given to him.   Thank you so much!!
 

We are praying for each of you, and are thankful that you are in our lives!   We will send out an update on the scans when we return from TX.    We covet and appreciate your prayers for that trip.
 

Love in Jesus,
Ann  

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