prayers for Cowboy

5Sep/109

Cowboy Update – And a Note on Friendship

Excellent News re Cowboy!

It is with great pleasure I announce to the POWIP faithful that Cowboy has received a clean bill of health... Yes, you heard me... a Clean Bill of Health - and all the benefits and privileges appertaining.

We got the "all clear" from the oncologist's report!! No cancer on the liver!! I want to let the POWIP crew know and--especially--to thank them for their prayers.

Thank you again so much for the prayers of POWIP writers and readers. I feel, without any doubt, that those prayers and thoughts were instrumental in my healing.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow.
But the sound wasn’t sad! Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn’t be so! But it WAS merry! VERY!
He stared down at Whoville! The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook! What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN’T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?”
“It came with out ribbons! It came without tags!”
“It came without packages, boxes or bags!”
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.”
“Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
And what happened then? Well…in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch’s small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn’t feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light,
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast!

Merry Christmas Cowboy!

;)

Anyone want to offer up another victim for the POWIP prayer circle? Let one of us know.

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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21Aug/105

Good News From Cowboy!

Because much of our daily thoughts are centered on attacking the Darkness of this world, I thought today I would bring to you, Dear Reader, some Good News regarding our brother, Cowboy.

As frequent readers will know, Cowboy (our beloved brother and commenter) has been through the ringer more than once with regards to Cancer. A few months ago he wrote to me asking for prayers when his physicians noted some interesting shadows. Hence, the call went out for prayers for Cowboy and his beloved Family.

Well, a week or so ago Cowboy emailed me with an update - the email was entitled "Some Light!"

Some good news!

Yesterday, the first of the three doctors--my G.P.--involved in my exploratory surgery and liver tests said he looked at the last set of scans and believes that the "spot" was "highly unlikely to be a carcinoid, more likely a blood hemangioma, which is common." I don't know yet what a hemangioma is, but this is great news!

I have scheduled an appointment with my oncologist for this week and I'll feel better if I hear the same thing from him because of the three doctors involved, he's by far the most blunt and pessimistic.

So, if we here at POWIP could impose on you, Dear Reader, for one more round of Prayers and Thanksgiving to the Eternal One On High, we would surely be indebted.

To Cowboy our Love and Energy we send. May you be delivered - body and Soul.

Enoch_Root

AKA. Bobby Donn Brubaker (the most popular man in Mesa, AZ), the Umbrella of Terror, Jack Ketch.

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5Aug/102

Cowboy Update — And Special Prayer Request

I heard from Cowboy this morning. Clearly, sleep is not on his agenda. And this is understandable. Today is a big day. And it is one that Cowboy is not looking forward to. I don't blame him.

I go in this morning for scans of my liver. In an hour, I *get* to start drinking a contrasting fluid so that my different internal parts will show up better on the films.

The stuff is NOT yummy!

Then, to the Radiation department, where I'll be "tabled" and run part way through a scanning tube.

This is the most serious of the tests I'll have done this week. The blood and urine samples will show some stuff--much of it the doctors already know, like that my kidneys and liver don't function as fully as they should. When I started chemo back in the late -70's, they put me on massive doses of what was then an experimental chemical. Though they checked kidney and liver function constantly, there was still a lot of damage done that couldn't be helped.

Late term effects to treatment like this are only recently being studied seriously. I'm not sure, but I think at least part of the reason these effects have been ignored is that doctors, researchers, and patients have considered the effects as the price they pay to still be alive. It's only been recently, when cancer survivor rates have increased so dramatically, that people have been comfortable asking questions about what this stuff will do to you down the road.

Anyway, I'm babbling because I'm nervous. I've been awake (nerves) since 3 AM. I'll be ok once the test is over, even though I won't know anything about the results for a maddeningly long time.

What this means is that Cowboy is going into the thick of it. And he has requested prayers to help see him through.

my family could use more of your prayers this morning at about 11:00.

So, I would kindly request that each of you of faith take a moment out of your hectic mornings to remember to God our brother, Cowboy (Mathew).

Toward the end of doing what we can on his behalf as he struggles through today, I would like to start us off with the following:

Dearest Jesus, today we humbly request that you stand at the side of your Father's adopted son, Mathew. Please for the sake of this faithful servant of God, provide comfort to Mathew - lessen his anxiety - increase his confidence in Your Promises. Let Your Love overwhelm him in the knowing that you are indeed present with him through his trials today. Offer him strength to persevere, as you did when the most Holy Cross was hoisted on your bloody shoulder. Permit us, his friends, to assist Mathew from afar... should he begin to stumble, let us be there to lighten his load to the extent possible - if only to provide for him a moment to catch his breath. Let our prayers be like a cool, damp cloth on his forehead, a sponge to his lips, loving arms of comfort.

Holy Spirit, please heed our request! Our brother, Mathew, is in need of thy presence and guidance today! Descend upon him so as to produce calm in his anxious heart. We entreat Thee to fill him with strength to face today's challenges with grace... with the knowing that today's sufferings can be placed at the foot of the Altar of God as a most holy and worthy sacrifice on behalf of all souls in need of the Christ's Mercy. Be with him today, most Holy Spirit, Giver of Wisdom.

Father, we beseech Thee! Your adopted son, Mathew, is in need of Your Strength today. Place a hand on his shoulder, Glorious Father! He is a soldier for Your Son, Our Lord, the Christ!

Oh, most Gracious Virgin, Mathew is in need of your courage today. As you witnessed the suffering of your most Blessed Child on the Most Holy Cross... as you witnessed His resolve to die so that we might live... as you witnessed His Suffering on our behalf, you provided comfort to Him by staying close to Him. Please, template of Motherly Love, pray for our brother Mathew today - that his suffering be not in vain, but lend to those in most need of Your Son's Mercy!

We ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen