We just wanted to send you a quick update and again ask you for prayer. We just got back from an ultrasound and it seems like Miriam’s cyst from last month is still there even though it seems to be slowly getting smaller. Plus there is also a new smaller cyst. From how it was explained to us, this situation should not be a big deal and the “watch and wait” method should probably be all the “treatment” that’s needed… The doctor is suggesting another ultrasound to be done in six weeks.
But at the same time we were told that since the ovary is three times larger than it should be, there is always the chance that the ovary could twist. Here they say that if it happens, it would be easy to deal with it. If the ovary twists, it will hurt a lot (we know that!!), we will go to the ER immediately, they will do an ultrasound, they will see that the ovary twisted, they will quickly do a laparoscopic untwisting.
Well, that sounds easy enough, right? But our problem is what to do with our planned trip back to Europe on April 28th. What if this happens on the 9-hour flight???? What will we do? Also, you remember what happened when Miriam’s left ovary twisted in Ukraine – what they did there was quite different from what they say would happen here. No quick untwisting… It was more like 17 hours of pain, being told that there is nothing wrong… and then a surgery that was done too late for the ovary to be saved…
We really want to go back to Ukraine at the end of this month. And we know that if God wants us to go, He will make it possible. But we wanted to ask for your prayers! We need God’s clear guidance right now. We can’t express how much you, our prayer warriors, mean to us!
Please also pray for Miriam as she is better but still not feeling completely herself. She has better days and then she has days when the cyst is probably leaking blood (that’s what we were told today) and that causes pain. Plus the ovary just by being bigger is causing some discomfort.
Right now we are trying to prepare a presentation for our April 20th meeting and a display board and a self-running presentation for the EEMN banquet so these past couple of days have been again fully “back to work” :) We are happy for these opportunities we have to share with many of you about Ukraine but it is frustrating for Miriam when she sees all that should be done and she is not feeling well enough to do it.
Again, thank you so much for your prayers!
God’s blessings,
Tomasz and Miriam
