A year ago I posted about Ben, a young man living and working with his wife in Columbia, South Carolina. Their lives were forever changed that day when Ben was taken to the hospital, talking funny. The result was that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which had invaded his body and caused a stroke. This note from his wife:Well, today is a day of mixed emotions for us. Exactly one year ago today
I received a phone call from Ben's boss at my job telling me that he was talking
funny, so they'd taken him to the emergency room. From there our lives
spun madly out of control and you all know the rest of the story. But
today marks a year that Ben has survived when he was only given a 50% chance, so
praise to God that he's still with us and doing so well.
You all have been an amazing support and we
are looking forward to the start of a much better year--post cancer and dramatic
brain surgery etc. We pray that things will only get better from here!
This also is from Liza:
Ben's going to therapy every day and I think this week they'll be ordering the "Saeboflex" glove for him to use for therapy on his arm. Here's a link to more info about the glove:
http://www.saebo.com/seaboflex.html
Ben feels like his arm is improving, so that's encouraging. His occupational therapist did tell him that he will probably not get back fine motor skills such as typing or writing, so he should continue to work on doing those with his left hand. Please pray that he would be motivated to work on those skills even though it's a disappointment that he won't be able to do them with his right hand as he used to.
Ben received something called "A Ticket to Work" from the Social Security Administration which is supposed to give him free vocational rehab, so hopefully we are going to look into that this week sometime just to see exactly what the program is all about. He probably won't actually start until he's done with therapy since that's our main focus at the moment, and since he's still not really ready to get back into a job yet.
There's much here to be thankful for and much to pray for yet.
8 comments:
A touching and brave personal story. It is encouraging to hear how Ben is progressing and that the Lord gets the glory.
Hang in there Ben!! You have to be tenacious in your recovery, but you can get better. :)
Thanks be to a loveing and merciful God ! Hang in there Ben , my prayers are with you? Ron.
I'll say a little prayer for Ben and his courageous wife and support network before I tuck in tonight.
It's not what life throws at us: it's how we rise to the occasion. Ben has shown was tenacity really is. I wish I could have his backbone.
It is great to hear about Ben's progress. I pray he continues to improve and recover!
I enjoyed your blog - especially the baseball pics. I am a big baseball fan, my team is the Mets. Thanks for stopping by my blog .
I am so glad to hear of Ben's continued progress. God is so faithful to those who love and serve Him. Though we may not be able to see the whole plane or picture, we can have that assurance that God does know the plan and control the plan.
And I couldn't post this without saying how cute the puppy is too.
Such good news that Ben is doing so well. Such courage in his battle.
"It is right to give Him thanks and praise" for all that is good, and Ben's survival, this past year, and improvements are certainly praiseworthy. Congratulations to him and Liz for staying strong and trusting God.
I can't help but think of all the stories I've heard of people who have out-lived and out-recovered the prognoses. I secretly hope Ben will, yes, continue working on those motor skills with his left hand, but that he'll also keep working on his right hand, if possible, until and unless the prognosis is absolutely proved correct.
Okay, the secret's out!
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