Jody's choices on the table...

After all of the data had been collected, we were exhausted, and our fellowship group pastor and friend Carey Hardy wisely counseled us to stop "processing" and rest for the weekend.

That next week, Jody and I cried, prayed and talked, prayed and talked and cried some more. Finally it was clear that Jody, a woman with no symptoms whatsoever except a small lump in the neck, was not going to settle for palliative care. Essentially, surgery and oncology were offering us no human hope. The Lord comforted us in so many ways. With so many people praying for us, and so much support from close friends and family, we began to investigate options outside of oncology and surgery.

Mic. 7:7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.