Mari's Diagnosis has been confirmed today as "Lymphoma - Hodgkin's Disease".
The next step is to determine what stage of Hodgkin's Disease she has so that she can begin treatment in England.
Mari's next doctor's appointments are next Tuesday 8th at the Haematology Clinic 1:45 pm and then Thursday 10th April 9am for a bone marrow biopsy.
Mari is relieved to have a diagnosis finally and to hear that it is Hodgkin's Disease and not something worse... it's the best of a bad bunch! Thank you God!
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Purpose of this blog...
Mari has been diagnosed with "Lymphoma Cancer", also known as "Hodgkins Disease".
Mari is expected to need two years of treatment. She is planning on leaving for England very soon to begin treatment there.
Leah Burson is organising ways for care packages to be delivered to Mari, so if you have a treat that you would like to send her to cheer her up please email: leahburson@gmail.com.
Thank you for your prayers, we know Mari and her family really appreciate it!!
Mari is expected to need two years of treatment. She is planning on leaving for England very soon to begin treatment there.
Leah Burson is organising ways for care packages to be delivered to Mari, so if you have a treat that you would like to send her to cheer her up please email: leahburson@gmail.com.
Thank you for your prayers, we know Mari and her family really appreciate it!!
Please Pray...
You can view Mari's prayer calendar at the bottom of the page. If you would like to add your name to a time slot on Mari's prayer calendar email erinlucas@ywam.org.nz Some friends are printing out Mari's photo from this blog and putting it in places to remind them to pray throughout the day.
Instructions for using this blog
You can post messages for Mari by clicking on the "comment" link at the end of each blog. You can read older blogs and comments by searching through the "Blog Archive" list below.
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22 comments:
thank you God for answers.
thank you God for hope.
thank you God for grace, for healing, for science, for miracles.
thank you God for Mari, for friendship, for love, for strength.
thank you God that you know...
I'm so glad that you finally know what's going on and don't have to be tortured by the infinite possibilities. I wish you had been diagnosed with the mumps, but at the same time so glad that it's not worse than Hodgkin's. Now I have to get my head around how to say good bye to you. I'm all mixed up with emotions - sad you'll have to go home for treatment, but strangely excited for you at the same time. I trust our God too much to think that he doesn't have some incredibly good surprises up his sleeve... and i like surprises and really do believe that two years from now you'll be looking back and be able to see His lavish goodness in all of this. love ya,
e
Glad that you have the diagnosis and love Erin's thought that God has some exciting surprises for you when you come home.
Continuing daily prayer for you,
Love from Mary, Terry, Abbie and Matt Wood
Well Mari, Just got the message about your diagnosis.Uncertainty is so debilitating and can feel like torture so i am so relieved that you can now make some plans with certainty and confidence.Tried to blog you yesterday but whatever i did before didnt work. If you are reading this then its thanks to Leslie the Geke for the "technical support !!"
Rushing to get to school but wanted to say i love you .Go to sleep knowing that your nightime is full of the prayers of those who love you and are bringing you before God.
Hope tonight will be a good nights rest for you and your lovely Mum.
More sacks full of hugs and kisses from your Sanderson fan club. God Bless love liz xxx
I have just read Erin's email 'Mari's Diagnosis' and I expect the nerves I felt just before opening it were 1-10,000th of some of the feelings/nerves you have been going through.
I am glad that you know a little more about what is going on in your body. Time to make a plan and take action both heavenly and earthly, the good news is you won't be alone in that. big love to you for the daytime and the night time and if possible draw on, recall and feed off the knowledge of the love and prayers being given to you and to God for you.
tbc...
I want to tell you about a text that my dear friend Justine sent me shortly after I visited her at birthcare (a day after her baby boy was born) I told her you were unwell and she said she would be sending love into the atmosphere for you, she's quite spiritual but not orthodox, anyway I got a text the next morning and she said she had a dream about you. 'Had lovely dream Mari was 7 months pregnant at Pak n Save. I saw her and we giggled because she was buying ingrediends for chicken burritos and chocolate for cravings. Pray it comes true!' My thoughts reading that were there is a future and a hope and that I don't think they have pak n save in England so we might get you back to NZ one day, hooray!
Hope you sleep as well as possible and feel the prayers of your friends, family and angels. love P H V J and T
Dear Mari,
Every morning I wake up I find myself waking up saying a prayer for you...and then I make my way to the computer to check out the website for the latest news about you.
Relieved to know that you finally got a concrete diagnosis....now we got something to pray strong against! Praying also for perfect peace of mind and body through all of this for you and your lovely family. You are all in our thoughts and prayers, Huggs Debbie and J - Sweden
Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?
to be out of your sight
If I climb to the sky, you're there!
If I go underground, you're there!
If I flew on morning's wings to the far western horizon,
You'd find me in a minute—
you're already there waiting!
Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark!
At night I'm immersed in the light!"
It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you.
(Psalm 139:7-12)
Dear Mari,
God knows what is happening and what you are going through and he really loves you.
Megan has just gone off to Dominican Republic for 2 weeks, on a short term mission. (anything to find an excuse to be in the sun!)
Lots of love,
Andy and Gill
Hi Mari, It is your cousin Michael here. Ruth and I have just got back from holiday this week to the news - and you have been in our thoughts and prayers every day.
You seem to have a great bunch of people supporting you but I am glad your folks are (or will be soon) with you too!
We just wanted to send our love and best wishes and to say that we will continue to pray for you.
With love, Michael and Ruth
Dearest Mari, so glad that the wait is over for you and that you have a diagnosis. I hope that as it settles in your mind over the next few days, that you are able to find strength, hope and comfort from the love of your family and friends. I was praying for you on my way to work this morning, and thinking of random ways I could perhaps brighten your days when you are back in the UK...perhaps dancing my sense of your future or destiny to you (I did say it was random!). I can't wait to give you a big hug and be around to walk/march/shed tears/scream with you through whatver the next two year bring. Love you Mari. Lisa X
P.S I forgot to say that as I was praying - guess what I drove past, it was a green and it had a big sign that read "Field of Hope". I thought 'yes, make Mari's hope as big as the most enormous field right now God!'. I wanted to take a picture but I was driving so thought I better stop looking at the sign and concentrate on the road :-) Love Lisa XX
Dearest Mariella
Have been checking on your news everyday and thinking of you lots. I hope that now you have a concrete diagnosis you can stay positive and focus on the task ahead.
I will going to Manchester with Luce to on Sunday (to see Claire & meet baby Lucy) and you will be in all our thoughts.
Sending you much love and positive vibes
Jen
xxx
Hi Mari
It was good, (and s) to speak with Erin today about your diagnosis. Good that you have one and that it has an excellent prognosis, but sad for you, your family and all your friends that have a journey ahead that will bring many challenges. Mari, you are a winner, you will rise to the challenges that come your way, just as you have these past few weeks. God in His grace and love for you will carry you right on through. Easy to say Mari, but I do believe it. You belong to Him, and on the other side of this journey I can hear you telling so my about the wonders of God again and again. I hope I can get to see you again Mari before you go home to the UK. I am off to see Clint April 17 so perhaps that may not be possible for you. If it is, could you ask Phil to call me? No pressure Mari and if I dont get to give you a physical hug, please let me say agin, that I care about this journey and send all my love to you and your family. Johhny send a big hug also, not quite as big as Gods, but never the less, it is substantial. XXX
Dear Mari, I wish I had read my message before pushing that button. Too late at night, too many errors in spelling. Whoops!
the s is for sad, but I guess you figured that out. The others.... too bad, you won't care!
Love ya.
Hey Mari Day,
Keep thinking of the hug you gave me at Bec and Travis's engagement party. Here is one coming right back at ya.
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Cory told me some of what you've been going through.
Know that we are praying for you.
London is not far from Italy to visit:)
Much love to you and your family.
Hayden
P.S. I knew I should have let you have the inside room at Brenda's!
Hey lovely Mari,
Glad to hear you have a diagnosis & hope this is helping give you some peace.
I am still praying that God will be starting the treatment now so that as you have more tests they come back increasingly more positive.
All the Dunnies will be on hand to give you lots of tlc when you get back. Praying for all the fam, hope you guys have a good peaceful time in the midst of everything.
Loads of love
Hannah & Niall x
Hey Mari, guess what? We woke up to snow this morning! How crazy is that?! I'm having a very domesticated day today, I have a new cake recipe book Phil bought me - so will look forward to making you one when your home :-) Lots of love, Lisa. X
hey mari day
finally home and found a computer and caught up on your news. glad you have a clear diagnosis that we can get praying for and hope this is somehow bringing some kind of relief? hope!
couldn't fit this in the text but wanted to explain that I really felt that Isaiah 61 v2 was for you and your family at the moment and that God does have some big plans (even though we don't get them) for you.
That God wants to;
'provide for those who grieve in Zion-
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendour.
that he will display his glory through your situation, even though this really doesn't feel like a very good way to do this!
anyway just to let you know that I love you loads and am sending big hugs. I'll be here to support you in whatever way I can when you are back in Bristol, (hopefully I'll be around a bit on maternity leave at some point too) so please don't hesitate to ask!
and we will keep praying.......
lots of love
Sarah (and Yves and our bump)
xxxxx
I rekon your just going to England cos you still owe me chocolate Mari!! Its ok though you can give it to me when you get back. ha. never used this blog thing before, hope this ends up in the right place!
Hope your doing good today dawg.
Shalom,
Dave
aren't you eating Dave's chocolate now, Mari???
sorry Dave, you snooze, you lose!!
:-)
Hey pal,
Goodness - you get lots of msgs! I'm wondering if Erin could set me up a blog site so people could write and say nice things about me too (Fraser's probably asked you about his already??). Guess it's good bad news about the Lymphoma? At least the waiting is over and life is moving forward...
I hope Dave has been entertaining you all with songs and dance from his extensive repertoire to help take your minds off things. Please give him a big hug from me. Will be thinking of you this week as you undergo the last NZ tests and start packing up for Bristol. As always you are all in our prayers (although a little earlier now that daylight savings has ended and little boys and animals are still adjusting). On Friday I caught Jack with a pair of secateurs up to his stuffed puppy's throat which is a pretty good indication that he's not quite ready for a live pet just yet.
OK - I've bored you enough for now!
Much, much love xxx S,H and boys
Hi Mari,
All the very best for your travels back home.
May God bless you and your family and keep you all strong throughout the upcoming months.
Take care and come back to us all soon!!!!
Allysa
Hey Mari,
You are my Hero...
We're thinking about you and praying for you. One good thing is that you're coming back to En-ger-land and we can see you more..
Hopefully this time i try to make this comment come up on the blog it'll work. i think clare is trying to work out when to call you and what the time difference is. Don't really want to wake you at 3 in the morning..
love you
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaandy
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