Sami Lahoud

< October 17 Update >  We were informed today that they still require to run additional tests on the donor.  The verdict has thus shifted to Thursday the 20th.  The good news is that I am growing stronger by the day (physical and spiritual).  Even my hair is excited and started to sporadically pop-up again 🙂  This holding period has given me the opportunity to get readier for my transplant.  Relaxing in the fact that the Lord has it all under control.  PTL  

October 10 Update – – – Last week I had to undergo a bunch of tests so they could determine if I was fit for a transplant.  Praise the Lord I passed all the tests with flying colors 🙂  I qualified for headmaster’s list at MDA.  Sadly enough they do not offer transplant scholarships or assistantships for top candidates like Truly Yours 🙂  Our last appointment was today with the dentist.  He checked me out and said that all looked just perfect.  I was good to go.  I thanked him and told him that he was my favorite dentist to date (since he did not touch my teeth).

In my opinion, the most comforting part of life is when you reach a stage where you have truly experienced the Lord.  Where you found yourself at a crossroad and had to choose, once and for all, does God exist or not, and you chose the good way and walked in it (Jeremiah 6:16); when you realized that the origin of the human race and of the universe could not have come to pass through the gratuitous collision of atoms and that man could not have emerged from the slime as a result of a cosmic accident with no definitive purpose in view, and is destined to annihilation, so that the origin of humanity is meaninglessness and the destiny of human kind is meaningless … which means that you are nothing but a grown up Germ … but rather, you thought about it and realized the complexity of the universe and humanity and thought, as an example, of the DNA and how each of our cells contains the precise assembly instructions for every protein out of which our bodies are made …  How obvious that nothing but a creator can be behind such perfect patterns, thus you realized that you were fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14) … you then had the opportunity to taste and find that the Lord is good (Psalm 34:8) …  and built your house on the Lord, so when the troubles come down, challenges rise, and the fear blows and beats against your house, it will not fall, because you had your foundation on the Lord (Matthew 7:24-27). What a blessing.  You will feel the peace that surpasses all understanding in the midst of the storm.  Now who would not want that? If you don’t have it and want it, check this link http://www.campuscrusade.com/fourlawseng.htm

You see, while we were meeting with the Transplant Doctor today, we were faced with a storm.  He mentioned, out of  nowhere,  that he was putting my transplant on hold since the donor was experiencing some “complications”.  He could not elaborate on the details.  He mentioned that by the end of this week, he might know if we will be able to proceed with this donor or not.  If not, I might have to start another Chemo session while waiting for another donor.  I have to be honest with you that when the doctor delivered the news,  I was in full confidence that the Lord is in control, and if the Lord is in control, why should I worry?  especially that He said ” who by worrying can add a single hour to his life” (Luke 12:25).  Actually,  I was glad that the issue surfaced now, versus a few days later, once I was at a point of no return, going through my super-duper, double hot, sauna … I mean chemo treatment!  Thus I was in full peace with it.  You see, the Lord protected us during the war in Lebanon (too many stories to share), He protected us when our compound was attacked in Saudi Arabia and they were going door to door shooting at everyone, He protected me when I was traveling on a plane that lost one of its engines … the stories are too many to list … so how could I worry now?  Even if I try, it will be too hard 😉

He said, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

So let’s praise the Lord and please pray for my bone marrow to get back on track as soon as possible 🙂