藹玲的媽媽和小弟媳
永強的父母
Eileen started the day upbeat. After her quiet time, first came Michael's parents, then Eileen's mom brought by Ben, her baby brother and Rita, his wife, and last came Grace Yu, Elder Yu's wife from our church in Hsinchu. A wonderful time with family and sweet fellowship with a sister with whom she confides often. It was 1:00 PM by the time Grace left the ward.
本是個愉快的日子，先是永強的父母，接著藹玲的小弟弟帶著母親和太太；然後是清玲姐（教會俞長老的太太），彼此有很美好的交通和分享，俞師母離開時已過午後一時。
3:00 PM the dreadful time came to pay her due, going to the basement for her fifth radiation treatment. Nevetheless, it's comfort to know one time less after every treatment, it will be done by next Thursday, Hallelujah!
下午三點到地下室進行第五次的放射治療，雖然害怕，老大不情願的，但每次也不過三五分鐘的時間，起碼知道做一次便少一次。雖然事後疲倦，腸胃不舒服，一到週末休息兩天，人又活過來了。
4:00 PM Dr. Hsieh came, our lung surgeon with his assitance. When enquired about how seriouse 1.3cm size lesion in her lung is . The answer came, 'regardless the size, once the tumor is a metastesis one, it is in its stage 4.' As far as lung surgery is concerned, it seems premature to discuss at this time while it depends on how well the patience rehabilitate from current brain surgery. We will need to come back to visit Dr. Hsieh in another two weeks. Nevertheless, chemotherapy is inevitable.
下午四點，，藹玲的胸腔外科醫師謝致政大夫帶著助理應約來病房探視。當問及謝大夫 1.3cm 的肺部腫瘤有多嚴重，謝大夫告知我們，腫瘤不在大小，擴散了就是第四期；至於治療方面，肺癌切割手術要看藹玲腦部手術後的恢復，最早也要等一兩個禮拜後再說（術後起碼一個月的時間），化療是不可避免的。
"Survivalbility" instead of "curability" is medical profession's jargon while "survivalbility" sounds rather negative in its Chinese translation, to us at least. This, in turn, weighted our hearts down, like falling from few floors. We're left to wonder what stage 4 actually mean in layman's terms in the wake of Dr. Hsieh's departure.
對於癌症治療，醫生們往往不談治愈率，存活率才是他們的術語。可想而知，“存活率”三個字活生生地把病人和家屬摔到了地底下。事後才想到第四期肺癌到底有多嚴重，回過神來時已是半小時後的事了。
Treatment details need to wait and "survivalbility" is just too scary to comtemplate. Well, then let's switch the subject. Dr. Hsieh agreed to a PET/CT Scan, scheduled Thursday afternoon. Also Lung tumor marker tests, CK20 and CK7 were ordered.
好吧，既然這壺不開，我們提另一壺吧。謝大夫同意病人住院期間照正子掃描 （PET/CT Scan)。時間排在本週四下午。肺癌指標CK20和CK7正在檢驗中。
May our patience sleep tight tonight.
求神讓藹玲今晚仍能安然入睡。
"When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other.
Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future." Ecclesiates 7:14
“遇亨通的日子你當喜樂；遭患難的日子你當思想；因為神使這兩樣並列，為的是叫人查不出身後有甚麼事。”傳道書7:14
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