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2/23/2022

Medical Update - Eric / February 23

Greetings in Jesus.

Eric's out-patient surgery to implant the Y90 beads was yesterday morning. The doctor came to talk with us after the procedure and really seemed very encouraged. He said the scans showed that the radiation was right where it needed to be and that it had not moved into other parts of the liver or beyond.

The radiation has a very short half-life and will do its process of killing the cancer in the next few days. Because the beads have stayed where they intended, any collateral damage to the liver should be minimal. Then it will take time for the liver to adjust and heal. After three months (end of May, first of June) he will have the scans redone to see the results.
Until then, the doctor said, "live life normally". We are therefore taking him as his word, we will be participating in the Regional Directors' meeting in Fort Myers (March 6-11). Traveling next week, we are working on two church appointments and then after our return to INDY, on about March 22, we will be flying to Queretaro, Mexico and will be there until May 1. During the first week of May we will have two follow-up appointments with our general doctor and the Liver Specialists and then as we mentioned, scans will be redone at the end of May/first of June.

Again, we are grateful for the prayers and notes of encouragement. This Medical Update will be the last we will do until the scans are redone in May/June unless there is an urgent need. We would ask you to keep Eric's healing on your prayer list over the next three months.

Blessings and love always.

Eric & Dee

2/14/2022

Medical Update - Eric / February 13

Greetings in Jesus.
We are so very grateful for the prayers and encouraging words of so many over these past two months as we have been dealing with Eric's medical issues. We wanted to update you where things are at the moment:

-The procedure to map the tumor in the liver was a success and the results showed that the planned treatment should be relatively safe. The process was set in motion to order the Y90 radiation treatment. We got word three days later that a date was set for the next procedure.

-The treatment to implant the Y90 beads will be done on Tuesday, February 22, early in the morning. This treatment should be quicker than the mapping procedure and the recovery time should be about the same two days of rest. The doctor indicated that there will most likely be an extended period of tiredness, about two weeks, as the body reacts to the radiation. However, if all moves forward positively, we will be able to return to our normal life for about three months, at which time new evaluations will be done as to how effective the treatment has been and to make decisions as to if there is a need to repeat the process.

Thanks again for praying!
In Jesus,
Eric & Dee

2/6/2022

Medical Update - Eric / Feb.6, 2022

Greetings in Jesus.

Thank you for your prayers. We finally are getting to the next stage of the treatment for the tumor. Insurance has approved the treatments and they will now begin in earnest.

1. On February 3, Eric had his scope revision of the esophagus and stomach. There was no problems found.
2. On Tuesday, February 8, he will have the mapping of the tumor which will be a procedure of an hour+. He will be at the hospital several hours to make sure that he has no bleeding from the vein that will be used.
3. After the mapping, the implantation of the radioactive beads in the tumor will be about a week to two weeks later, giving time for the beads to be prepared.

It has been a frustrating time waiting, however, we have been able to continued our coaching with our Mexico partners and we have been able to participate in the Administrative Teams of two of the new churches in Queretaro, all by Zoom. We also continue our participation with the affiliates of New International in the Americas Region with our monthly Zooms and phone calls.

We are grateful to so many that continue to keep this process before the Lord and we continue to ask the Lord for healing.

Blessings always,

Eric & Dee

Eric & Dee Duggins

The Duggins have been missionaries for more than 40 years, the last 38 in Mexico. They are currently Regional Director of the Americas with New International and Directors of Development with IMPACTO Latino.

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