The Waiting is the Hardest Part

When we arrived home on Saturday from a week long mission trip there was an unexpected message on the answering machine.  MacKids, the children's hospital where Liam receives treatment, had called on the Friday that we had left asking to move Liam's March 8th appointment up to February 15.  We obviously missed that appointment as we were away.   We knew that the reason they were calling must have been because they had found something on his latest MRI, taken the Sunday before we left for our trip.  I remember before leaving that Kim had mentioned to someone that in her experience, if they were to have found anything on the scan, then they would call right away.  After almost a week, we were confident that there was nothing.  Little did we know, it would be the day that we left that they would call.  The hardest part about the whole thing was that by the time we got the message it was Saturday, and with the Monday being a holiday here in Ontario it would not be until Tuesday that we could get in touch with anyone to get some information.  As Tom Petty once sang, "The Waiting is The Hardest Part." 
Part of the irony of the situation is that during our time away we had so many opportunities to share about all that God has done for us through Liam's story.  We had not planned on sharing about it as much as we did, things just seemed to naturally lead there.  In fact, it was a bit eye opening for Kim and I as we considered all the things that have gone on in the past few years, the things that God has laid on our hearts, and our ultimate decision that God is calling us to begin a new work in Hamilton.  We came to realize just how profoundly God had used that time with Liam in our lives.  Not only are there all the direct stories of Liam's health, of how we have had so many chances to share because of it, but also all the indirect effects.  We came to recognize that it started a period in our lives of re-evaluating priorities,  considering what we were really supposed to be focusing on, and seeking God's will for us.  We never thought that it would lead to a new church or a relocation, we just thought that it would be a fresh look at what and where we already where.  But now we see clearly all the things that God had been lining up for us and Hamilton.  I still don't know exactly what this latest episode means, what God may have been doing or what exactly was going on.  But I do know that after all that focus on Liam's story over the last week, it made that phone message quite a shock. 
We were finally able to get in touch with the nurse who oversees Liam's follow up care on Tuesday afternoon.  She was able to share with us that, yes, there was something on Liam's MRI and that initial observations concluded that there may be some new growth and that is why they wanted an early appointment.  Since that time, however, the whole team has had a chance to thoroughly examine the scans and there is agreement that it is almost certainly not new growth.  Whatever it is, it is in the shape  of a perfect rectangle, and tumours would not grow that way.  They still don't know exactly what it is, but Liam's surgeon thinks that it is most likely a mark left by the forceps from the surgery, and so it is nothing to worry about at all.
That was good news, and a relief to hear.  We will have a follow up appointment next Tuesday, and maybe a bit more follow up just to be sure, but as far as anyone can tell, everything is still fine. 
I wonder what God may be doing, and how he intends to use this last incident.