Support and Prayer for Alex Delgado Ahead of Surgery
Journalist Alex Delgado is preparing toโฃ undergoโ surgery this Monday asโ he continues treatment for a soft โtissue sarcoma. The procedure will focus โคon โa โremaining tumor โคin his abdominal area, โwichโ Delgado reports has significantly reduced in size.
Before theโ operation, Delgado received an outpouring of support during a recentโข broadcast of Playing Hard Ball onโข TeleOnce, whereโ he is a panelist.โ colleagues and guest religious leadersโ offered prayers for โฃhis health and for others battling similar illnesses.
Visibly emotional, Delgado expressed his faith, โstating, “Iโข am very calm. From day one, I know that God is with me. God will be in that room andโฃ the risks will โคbe reduced.”
While acknowledging theโ abdominal surgery โคas a positive step,Delgado emphasized that his cancer treatment is ongoing. The disease has also affected his liver,โข requiring continued focus. “Iโค am very confident that I am going to go well โforโข that operation, but that does not end. We still have to continue working with the liver cancer part,” he explained.
Delgado recently shared โคencouragingโข progress in โฃhis abdomen, with โฃonly one tumorโ remaining. Though, heโข noted theโ responseโค in his โขliver โขhas been slower.Despite this, he โremains determined and hopeful. He plans toโ aggressively pursue treatment for the liver cancer following the abdominalโค surgery, stating,โ “After the operation, โคwe areโค going to โฃput โคeverything โคinto treatment to attack cancer in the liver. In the end it willโฃ be what โGod wants, but I still have a faith that gave me this good news.”
Delgado โคhas asked โfor continuedโฃ prayers fromโข the public, recognizing โขthe challengesโ hisโ body faces in responding to treatment. โฃ “That’s โwhy I โขask you, now with โmore force, pray for myโ health as we have โคthe earliest part,” he pleaded.