Jim Kelly, 58, is a former Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback who has been battling cancer since 2013. The cancer went into remission in 2014, but it returned with a vengeance earlier this year.
Back in March, Kelly’s wife Jill revealed that her husband’s oral cancer had returned.
“The cancer is back,” Jill wrote on Instagram. “We are shocked, heartbroken, sad, angry, confused, and just darn tired. Yet, despite how we feel, we KNOW that God is a promise maker and keeper.
In March, Kelly lost part of his upper jaw during surgery to get rid of the cancer. He then had restoration surgery in June to prepare his gum tissue for dentures.
Now, Kelly is preparing to receive permanent dentures.
Jill took to Instagram once again on September 3 to post a fun photo of her and her husband in a hospital waiting room in New York City.
“What you do when you’re in NYC and have to get up at 5am for surgery,” Jill joked. “Tomorrow is another procedure in the process of completing Jim’s oral reconstruction. Honestly, I don’t know how he does it other than the grace of God and the prayers of so many.”
Prayer has played a huge role in Kelly’s recovery, so Jill asked her followers to submit prayer requests so that she could pray on their behalf, too.
“To God be the Glory!” she concluded.
Kelly himself said that he is at peace with whatever God has planned for him.
“I have no room to complain,” Kelly said. “If tomorrow the good Lord decides that’s my last day, then I’m not going to go down with a frown. I’m going down with a smile on my face, knowing that I’ve gotten everything out of life.”
Please keep Kelly in your thoughts and prayers!
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