Good Monday

Today is a good monday. Erin is feeling well and we are praising God for that. We go to the clinic tomorrow for labs and a Dr visit. Hopefully she won't need any blood products since she is feeling well. Thanks for checking in, I am so glad I don't have anything to report. We are thankful for some "down time" as we just wait for the next thing we have to do.

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:14

Happy Sabbath

Hello and thanks for the prayers. Erin is doing well. She was "up" all day yesterday and didn't seem to feel tired or bad until I made her do laps around the inside of our house. Then she got really tired. Bill estimated that 60 laps around our house would equal 21 at the hospital. She did 20 and sat down. But considering she hadn't walked in a few days, it was a start. Maybe today we can double that #. We are thankful she is not feeling nausea or pain right now. We take each good day and praise the Lord for it. I know your prayers have helped. Blessings on all of you for your perseverance with us in prayer. hugs, janet

"Is any of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:13-16

Early Morning Revelation

Good Morning Prayer Warriors, God is so good. He gave me an early morning revelation about the biopsy results. First He let me know He is STILL WORKING! How awesome is that!! He knows the desires of our hearts and our human impatience. Yet His timing is perfect, so we wait. The other thing He showed me is that the Docs were too early with their biopsy. Erin still has her hair, that means the chemo hasn't peaked yet. The Mylotarg ("smart bomb") wasn't given until day 6. So if they predict results on day 14, shouldn't they wait until 14 days after the big bomb? It all makes perfect sense at 5 a.m.! Either way, it gave me the peace I was struggling to feel yesterday and for that I am thanking God this morning. He is so patient with me.
Erin feels pretty good this morning, just facing her pills and playing a little Skip Bo with her fam. Thanks for checking in. Please keep the prayer lines busy. We love you for your faithful support! hugs, janet

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake , I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Cointhians 12:9-10

Long Day

Today was a long day at the clinic. Erin had a 10 a.m. appt and we just got home at 5:30. She needed platelets but that's all. We got the info on the biopsy and were disappointed to hear that itwas not clear yet. They will repeat the biopsy in a couple of weeks when her counts come back up. Please pray hard that the leukemia is again in remission by that time or Erin will have to go thru another round of chemo before the transplant. I asked if the chemo was still working now and might clear up the remaining cells before the next biopsy and the PA said he didn't know. We need all you prayer warriors to keep up the dialog with the Great Physician and help us petition for another miracle!
Erin is feeling o.k. today, just worn out from a very long day at the clinic.
Blessings on you, janet

"Hear O Lord, and asnwer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul." Psalm 86:1-4

home again

Blessings on you for your prayers! Erin got home yesterday about 1 p.m. and felt great all afternoon. She woke up feeling good but is now down with stomach pain after her bucket of pills. She managed to beat us all at cards first though! I got a surprise this afternoon. Amanda and Kyle decorated our bathroom with scriptures some of you sent in to encourage us. It is wonderful and I needed it so much. Thank you all for the lovely scriptures! God is so generous to give us such caring friends and family. Wow, I am overwhelmed!
"I thank God every time I remember you...And this is my prayer; that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God." Philippians 1:1,9-11
Thanks again for the love, janet

Waiting to go home again

Praising the Lord for a beautiful morning and the opportunity to go home again. Erin just has to prove she can take her pills and hold them down. She walked 4 laps yesterday after the biopsy. She only did that because they told her she might get to go home last night if she walked. Well, as always the left hand and the right don't always have the same info. So, Erin had another long night in here. The transplant Doc came by last night and told us they are very happy with the donor selected. They can only tell us their gender, age and if they are local. Unfortunately, she didn't know that info last night but she did know that the person is A+ blood type, so Erin won't have to convert her type. And you know she is happy being A+ because she has always strived for A+s in school. She identifies with her blood type!! She also said there are 10 markers on the cell and this donor matches all 10 so that is awesome!! They hope to get the bone marrow biopsy results today and if all is neg, we will get the donor going with further testing, hoping to do the transplant in a month. Everything is up in the air until the donor is ready. Please pray that the donor is ready and willing and HEALTHY!! Praising God for people who are willing to give such an amazing gift!!

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Galatians 6:9-10

Blessings on all of you for continuing to pray for Erin!! May your harvest be plentiful!! love, janet

Yeah for Steroids!

Praising the Good Lord, We are so thankful Erin is feeling a lot better today. They started her steroids (always the last choice for nausea control) around 8 p.m. and by 10:30 she was hungry. She ate pears, peanut better and peas. She slept well and woke hungry again. No nausea today. Then the PA came in a said we have to have a bone marrow biopsy today. Bummer. The one day she feels better they want to do that!! We are hoping they can put it off because the first Dr said 21 days and now this one says 14 days. Who to believe?? Besides, tomorrow is 14 days, not today! Grrrr. Anyone else confused??
Another praise is that her blood cultures came back negative. Please pray that the bone marrow is easy and comes back negative. That will set the stage for the transplant. Thanks for the nausea prayers, God is faithful!! We are so grateful to have so many prayer warriors lifting Erin's name before the throne!! Blessings on you all, janet

"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess...Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:14,16