Sunday 5/18

Thank you Lord for the outpouring of love at the blood/ bone marrow drive! We collected 90 units of blood and 60 folks signed up for the bone marrow registry. That is awesome and we are so grateful for all of you who gave of yourselves in honor of Erin!! She enjoyed getting to pass out cookies and juice and support all of you in return. What an awesome show of unity in Christ. It really blessed our hearts to see all of you today. Glory to God for such a wonderful church family.
Erin starts round 4 tomorrow so we are again asking for prayers for minimal side effects and strength to go through it all. She is getting really excited to be done with it all. We are counting down the days! Thanks again everyone! love, janet

sat 5/17

Dear friends, thank you for your vigilence on the wall! Your prayers have been a constant source of comfort and support to all of us. God's love is so evident in your faithfulness. We just want to say thank you, it means more than you will ever know. Erin is feeling sore today as expected but a little retail therapy works wonders! Hope you are having a great weekend. See you tomorrow at the blood/bone marrow drive!

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34

Love you! janet

Fri 5/16

Thanks to all for the prayers! Erin came through her biopsy just fine. We just got home and she is sleeping off the good meds. They confirmed again that they cannot admit her until Monday because of the bed crunch. We were hoping for tomorrow so we could stay on schedule but what can you do? Anyway, Monday it is for round 4. This way she can be at church on Sunday and pass out cookies to the blood donors! :-) Praise God for all the folks signed up for blood donation and those who are going to sign up for bone marrow registry. We are so blessed by your faithfulness and friendship!

"From everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children - with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts." Psalm 103:17-18

I love the word everlasting, don't you? blessings, janet

Thurs 5/15

Hello, hope you are loving the rain, we are! Erin is out and about trying to make the most of her few days "off". Her bone marrow biopsy is tomorrow at 1p.m. She is not looking forward to it but she knows we need that info to keep going toward the goal. The goal is in sight, only 2 more treatments! She is feeling better today, thanks so much for the prayers! Please remember the blood drive and bone marrow drive on Sunday from 8-12:30 at First United Methodist church in Lawrenceville. If you want to worship our Lord with us, and a really cool guitarist(Bill), come to the service at 9:30. We would love to have you there!

"One thing I do; Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Not sure Erin will forget what she has gone through but she is definitely straining toward her goal! Thanks for cheering her on! love, janet

Wed 5/14

Hello friends and family, Erin is doing fine today, just some stomach pain. Bill and I were able to help with the bone marrow drive at Scientific Atlanta/Cisco today. We added 35 donors to the National registry!! Praise God for such a great turnout. I think they had around 100 blood donors, so that is another praise!! We are praying that we get a great turnout at church this weekend also. If you are unable to attend but would like to get in on the bone marrow drive while it is free, check out marrow.org. Bill said he saw that it was free on there now too, for a few more days. Thanks to all of you who signed up, it is such a blessing to see people excited to give of themselves-literally.

"Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38

Wow, that pretty much spells it out. blessings, janet

Tues 5/13

Hello, Erin had a clinic appt today and she got good numbers, Praise God! Her white count is 4.2 and her ANC is 1200! WooHoo. So she can go out and about for a couple of days before round 4 starts. They have scheduled a bone marrow biopsy for Fri. This would give them the info they need by Mon to admit her. If the schedule opens up on Thurs, they may squeeze her in then and she would have the info needed to be admitted on Fri. or Sat. We really hope this happens so we can stay on schedule. Either way, God is in control and we know His timing is perfect! This also gives her a couple of days to get some of her antibiotics etc. out of her system. When her counts are low, she has to take 4 different anti-whatevers to keep her from getting an infection. Ooooh she hates taking pills, so it is a real gift to get a couple of days off from that chore. :-) So all in all, a great day. Yes, she went straight to the mall. It does a girl good! Please remember our blood drive on Sunday at Lawrenceville 1st United Methodist church from 8-12:30 and the bone marrow donor drive. It only involves a cheek swab! Join us and be a life saver!

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:8-10

love to all, janet

Mon 5/12

Hey! Thanks for checking in. Erin is doing well today. She feels like her numbers are up which makes her feel better all over. We go to the clinic tomorrow to get labs. They should schedule a bone marrow biopsy later this week. If she is able to stay on schedule, she may start round 4 at the end of the week. Of course it all depends on her lab values. Round 4 will be 6 days of chemo and 3 weeks of recovery. Again she will receive drugs she hasn't gotten before so we won't know how she will respond as far as side effects. Please pray she can stay on schedule, because the sooner she starts, the sooner she is done. We are so thankful for all of you and your continued support. God is evident in the details of Erin's experience and the friendships He has provided us in you.

"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." 2 Samuel 22:31-33

Yeah for strength in God! love, janet