Friend Day

Thanks for the prayers dear friends. We are so blessed by your thoughtfulness and faith. Erin seems fine today and is currently playing cards with her friends. Yeah for friends who can play in the middle of the week. Last night she didn't feel too good and added to Bill's incredible throw up stories. If you know Bill, he is always full of great stories of people throwing up. Andrew Cioffi at Glisson for instance, sorry Brent! Anyway, poor Erin. But she did get the giggles afterward, so it wasn't all bad. Unfortunately, today is the day Erin's hair decided to give up hanging in there. So Laura cut most of Erin's hair off. Let's just say, we told Laura not to quit college!! Thank the good Lord it happened on "friend day" so she hasn't spent too much time thinking about it. God is good and His timing IS PERFECT!! Blessings, janet

"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8

Clinic Day

Hello Prayer Warriors,
Thank you so much for the prayers!! Erin had been feeling good the last couple of days and then last night she started feeling dizzy and weak. We just figured she needed blood products today. When we go to the clinic she was feeling so bad, they rushed her back to a recliner to draw her labs. When the results came back, there didn't seem to be a need for blood. Isn't that cool how God just fulfills our needs before we even know we need something? Anyway, they gave Erin some IV fluids since she was symptomatic and she felt better quickly.
When we got home, the cable guy was here fulfilling Erin's dream. We got "real" cable instead of the $10/month kind. She figured that if she was going to be housebound for a year, she would need more "serious" entertainment. All in all a good day. Thanks for your continued prayers. We go back to the clinic on Fri to meet with the transplant Doc to get more details on timing etc. Praising God for people who devote their lives to helping others fight cancer!! love, janet

"May my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise. May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees. May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me." Psalm 119:169-175

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