#HealingForHaylie-Post 66

We have so much to celebrate! Thank you to everyone for all your prayers and support. God is sooo good! We were thrilled to have the clear bone marrow report on Friday! Haylie wanted to celebrate by having a few friends over and getting ice cream! It was the first time she has had ice cream since she was admitted to the hospital in May. We have been very careful about staying away from sugar because we know that cancer grows with sugar. That has been one of our biggest challenges, because our family really loves sweets. She has taken it upon herself to not eat sugary foods. I’ve been so impressed at how she has resisted, especially when people brought over all kinds of deserts after we got out of the hospital. She really is a warrior. 

Unfortunately, she has been really sick this weekend throwing up so many many times. She thinks it was the very small cup of ice cream she had, I think it was the chemo shots but she is vowing not to eat any more ice cream. 😳 She loved having friends over, but she overdid it and really crashed hard Friday night and really all weekend. Her friends were the sweetest and were so kind and patient with her.

We go back to the hospital again tomorrow for more chemo shots. Many people thought that she was done with all her chemo since she got the clear bone marrow test, but that is not the case. She actually will continue the same chemo schedule because the doctor said that cancer returned in all patients who stopped chemo after getting clear bone marrow results. Apparently cancer likes to hide out in the bone marrow and make a comeback so we will continue the plan. The clear bone marrow tests mean that the chemo is working and she won’t need to have a bone marrow transplant. Praise God!

She is nearing the end of this next phase and her doctors said she should start feeling much better in the next phase. We are certainly looking forward to the better days! She makes me so proud with her positive outlook and her smile. She is going to beat this. We have come a long ways since the first night in the ICU. We serve such a big God. I was reading some of the verses I had hung on the wall in her hospital room and I see how how God has been with us every step of the way.

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or troubled. The Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you; do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

God is faithful. He is greater than the mountain in front of us. We still have a long way to go before we have this behind us, but we know God is going before us.
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