Still Cancer Free

Post from B:

Things we learned.....

Updates through B's smartphone are not possible.
(hence the subject line from the previous post).

Life is fragile and very precious even at 23 weeks.

Life continues through a valiant fight for life, in a quest to beat cancer.

B is still very cancer free!!!! We made it to three years. Officially, two more to go to get the remission label.

While in Houston, we generally try to pack a lot of "to do's" in, and this trip was certainly no exception. The trip began this time on Wednesday where we had B's PET Scan. Good news was that he laid nice and still and did a great job completing the scan...Way to Go, B! Later that day he was rewarded with a fun Mexican dinner at Lupe Tortilla's...YUMMMY!

That night, we then went to a family friend's home for a wonderful dinner and lovely evening.

Day two was M's turn with her Neurologist. But, before going there we made new friends at MD Anderson. Please join us in prayer for Erin and Matt. By God's leading we were introduced to Erin and Matt through a friend of a friend. Erin has been a fighter with colon cancer since 2007. What a memorable time we had with them. Please join us in prayer for her healing. One of the things that we did get to share with them was Cantron. We pray that Cantron will help them as it helped us especially as the doctors have exhausted all options to get Erin better...

With day two we went to M's appointment and follow-up where we still found out that we are on the cutting edge of M's treatment. Therefore, it is still very difficult to get answers and support. We came away with even more vigor to get to Johns Hopkins to work with the Ketogenic Diet experts. Please pray that M's doctor will in fact be able to get us a referral to JH with the lead doctors of the diet, even though they don't treat adults at Johns Hopkins.

Lastly, we finished the day with friends that delivered their baby boy at just 23 weeks....WOW! What a blessing to share time with them and see baby P. Such a fragile little guy, but such a will to survive...and that is exactly what he is doing. Please pray that each day he will gain in ounces and that his parents' employers would allow them to continue to stay in Houston as they actually live in Colorado and delivered here over the Christmas break.

Thank you to all who have been praying. We now begin the trip back home and will post more later!