Yippee!! Praise the Lord! We found out today that Ben's bone marrow is clear of cancer! His bones are clean!! Thank you , Jesus!! So, this leaves us at Stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
We had our appt. today with Dr. Denham, the oncologist. Everyone there was so sweet. Such a friendly clinic. Wow! We really felt like their friends rather than a patient or number.
The only real frustration that we've seen is that we aren't getting super straight answers. We've asked every single physician, Nurse Practitioner, etc., if Ben and I should have a flu shot. Everyone has had a different answer. Even the Oncology Fellow that saw us prior to the doc today gave us a different answer than his. She also said that she didn't think we would need radiation. However, the doc said definitely do radiation. So, please pray that everyone would get on the same page.
Chemo will probably start in a few weeks. Ben needs to have a few more tests run & they need to get all of his records from MD Anderson before they can begin. The good thing is that Ben will be able to take his chemo from the clinic in Greenville. He is excited about this as he can stop by on his way home from class for treatments!
Also, while we were waiting to be called back today, in walked our friend Jim Moore. He was headed to the heart center to see our friend, Clarence Plagens, Aggie Class of '65. Clarence was having major heart surgery today. Thirteen years ago he had a Quintuple (is that a word) bypass. They found a few weeks ago that 4 of the 5 were completely blocked and the one remaining was only working at 20%. So, today they had him in surgery for over six hours trying to find healthy veins in his body they could use to redo the bypass. Please pray for miraculous healing as this is very risky. His wife's name is Leigh. His daughter is Kathleen and her husband is Ron. He should be in ICU for the next week.
Just incase you want to spend more time on your knees, we found out today that a friend of mine from high school lost his youngest little girl today. My friend, Myson Johnson, RHS Class of '97, has three beautiful girls. This morning, he lost his youngest little girl, Peyton, after an awesome fight against Neuroblastoma (a very rare form of cancer). She was actually cured of the cancer through a stem cell transplant. However, amidst that, her immune system was down & she caught a virus. Her immune system was too weak to fight the virus. Please pray for their family as he has two other girls. The middle child, Devyn, & his oldest daughter, Avery, who has a genetic disorder that has caused multiple surgeries. Obviously, their plate is full and they could use our prayers!
Prayers:
*All docs to be on the same page with exactly how treatment should occur.
*Ben's strength to move through the treatments
*Blessings on my boss for being so understanding and compassionate! WOW!
*Clarence Plagens' health & healing & peace for Leigh, Kathleen, Ron, etc.
*Comfort for the Johnson family
Thank you for praying for all of these requests even if you don't know the people involved! We are so grateful for your prayers!!
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Hey Meredith & Ben!
We're SOOO excited and relieved to hear that Ben's bone marrow is clean -- that is so awesome!! God rocks!!
Deanna and I are praying for BOTH of you, and of course especially for Ben and the treatments.
We've really enjoyed you being in our class the past couple weeks, and hope our ABF will be a place to call your own, and even more importantly, a place of love, support, friendship, and growth in the Lord.
Thank you so much for opening up and sharing everything that is going on right now with the class -- I know that's not always easy to do.
Your faith and trust in God is so inspiring. motivating, and contagious and that is just awesome!
I think your Aunt Shirlie summed it up best,
"We are looking forward to the day when you can type THE END and PRAISE THE LORD. Ben is now a cancer survivor!!!!!!!"
Keep us updated on the decisions about the radiation, treatment start date/schedule and when all the tests are finally done, okay?
We hope to see you Sunday!!
--Steven & Deanna King
Kelley/Ivy ABF
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