theiOur courageous Katie finished her last round of chemo this past week! We celebrated with our favorite homemade meal and a trip to Dairy Queen after dinner on Valentine's Day. Of course, it's hard to find closure until we have scans and a final report in a couple weeks. We are believing there will be no further evidence of cancer! Even then, we will continue to follow with her oncologist closely for quite a while, building a relationship we wish we didn't have.
I have realized through these last several months that a mother's heart is both a resilient and a fragile entity. I have been struck by the times I was able to be strong and the times I was broken. The effects of cancer are not just physical but also emotional and spiritual. I sometimes wish there were bandages for the soul, but, then again, sometimes there's toxic stuff in there that needs to come out almost as much as the cancer does. Hurting is often a part of healing. Katie will have labs done this week and will spend a couple more weeks at home while her counts recover. CT scan is scheduled for 2/28 and PET scan on 3/7. We are planning to transition her back to school after that. Please be in prayer - for counts to recover quickly - for an easy transition back to school - for peace as we await results - and, mostly, for 2 other boys (Luke and Luke) who are not improving with their treatment Blessings, Sarah
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Katie and I are sitting in the Children's Cancer Center today. I just think a place like this should not even exist, but here we are. Her white blood cells are pretty low but have been deemed high enough for chemo to proceed today. The first med is already finished. Doxorubicin is red and looks like Kool-Aid as it makes its way through the IV tubing and into her body. We laugh about it because we have to. Along with all the other medications in her regimen, it makes her hair fall out and wreaks havoc on her blood cells, but it kills cancer. So we have a deep love/hate relationship with it.
This is the last anticipated round of chemo. We have a lot of gratitude for that. Final scans are scheduled for Feb 28 and March 7. We don't know exactly when and where the tunnel ends, but we think we see light ahead of us. Please, God, let that be daylight ahead of us. We are ready for the night to be over. I admit that some days as I write here, I am only trying to encourage myself, but I hope that maybe, in some way, you are encouraged as well. Faith is more than just believing that God is able or capable of doing something. Faith calls us to believe in the character of God including His goodness and generosity. Blessings, Sarah |
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