There is this place between fear and hope. We have all been there at times, even if we are unaware, either leaning toward hope or toward fear.
I live here now. In this place, acutely aware of each day, each opportunity, each interaction. While 'normal' swirls around me, I stand frozen in this space. Do I move into the next day, next week, next month, as if Katie is cured just because her hair is growing again and she can walk around the street? Or do I put an anchor in today, indulging my kids' every request because I don't know what tomorrow will bring? If you want the answer, you can stop reading. I have no idea how to do this. I am figuring this out as we go along. For today, that means taking my kids on an amazing vacation and enjoying every minute with just the Cobb 7. We move forward each day. We can't see the future but, the truth is, neither can you. We are just maybe a little more aware of the space we live in now. Katie had appointments in Cincinnati twice this week. It is a drive we know well by now, but I enjoy it more with her in the car beside me (even if she wears her Beats the entire time). She had another infusion of Keytruda, her immunotherapy medication. The one that was approved for children less than a month before her relapse. Her oncologist is thrilled with everything she sees clinically. In a couple weeks, she will get her first diagnostic scans since starting immunotherapy and finishing radiation. For now, the plan is to continue these infusions every three weeks with labs, check ups, physical therapy and good days in between. We are hopeful. And fearful. We do our best to lean toward hope. But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 Blessings, Sarah and Chad and the Cobb 7
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Brenda Cobb
7/20/2017 09:32:40 pm
I am praying every time your family crosses my mind. You are also on my prayer list every day. Enjoy your Cobb 7 vacation. We will keep praying.
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Tiffany Miller
7/20/2017 09:35:26 pm
Continued Prayers! We lean into hope with the Cobb 7!
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Christine Perkins
7/20/2017 09:38:19 pm
Speak only life.Pray healing scriptures until they are in your being!!! OUR WORDS MEAN EVERYTHING!!! ❤️ Look up people's testimonies about healing! Jesus already paid the price-sickness has NO PLACE IN A BELIEVER! Praise God for the victory!!🙌🏼
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Erin gress
7/20/2017 09:40:39 pm
Enjoy your vacation and your beautiful family.Stay strong and faithful.We love Katie and she and all of you will continue to be in our prayers,thoughts and hearts!💜
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Sally Stewart
7/20/2017 09:48:37 pm
I have been trying to get a update. Praying for Katie and all of you. Have a GREAT vacation and make lots of memories. GOD BLESS YOU ALL..
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Miranda Young
7/20/2017 09:57:10 pm
Continuing to pray for Katie and for all of you!
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Diana and Allen spears
7/20/2017 09:59:28 pm
We are always thinking and praying for you , we wait patiently for any new updates so that we may be able to stay on this journey with you ! We will always keep you in our thoughts and prayers ! Have a great time together on vacation ! Just know if there is anything we can do we are only a call away ! Love ya di (diana) and Allen spears
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Karen Carr
7/20/2017 10:06:06 pm
Your story is one of such struggle and heartbreak which you have unfolded before us with love and faith. I read your account and receive blessings from it. I hope and pray for Katie and your family!
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Tauletha
7/20/2017 10:11:03 pm
I love your faith and grace. It's incredible and steadfast. That's more beautiful than you know. Praying ffor you every day. 💜💜💜💜
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Lana kessler
7/20/2017 10:11:55 pm
Prayers for complete healing.
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Nikki Parlier
7/20/2017 10:12:10 pm
We won't stop praying for Katie and the rest of the Cobb 7. It was so good to have you back last Sunday and to see Katie sitting in the front row.
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Amanda
7/20/2017 10:17:02 pm
Keeping Katie and the whole family in our prayers daily.
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Susie Cunningham
7/20/2017 10:18:07 pm
Continued prayers for Katie and you all!
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Susan Dean
7/20/2017 10:41:34 pm
Our Heavenly Father over and over tells us not to worry about tomorrow. We are only to hold onto his unfailing right hand and know and trust that whatever tomorrow, next week or next month has to bring, his will be there to hold our hands. There is an old song,
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Jana & Mallory
7/20/2017 10:40:30 pm
We are praying God's blessings on all of you! Family time is EVERYTHING! Love & peace to you as you relish time together during this sweet summer season!
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Jeanie McKinney
7/20/2017 11:07:25 pm
We are continuing to pray for Katie and your family.
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Tracey and Ralph Higginbotham
7/20/2017 11:37:06 pm
We are continuing to pray for Katie and for the family. Praying for your faith to expand and fear to be gone in the Name of Jesus. We pray for Katie's scans to come back free from all disease and TOTALLY HEALED in the NAME of JESUS!!!! We pray for her to become stronger in her entire body in the Name of Jesus. We pray for her appetite to totally return in the Name of Jesus. We pray for traveling mercies and guardian angels be around you and your family as you travel to and fro from the hospital. We pray for God's protecting hand be upon you and your family through each day as your faith increases and your fear decreases in the Name of Jesus. We give God the glory and the honor and the praise for Katie's total healing in JESUS NAME, we pray ..... Amen and Amen
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Tami Evans!
7/20/2017 11:56:01 pm
Praying for Katie and family! I am a 13 yr Non Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor. When I was diagnosed, drs in WV told me I only had 30 days to live. I am God's walking testimony that he is in the miracle business. With prayer and the will to live, I made it through. I can only imagine what you are going through with a child. I am truly praying and so is my family for you! My daughter Morgan Evans keeps me updated because she attends WMS.
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Dennis R. Dunlap
7/21/2017 12:12:25 am
Praying everyday for Katie and the family.🙏
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samantha craig
7/21/2017 06:06:35 am
Continued prayers
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Anita Callicoat
7/21/2017 06:44:04 am
I'm confident you cherish every moment; the warmth of every sunrise:) will continue to pray for healing and ongoing strength.
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Sam and Amy Preston
7/21/2017 07:38:27 am
Cobb Family, we are praying for you daily and especially Miss Katie!!!! We know God has plans for her and he is in control of this situation. With his grace we have hope for the best for Katie. We will continue to pray for her faith believing that she will be healed. We serve a mighty God!!! God Bless this family!!!!!!
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Rob Russo
7/21/2017 08:27:24 am
Praying for Katie and the whole Cobb 7 every day. Love you guys and thankful for you all. 💜
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Belinda
7/21/2017 08:59:31 am
Thank you for your updates! I am continually impressed by the way you articulate your journey. When Katie is healed and your normal is more so, you should compile your updates into a book to be shared with others traveling a similar path.
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Trudy Vriesema
7/21/2017 09:32:46 am
Hugs, Hugs and more hugs.....Being thankful everyday for another day, Just being in the presence of our Almighty Father and knowing He has the whole world in His hands, is enough. This world is NOT our home, He has something SO much better and those who love Him will see that. Prayers going up overtime you guys come into my mind! I pray God and His Spirit will penetrate every fiber of your being and be at peace every day to give you strength to go ahead!!!
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Darlene
7/21/2017 12:48:06 pm
I smile to myself every time I see Katie out and about.
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Jeanette Raynes Capocefalo
7/21/2017 01:37:10 pm
Katie, I say a prayer for you daily. We got this girlie! !
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Whitney Cox
7/23/2017 04:51:18 am
i read this scripture yesterday and thought of your family...
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Tim n Bev
7/23/2017 06:28:34 pm
We are so happy that you guys can go on vacation. We pray it's a terrific time to be together as the Cobb 7! Continuing prayers for you all. We love you all
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Diane Lett
7/23/2017 08:19:38 pm
Always praying for each of you❤️.
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Rob Akers
7/23/2017 09:12:37 pm
Hoping to see you guys at RR this morning to share a pat on the back and a comment. So here is a internet pat...
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Karen
7/25/2017 11:44:27 am
It keeps coming to my mind. So I am sharing. What an opportunity to speak to the disease to go to the depths of the ocean and never return.
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Chris
7/27/2017 12:53:54 pm
How is Katie doing?!?
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