The past two weeks have honestly felt like vacation. We got to almost go through re-entry to life. We hung out with friends, hosted a few meals, swam, saw fireworks, did a bunch of things that we hadn't been able to do since last November. It's amazing how much of normal life we took for granted before. We felt so thankful for every single day.
Cade has been doing great and has been playing and running around- I went back and looked at a list of prayer requests on my phone I had made at the start of this last 18 weeks and chief among them was that Cade would be a little boy again. That has certainly been the case. He has been back at waking up the earliest, staying up the latest, sneaking food, using our house as his own personal obstacle course. Thank you for praying that with us!
We started Cade's 5 day yesterday- its not an intensive one, and only the second time we have recieved this chemo. One of the only side effect is pretty serious diarrhea, so we are praying that Cade will avoid that entirely. He managed to do fine the first time around, and so far he has been good this week too.
When we checked his blood count this week, his white count still wasn't very high, which indicates simply that his bone marrow is tired. After 25 weeks of treatment, his body isn't roaring back the way it used to. Our oncologist is using those kinds of clues to help her determine which routes on the protocol to take, and we are praying she has perfect wisdom and clarity for Cade.
Yesterday at clinic I wandered for part of the time through the halls with Lily, and by the end of the day I had seen so many different people that my heart felt heavy. Every kid, every teenager has a story like ours and I easily get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what people are going through all over the world. Ours is by no means an isolated incident. I remember hearing someone praying for the next generation, that the cure for cancer would be discovered by them. I am praying that fervently as well. May God give us wisdom to kick cancer forever!
As a recap, here are the things I am praying for this week, both large and small:
1. Please pray that this chemo does not cause Cade to have any sort of bowel irritation. Please pray he handles it just like he did the first time around, and that he does not have any nausea or vomiting as well.
2. Please pray that we would not be anxious about upcoming treatments, side effects, or scans. We are asking for God to teach our hearts how to rest in Him. It is possible to have peace even here, and we are learning much of it comes by controlling our own minds and emotions.
3. Please pray that Cade would continue to grow stronger, including his bone marrow. We are praying that he would move, as Psalm 84 says, from strength to strength.
4. Please pray that dosage for the coming treatments would be exactly where they need to be- either full doses or partial ones. We are asking that God would lead our oncologist to perfect wisdom for Cade and that his body would give us all the signals we need to make the right decisions.
5. Please pray with me that more and more discoveries would be made to cure cancer, especially in pediatric cancer. We are praying that God would disclose even more wisdom to people all around the world at an escalating rate in the next few years to eradicate terminal cancer from children's bodies once and for all.
And, as always, here is a short video where two special someones make (distracting) appearances:
Cade has been doing great and has been playing and running around- I went back and looked at a list of prayer requests on my phone I had made at the start of this last 18 weeks and chief among them was that Cade would be a little boy again. That has certainly been the case. He has been back at waking up the earliest, staying up the latest, sneaking food, using our house as his own personal obstacle course. Thank you for praying that with us!
We started Cade's 5 day yesterday- its not an intensive one, and only the second time we have recieved this chemo. One of the only side effect is pretty serious diarrhea, so we are praying that Cade will avoid that entirely. He managed to do fine the first time around, and so far he has been good this week too.
When we checked his blood count this week, his white count still wasn't very high, which indicates simply that his bone marrow is tired. After 25 weeks of treatment, his body isn't roaring back the way it used to. Our oncologist is using those kinds of clues to help her determine which routes on the protocol to take, and we are praying she has perfect wisdom and clarity for Cade.
Yesterday at clinic I wandered for part of the time through the halls with Lily, and by the end of the day I had seen so many different people that my heart felt heavy. Every kid, every teenager has a story like ours and I easily get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what people are going through all over the world. Ours is by no means an isolated incident. I remember hearing someone praying for the next generation, that the cure for cancer would be discovered by them. I am praying that fervently as well. May God give us wisdom to kick cancer forever!
As a recap, here are the things I am praying for this week, both large and small:
1. Please pray that this chemo does not cause Cade to have any sort of bowel irritation. Please pray he handles it just like he did the first time around, and that he does not have any nausea or vomiting as well.
2. Please pray that we would not be anxious about upcoming treatments, side effects, or scans. We are asking for God to teach our hearts how to rest in Him. It is possible to have peace even here, and we are learning much of it comes by controlling our own minds and emotions.
3. Please pray that Cade would continue to grow stronger, including his bone marrow. We are praying that he would move, as Psalm 84 says, from strength to strength.
4. Please pray that dosage for the coming treatments would be exactly where they need to be- either full doses or partial ones. We are asking that God would lead our oncologist to perfect wisdom for Cade and that his body would give us all the signals we need to make the right decisions.
5. Please pray with me that more and more discoveries would be made to cure cancer, especially in pediatric cancer. We are praying that God would disclose even more wisdom to people all around the world at an escalating rate in the next few years to eradicate terminal cancer from children's bodies once and for all.
And, as always, here is a short video where two special someones make (distracting) appearances:
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