Feb. 4, 2009

Sam had his counts done yesterday and they are just barely good enough to begin Maintenance. The two of us will head down to Vancouver tomorrow and be at Children's Hospital early Friday morning.

The timing of this trip is great. My dad had major back surgery last Friday and is in Vancouver General Hospital, quite close to Children's. We will be able to see him a couple times while we are there. We are thankful for the positive outcome of his surgery as the risk of complications were rather high.

Sam was not psyched to hear that his counts were up. He has been feeling so good for the past two weeks, enjoying some outdoor activities, and not missing the chemo treatments and the side effects. With his low counts, since before Christmas, he has not been able to be out and about in public places or with groups of people...that has been hard. He knows he has to go on with the medications, procedures, and protocol to fight the leukemia, but its not easy.

We know that God controls the outcome of Sam's prognosis, for the short and long term. We are comforted, knowing His Spirit intercedes for us when we feel confused, sad or overwhelmed. And yet at the same time we feel relieved in knowing
that God is working and doing what He deems best for Sam and our family... daily opportunities for us to trust, obey, learn, and remain faithful to our God. I am reading a book that studies the verse, Romans 8:28...it has been awesome for me...thanks Rosie!

Ger is feeling much better this week. The two ear procedures last week really wiped him out.

That's about it for now,
Enjoy your day,
Debbie