First, a recap of the weekend. We had a very nice weekend enjoying family and friends. Friday night we went on a triple date with Lori and Eric and Kevin and Stephanie. First we had a nice dinner at Snug Harbor in Grand Haven, then we walked the board walk to a coffee shop downtown where we just hung out for quite a while telling stories. We laughed so hard that our stomachs and jaws hurt. That was a great time. We took a lot more pictures that the family would probably banish me if I published them on this blog! So, I'll be a good boy and not post them. :) But I do have them on my hard drive for future reference!!
OK, now for today. Well, back up to last night. Kristi's light started to dim last night before bed. I think it's because she really enjoyed the weekend and the VanEenenaam party at the Gehrke's last night and she realizes that the good times are ending after today. She has to look forward to another two weeks of being down. There were some tears and some time talking before bed last night. I'm sending this out early today because Kristi needs lots of prayers today (and this week). She is very down again today. I know she never wants anyone to worry about her, but she really needs our help today. Can you pray boldly with me please?
As you know, her cancer count went up after the round 3 chemo treatment. This was very shocking to us and caught us off guard. She is very anxious about tomorrow's doctor visit. Things that have her concerned are: is he going to want to extend the chemo plan from 6 cycles to more? What does this exactly mean that her count went up? What is his plan if it goes up again? She also has been having a lot of stomach pain this past week. She is obviously concerned about that too. What is causing the pain - the cancer or the chemo? Please pray with me that her anxiety subsides soon. Also pray with me that her CA125 count goes down tomorrow. We'll get the results (from round four) by the end of the day tomorrow. We're hoping that it is under 100...35 would be fantastic! Pray that her stomach pains go away. Pray this week that the kids will have patience and understanding as they will be around all the time now (this is our first round with them not in school). So I'm sure the kids will be wondering why mommy can't just get out of bed and come running every time they come calling. We're going to try this round without shuffling the kids around too much to try to keep things normal for the kids.
I too am very anxious for tomorrow. As Kristi said last night "if my count goes up, it won't be pretty". I'm praying, well, begging more like it, that the count goes down tomorrow. Please pray boldly with me. Our doctor's appointment is at 9:15 tomorrow morning. We hope to get a lot of these questions answered tomorrow. From there we leave to the chemo clinic. She will have 2 doses again this week...tomorrow and Tuesday. Please remember her in your prayers Tuesday morning as well. Tuesday is the long day again. Please smother her in prayer this week...it's going to be a very stressful week for us. Hopefully our next update we send out (hopefully tomorrow night) will be filled with much praise. Until then, if you could just keep us in your prayers that would be appreciated. Thank you so much.
OK, now for today. Well, back up to last night. Kristi's light started to dim last night before bed. I think it's because she really enjoyed the weekend and the VanEenenaam party at the Gehrke's last night and she realizes that the good times are ending after today. She has to look forward to another two weeks of being down. There were some tears and some time talking before bed last night. I'm sending this out early today because Kristi needs lots of prayers today (and this week). She is very down again today. I know she never wants anyone to worry about her, but she really needs our help today. Can you pray boldly with me please?
As you know, her cancer count went up after the round 3 chemo treatment. This was very shocking to us and caught us off guard. She is very anxious about tomorrow's doctor visit. Things that have her concerned are: is he going to want to extend the chemo plan from 6 cycles to more? What does this exactly mean that her count went up? What is his plan if it goes up again? She also has been having a lot of stomach pain this past week. She is obviously concerned about that too. What is causing the pain - the cancer or the chemo? Please pray with me that her anxiety subsides soon. Also pray with me that her CA125 count goes down tomorrow. We'll get the results (from round four) by the end of the day tomorrow. We're hoping that it is under 100...35 would be fantastic! Pray that her stomach pains go away. Pray this week that the kids will have patience and understanding as they will be around all the time now (this is our first round with them not in school). So I'm sure the kids will be wondering why mommy can't just get out of bed and come running every time they come calling. We're going to try this round without shuffling the kids around too much to try to keep things normal for the kids.
I too am very anxious for tomorrow. As Kristi said last night "if my count goes up, it won't be pretty". I'm praying, well, begging more like it, that the count goes down tomorrow. Please pray boldly with me. Our doctor's appointment is at 9:15 tomorrow morning. We hope to get a lot of these questions answered tomorrow. From there we leave to the chemo clinic. She will have 2 doses again this week...tomorrow and Tuesday. Please remember her in your prayers Tuesday morning as well. Tuesday is the long day again. Please smother her in prayer this week...it's going to be a very stressful week for us. Hopefully our next update we send out (hopefully tomorrow night) will be filled with much praise. Until then, if you could just keep us in your prayers that would be appreciated. Thank you so much.
All of us walking the board walk in Grand Haven
