Sunday, August 26, 2007

Sunday, August 26, 2007: Bring On Round 8

Not much to update on. We enjoyed a quiet weekend visiting with friends. Tomorrow we go in for round 8. This will be the first round with the new chemo plan. Before chemo we will be stopping by the oncologist's office to sign the medical release form to release Kristi's medical records to the University of Michigan's Cancer Center. Nothing changes with the current plan; we're just going to get a second opinion on the current plan to make sure that the right decisions are being made. When Kristi was first diagnosed, her treatment plan was reviewed with the cancer board at Spectrum - so we had about 30 "experts" reviewing her plan. There was no need at that time to get a second opinion. Now that we've changed course, however, that board is out of the picture and it's one guy making decisions. We trust him, we just want another opinion.

For tomorrow, we have the following prayer requests:

* That we have safe driving to and from GR
* That this new chemo doesn't knock Kristi down too hard
* That this new chemo kills the cancer
* Kristi has been struggling to sleep lately. Please pray that her anxiety and restlessness goes away and she can get a good night's sleep
* Prayer of thanks for the nice time we've been having as a family over the past couple of weeks.