It's been a wonderful Thanksgiving Day...

...full of good food, best wishes, and great family fellowship, not to mention some pretty decent football. Simply being alive to celebrate another Thanksgiving is such an incredible demonstration of God's grace in our lives. He has flooded our lives with rich blessings for which we are so grateful.

Monday's visit was relatively routine and things went more quickly than they have recently, with nothing new to report. We are thankful for the easy days at the clinic and for such a wonderful and caring staff who help to make undesirable situations more bearable.

"I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together." Psalm 34:1-3

Cycle 19 Day 1...

...last Monday proved to be another long day. Nothing out of the ordinary showed up in my labs, even though they dropped the ball and had to stick me more than once. Honestly, I can't even walk in that place without getting stuck. If I just had a nickel for every time I've been stuck... On second thought, that adage really doesn't work very well any more. Even if I have been stuck 1000 times, that's only $50. Oh well, $50 is $50. So, where was I??

CT Scans were the main event. They showed no changes. Dr. Mita even reviewed my scans for the past year, and these "spots" they're watching now haven't changed. That's great news. Even though we usually don't "worry" about the scans, it is always a big relief to hear any news that is positive. We are so thankful to the Lord for his favor. We are so grateful for so many friends who pray for us.

We still didn't get an answer about our Day 15 visits. The sponsoring pharmaceutical company is still considering our request. As of now, we will still be going in every other week. Whatever it takes...

We didn't get out of the clinic until pretty late, and we were so tired that we decided to spend the night in Kerrville rather than try to drive home. With the cooler weather and the time change, we prefer to limit our travelling after dark as much as we can. I wish I had $50 for every deer we've seen on the side of the roads... (Our Sunday School study yesterday was about greed...) :)

God is so good...

No new news is good new news...

I'm still tired from writing the previous long updates, so this one will be much shorter.

Our last appointment, Cycle 18 Day 15, was pretty much unremarkable. Although there didn't seem to be as many patients as usual, everything we had to do took a looooooooong time for some reason. There was no new news at all, so that's good. We were just exhausted by the time we made it home; I guess maybe all the trips are catching up to us. Anyway, God is good!!

We have been talking to our treatment team about asking our sponsoring drug company if they would allow us to eliminate the Day 15 visits, since most of these are pretty uneventful. The labs they do could be done somewhere else, even in Midland, if they would allow it. We are hoping to get an answer next week. We would only have to go every four weeks instead of every other week.

Our next visit includes CT scans; how quickly these eight weeks between scans seem to pass...We covet your prayers...