Psalm 54:2,4,6-7
"O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth...Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life...I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good. For he has delivered me fom every trouble."
Today was another visit to the clinic with our pediatric oncologist. The additional good bad news is that the remaining pathology on the tumor revealed a "favorable" prognosis. Praise God!! This is good news, but the road ahead for us will remain unknown until we have the MIGB and bone scan results to determine if there are any remaining cancerous cells or spots anywhere else in her body.
We are at a point where we need to start making some decisions on how to help Sarah with the remaining ataxia symptoms. Even though her eyes are not "dancing" as much, they are not totally back to normal, and she still can't sit, crawl, or walk on her own. The doctor suggested today that we start some physical and occupational therapy before we start any type of medication for the ataxia. If her ataxic symptoms had continued to get worse after the surgery, she would have needed chemotherapy and/or steroids for treatment. However, since she has shown slight improvement, the doctors want to try the physical and occupational therapy route first. We pray that this therapy produces some positive results so that chemo won't be needed.
The next two weeks will finish out all remaining tests, and at that point we will have all the data we need to move forward with a long term plan. Things you can pray for...
- follow up with the surgeon on Wednesday
- injection for the rescheduled MIBG on Thursday, and the actual MIBG on Friday
- the following week we have a bone scan and another visit at the clinic
- pray that the remaining tests come back negative
- wisdom for us in finding the proper therapists for Sarah
- for her ataxic symptoms to go away
Jen
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12 comments:
We will continue to keep you all in our prayers! I am so happy to hear that there is a favorable prognosis for Sarah.
We've continued praying here throughout this past week, and we will do so in the weeks to come.
Dear Dave and Jen,
Thank you for the update so that we know how to continue to pray for you. Thank you Lord for the "favorable prognosis" Lord we pray that you would lead The Brewers to the best physical and occupational therapists that can help Sarah. We also pray for continued healing and resolution of her ataxia so that she would not have to undergo chemotherapy or steroids. Lord we also ask for "good reports" back from Sarah MIBG and bone scans.
We as a family will continue to hold you and little Sarah Faith before the Lord.
Cindy and Jamie Leach
Covenant Fellowship Church
We will continue to pray.
Conor, Koren, Gavin & Emma
Ukraine
Continuing to pray.
(How cool is it that there are people in the Ukraine praying for you?!) Thank you Conor and Koren for praying for my friends. You are blessing ME.
Jen,
we are praying for all of you!
emily
Jen,
We continue to pray that chemo will not be needed. And I pray that God will give you His very great strength and power as He walks this road with you so that you would daily say, "His power is made perfect in my weakness."
love,
Linda
Jen- we continue to pray for you all. I love hearing the good bad news and appreciate you taking the time to update us all. Sarah is in our thoughts and prayers!
Georgia, Mason and Ellie
Always in our prayers. Thank you for keeping us posted as to how to pray. You all will remain in our hearts and prayers.
With Love,
Chris, Susan and girls
Our prayers continue for your beautiful little one. We're also working on some possible fund raising ideas here. It's our hope that something substantial will come through. Our greatest hope of course is for Sarah's complete healing.
May the peace of Christ encircle you and the healing power of His Love permeate every cell of Sarah's wonderfully- made body.
Love and prayers,
The Mohrs
Nashville
Dear Dave and Jen,
We just wanted you to know we have been thinking and praying for your family for the past several weeks. We continue to check your blog for updates.
Chad and Jenn Rogers
SGC in Atlanta
Praying for you all in these coming weeks!
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