Vacation!!

Hello friends and family! 

Here is an update on Elliott's health. Today we went to Ann Arbor for El's appointment with his oncologist before his monthly chemotherapy. The chemotherapy has been doing its job in stopping the cancer from growing which we are so thankful for! There have been no new growths from his tumors in his lungs and hips! Praise God! But the chemotherapy they are using is starting to take a toll on Elliott's body. Not a significant amount, but you can see it in his kidney function and blood counts. 

So Elliott's oncologist is giving us a two month break! I am very excited about because it means we can be a little normal again and go on trips and things. If the cancer continues not to grow then we could be on break longer. 

The downside is that during this break there is nothing medically stopping this tumor from spreading. But, I know that God has the power to heal or keep the cancer from growing.

 Honestly, I am a little bit nervous about the break because we are not doing active medical things to stop the cancer. I am also thankful for the break though because that means Elliott will feel better, and he hasn't felt really great since before we got married. We are looking forward to taking some trips in the next couple months. 

We are so thankful that God has answered our prayers and has kept the osteosarcoma at bay. How mighty is our God who is always there to shelter us in our darkest moments and hear our pleas. He is our foundation and our rock. I know this fight might not be over, but I am just so thankful for the faithfulness of God.

So keep praying for us. Firstly, continue to pray that people come to know the Lord through this experience and for God's will to be done. Secondly, pray that the cancer stays at bay, and that Elliott is not in pain on our "vacation". Lastly, pray for wisdom as Elliott and I try to figure out what to do in our free time. 

Elliott's health update

So yesterday was frustrating. Elliott had a fever, and it was fairly high so we were advised to go to the nearest ER. We first went to the Marlette ER, but they wanted him to transfer because they did not have platelets on site. We went to Lapeer, and after talk about being admitted there, the on-call oncologist was not answering their phone, so we got transferred again to Ann Arbor. Where El sat in the emergency room for four hours waiting to get a room upstairs. Hospitals are frustrating, but they are also helpful I suppose. 

Usually we would be out soon, but we have come to find out that Elliott has a bacterial infection in his intestines. Please pray that we don't have to spend all our off weeks in the hospital, and that this infection will respond well to antibiotics. Thanks for your prayers!!