Today Marc sat in the chair for the ninth time and took his chemo treatment. The treatments get ever harder for him and it was a struggle this week to submit, once again, to this process. He remains my hero -- plugging along without voluntary complaint. He is amazing.
As they do every week, they took a blood draw and will have his tumor marker results on Thursday. My prayer this week is that the new medication will drive the marker down. The past three results have been about the same, hovering at 85.
I am going to ask a favor of all of you that frequent this place. Would you pray for Marc and this test? Would you pray that the tumor starts responding again to the chemotherapy and that we can, once again, see a result on Thursday that would be an encouragement to us all? And, if you could pray that this treatment cycle would not be as physically brutal as the last round, we would be grateful. He has three more treatments to endure before his body gets a break. He needs our encouragement and support more than ever. But, most of all, he needs some extra prayers this week.
I will meet you all back here in this place on Thursday with the results and an update.
With love and gratitude.
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Jane,
ReplyDeleteLiz and I have been praying for you all since we learned of Marc's illness from KW. This week I shared your request with my small group, and our church's prayer group as well, so know that dozens more from St. Louis are with you in prayer from here on.
Peace of Christ,
Dave Nelson
Jane, Joe and I are praying. Kelly and the kids joined us for a few days of camping near Fall City, Wa. We are going to join hands around the campfire this evening for special prayer.
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Joe and Betty
Paul and I continue to pray. We love you all.
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