Happy Thanksgiving!!

We want to thank each and every one of you for your prayers, thoughts, helping us out, dropping off food, offering to help in any way and being a huge support for us in the last year. If we did not have our faith in Jesus Christ, our friends, family, and community this journey would be so much more challenging.

Ruth continues to do well with an additional good piece of news as her CA 125 level (indicator of cancer growth) went down nearly 700 points in the last week- from around 1200- 500. We are so thrilled with her progress!!
Ruth had a urinary tract infection a week or so ago, it has cleared up but something is still not right and we are trying to get to the bottom of it. Her energy and overall feeling has not been as high this week. She has had another CT scan and blood tests to try and see what it may be and will hopefully know the results soon.

Other than that we are looking forward to having a great Thanksgiving dinner with friends from out of town. Many thanks to all of you for everything!!!
Have a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Good News!

Praise the Living God! He is faithful in answering our prayers and now we have the data to prove it! The results of my most recent CT scan show that in comparison to the last one done in April, that the tumor mass in my liver is about half of the size that it was, the large tumor in the pelvic area is also significantly smaller, and the number of tumors throughout the abdominal cavity is significantly reduced! There are fewer cystic masses present, and they are now smaller in size. The report says that there is no evidence of any new disease! The fluid in my belly, my knees, ankles and feet has not returned which means that I am able to get around a lot easier and am able to return to school on a part-time basis for now. Overall I feel stronger and don't experience that terrible sick, yucky feeling everyday when I wake up. I had chemo #3 on Tuesday. I've been a little nauseated and tired yesterday and today, but that's not so unusual. I'm so optimistic and encouraged by the progress I've made, it's changed my whole outlook on life for the better! Thank you again for your prayers, phone calls, cards, acts of support and kindness that help strengthen us every day. It is so wonderful and comforting to know that you care and are there when we need you. Please continue praying for my steady improvement.
Thanks,
Ruth

My chemo treatment on the 27th went well although it did seem to zap me of the energy I had previously. Overall, I am still feeling much better than I did a month ago! I plan to return to school tomorrow, working 4 hours in the afternoon for a few weeks to see how I feel. The H1N1 virus has not hit our school, and we all hope it won't! My next treatment will be on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I will get a CT scan sometime before then. My blood work results did not reveal any significant changes except that I am not as anemic as I was on the last test, so that's good news. Bob ad Sarah are taking good care of me, in fact they are even spoiling me by doing most of the work to get the house and yard ready for the long winter ahead and have promised that they will do all the snow shoveling! (I'd better get that in writing!) Keep us in your prayers as I do believe that God is faithful to answer the prayers of His people.