Friday, April 22nd

Good afternoon,
As you probably know, I had chemo yesterday, (all went well without any reactions).  The reports are encouraging.  The C125 marker remained the same as three weeks ago, and that's good.  The infected area that you've been praying about remains the same.  It's still red with a white dot in the middle.  However, for now we'll just keep an eye on it. It's not sore, so rather than doing another round of antibiotics right now we'll see what happens.

I am getting a blood transfusion right now, because my red blood cells are very low.  This does not lessen my immunity, it just makes my blood thin, which makes it hard for my blood to clot if I get cut.  It also lessens the amount of oxygen my blood can carry.  This is suppose to leave me tired, but honestly I've felt good!

Current prayer requests is that my bowels will "wake-up" and start functioning normally.  To do that I need to start eating!  (Glory! It's been 10 weeks since I've had a meal!) This doesn't mean I'm healed, so don't quit praying along those lines!
Another request is that I'm going ahead with plans to go Florida at the end of May.  This is exciting because last February I was not sure that I would still be around at this time.  (Praise the Lord.  He is awesome.) 

It's amazing to me how my faith has grown during this process.  It's been a up and down road, and I know there's more to experience, but He has been faithful to be with me and not to burden or put me through more that I could handle.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
There were times that I was brought to tears before I would cry out to Him, then when I did He would comfort me with a change of situation, or a solution to the problem, or whatever.  Now, you might say why did He wait until I was reduced to tears. But notice my statement above, "...before I would cry out to Him"!  One of things that I've learned is to have a more consistant and focused prayer life. This has deepened my relationship with my Lord and Savior, Jesus. And that's priceless! 

So please continue with your prayers, I do appreciate your faithfulness.
Love,
Denise