Blood Count Improved

Thanks to all of your faithful prayers, Carol's blood counts went up without any special intervention. Yes, her bone marrow did it's work and she was able to have the full chemo program yesterday. This morning she is quite tired, in fact is back to sleep now, but she tells me that she is feeling well otherwise. Thank you Lord! Today we have another infusion scheduled at 10:30, however this will be a little lighter, being only the V-16 while yesterday she had both the V-16 and Cytoxan. We were delighted to find her white count went from 2.7 to 5.4 and the immature white count from 1.0 to 3.4. We are thankful for this answer to prayer!

Recently I was reading Ecclesiastes 11 in The Message, and quickly related to these verses:

"Oh, how sweet the light of day,
And how wonderful to live in the sunshine!
Even if you live a long time, don't take a single day for granted.
Take delight in each light-filled hour.
Remembering that there will also be many dark days
And that most of what comes your way is smoke."

Yes Lord, help us to delight in each light-filled hour and not take a single day for granted. And as we face those inevitable dark days, help us to stand faithful and to glorify you!

We just can't thank you enough for standing by us as we travel this winding road together.

Love to you all,

Chuck...and Carol too