Homeward Bound

Although last nite and this morning have produced some
chemo side affects (mostly vomiting), we are just a
day from leaving Children's. I'm heading out at 3:oo
this afernoon to beat speculated weather conditions
and stay with our little ones. Becky will come home
tomorrow sometime. These are plans based on optimal
reports from Jordan's doctors and nurses. What an
adjustment and change of pace for us these upcoming
months will bring. We are so completely amazed how
so many people have contributed so much love and
consideration to/of our family. He has given us an
abundance of family and friends. In the midst of this
deep valley, God has abundantly provided us with
family and friendship (John 10:10). Rick, a gentleman
whose 12 year daughter has leukemia, said he would
like it that we put her on our prayer list, though
admittedly he was not a "spiritual" person. Please
pray for him as well. Becky and I shared a tear
together knowing that he is going through this cancer
situation alone; being divorced, from Alaska, no
visitors, and without Jesus. Love, brent and becky

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1st Day of Chemo

Jordan has gotten all his chemo treatment now and is
just getting certain medicines and fluid to prevent
adverse reactions. He should be hooked up till this
evening. He really hates being hooked up to the IV.
Now that he's been feeling better, he's all over the
place. So far, he hasn't been sick from the chemo,
so we are glad about that. He had a nice lunch of
quesdillas, blueberries and avacados (his favorite).

We're talking with our friend Kristin today about
caring for Jordan at home. She is a friend of mine
from college and the nurse practitioner that will be
coordinating our care. She has been like an angel to
us. We are so thankful to have someone so smart and
knowledgable about his kind of tumor helping with his
care.

Please pray that the chemo would be really effective,
that he wouldn't get sick, that he would be protected
from getting sick when his white blood cell counts go
down or even better that they wouldn't go down, and
for the transition to home (probably Thursday). Thank
you.l

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First Day of Chemo

Jordan has gotten all his chemo treatment now and is
just getting certain medicines and fluid to prevent
adverse reactions. He should be hooked up till this
evening. He really hates being hooked up to the IV.
Now that he's been feeling better, he's all over the
place. So far, he hasn't been sick from the chemo,
so we are glad about that. He had a nice lunch of
quesdillas, blueberries and avacados (his favorite).

We're talking with our friend Kristin today about
caring for Jordan at home. She is a friend of mine
from college and the nurse practitioner that will be
coordinating our care. She has been like an angel to
us. We are so thankful to have someone so smart and
knowledgable about his kind of tumor helping with his
care.

Please pray that the chemo would be really effective,
that he wouldn't get sick, that he would be protected
from getting sick when his white blood cell counts go
down or even better that they wouldn't go down, and
for the transition to home (probably Thursday). Thank you.l

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Ready for Treatment

Jordan made it through the surgery fine. He has
really bounced back well from all the different times
on anesthesia (this was his 4th in 6 days). So now
the port is in and he is ready to begin chemo
tomorrow. We are happy to be done with the diagnostic
stage and ready to start with the treatment. Likely,
he will get chemo all day tomorrow, they'll observe
him Wednesday and we'll go home on Thursday.

Thank you again for all of the support and
encouragement. We are thankful for your prayers and
know Jordan is in the Lord's hands.

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A New Day

It was a rough night for Jordan. Lots of poking and
prodding (tough love I guess). After a little go
round with the nurses we were able to convince them to
leave him be for some rest. They adhered and Jordan
was finally able to get a little rest before his
surgical procedure today. To be most blunt about how
Becky and I are coping, it was a rough night for us
too- probably our worst, relationally speaking. This
whole thing has caused us to be on the same page and
we had a moment that we were not even reading the same
book! Our only choice is to continually be taking
this "cancerous burden" to the
guess). Tomorrow Jordan will begin his chemo
"rounds" and that is a starting point for us because,
hopefullly in short time, we should begin to see
tangible results of the tumor shrinking. Our dear
friend Val shared with us a word from the LORD
(Isaiah 43:1-3). These verses have helped us to keep
us focused on Him. We have seen a miraculous
demonstration of God's love through family, friends
and the church body in action. We love you!

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Just Hanging Out Today

November 26th
Not much has gone on today. We're just hanging out
waiting for the procedure tomorrow. Chemo will start
on Tuesday and we think we will be home sometime
around Thursday. The bone marrow biopsy came back
negative, so we are grateful for that last piece of
news from the tests.

It is a little crazy to think about coming home. I
(Becky) feel some apprehension. It is nice to have
all the experts at our beck and call. We are going to
have to really work hard to keep our home and family
germ-free since chemotherapy really weakens the immune
system.

Thank you for all of your encouragment, prayers, and
visits. It has really helped to uplift our spirits.

Becky and Brent

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Saturday

November 25th
Jordan was not able to get his port (sort of a long
term IV site) put in today. It will probably be on
Monday with chemo starting that same Monday or
Tuesday. We will probably go home a couple days after
that and then will have chemo treatments every 3 weeks
with several appointments in between. Jordan is
having another good day. He is very fiesty which is
good for the most part, except he likes to pull out
catheters and IVs and throw his binky at the nurses or
anyone with blue gloves. He is preparing for a good
fight and we are believing in the Lord to bring us
through this storm. It has been a week of tears but
we are clinging to hope.

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Some good news after a hard week

November 24th, 2006

We finally got some good news today. Jordan had a
bone scan, chest CT, and a bone marrow biopsy today.
The first two tests came back negative for any other
cancer. The bone marrow was not back yet, but the
oncologist said it was very very very unlikely to be
positive if the bone scan was negative. The pathology
report also came back for the type of tumor and the
doctor said it was a very treatable type of tumor. So
given so much shocking, bad news this week, we are
grateful for this news. Jordan will likely have 9
months of chemo and also radiation . It is going to
be a long haul. Jordan is most likely going to have a
port put in tomorrow (like a long term IV line). Then
they will get the chemo going as soon as possible.

The Lord has sustained us through this. The body of
Christ has joined together to support us in ways that
have been completly overwhelming to us. We have had
so many visit with us, pray for us, take care of our
kids, plan for our homecoming. It has gotten us
through the beginning of a very very difficult trial.
We are grateful beyond words for all of you who have
been there for our family.

Love, Becky and Brent

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