All Counts Up! Praise the Lord!

White Blood count: 1.6, compared to 0.8; and Platelets @ 101,000 compared to 5,000. After considering John’s charts it looks as though he bottomed out on December 24th. Yesterday John was very alert and awake for several hours. It may have worn him out as he has been sleeping almost all day today. The Doctors are still quite concerned about the sores in his mouth. These are a normal side affect of the chemo, but could also be a sign of another issue going on. They are beginning some new treatment today targeting these sores in particular. They are like extreme canker sores. Concerning John’s side affects the Doctors are saying that John has been on the severe side of them. He is still off the ATRA and will be until the end of next week. He’s having a hard time eating due to the headaches and sores, but was trying to eat tonight.

Lorena says the house is pretty much ready for his return. Her and Janna will return home tomorrow for the night, and then return to Indy on Monday. Some of Lorena’s family is gathering to celebrate New Year’s in the Richmond area with one of the sisters, so Janna will be with her family. John and Lorena will be at Riley with John…watching football no doubt.

Prayer Requests: Continue to pray about John’s headaches. Also pray that when John begins taking the ATRA again next week that he’ll not experience these headaches. Also, continue to pray about all the traveling the family is doing these days.

Keep praying!