Team William: December 2013

Sorry for taking so long to post. Things have been so incredibly busy with the holidays and William's treatments as well as both girls and myself being ill in addition to Thanksgiving and preparation for Christmas. This blog post will be incredibly short, but just want to bring all those who have been praying and keeping us in their thoughts up to speed.

So William had his third round of chemo the first week of December. It drained him a little more than the last as it was a higher amount than previous months. He did great and I continue to be amazed by his grace and poise as he fights this cancer. He got sick near the end of the treatments as to be expected, but other than fatigue at the beginning was good. He currently is fighting a cold which is a little harder on him due to the chemo his counts are lower, but again, he never complains. Just a trooper! He does far better than I am with all of this. We are all nervous and a bit on edge regarding the MRI scan William will have to assess the brain and look for any new lesions and check on the stability of the remaining one on Sunday in the afternoon. We then will get the results from his neuro-oncologist on Monday, December 23, 2013 in the late morning/mid afternoon time. I promise to keep everyone posted on facebook and will work on a blog when I have a moment that night. So check back, but with that I would like to request a few prayers and will update more after the next scan.

Specific Prayer Requests:

Sunday's MRI is uneventful and the results on Monday are for are a stable tumor with nothing new to report so as to allow us to have a very Merry Christmas
That the next round of chemotherapy is manageable and effective.
William will recover from this cold and it will not get him too far under.
As we enter into the Christmas week we continue on the positive things that 2013 has brought our way and our appreciation of time spent with family and friends despite this obstacle.
Give thanks for all of our continued love, prayers, and support from so many of you
Prayers for patience for William and I both. Since we are both stressed we are requesting prayers to help control our anger with the girls when they stir even the smallest bit of trouble
Continued prayers of thanks to all those who have been blessing and continue to bless my family with donations, letters, and mass cards. We are truly grateful!
Prayers for a less stressful and eventful 2014!