I wanted to share a quick update since so many folks have been so diligent to pray for us over the last 24 hours. THANK YOU for the prayers and other forms of support sent our way.
Over the last year Ashleigh has posted periodic "Praises + Prayers" updates to the blog that all follow the same format, and I tried to match that format in the post yesterday. At the risk of breaking tradition without clearing it with Ash first, I'm going to do something slightly different tonight. I want to share how today God answered specific prayer requests that I posted yesterday.
ANSWERS to Prayers:
+ Ash was a ton more alert today, laughing and visiting with family in the hospital room. She was even able to walk all the way down the hall to the lobby on her floor and visit for a few moments there as well. She was much more her usual self, telling stories and making everyone in the room laugh
+ Her pain was much less severe and much more controlled.
+ Her liver function looked about the same - no drastic changes, which is the best news we could hope for over such a short timeframe
Since you guys were so great to help get those crossed off the list today, I have a few more for you:
+ Ashleigh has a brain MRI scheduled for tomorrow morning. Obviously the prayer request here is that we don't see any evidence of metastasis
+ The doctors are still worried about her pleural space; we have a procedure scheduled for Thursday to get a permanent catheter installed. I'm tempted to not even post this one yet since Thursday seems like an eternity away, but just in case I don't get a chance to update between now and then you can be praying that goes well.
+ Her blood counts (e.g. white blood cells, platelets, etc.) were pretty low today from the chemo on Saturday, so she got a platelet infusion. There will be increased risk of infection over the next several days, so pray that her counts stay high and she doesn't get an infection.
+ We're going to try to get the boys there to see her tomorrow morning, in the hopes that she's as awake tomorrow as she was today. Pray for sweet time together as a family.
We have a talk about our experience with cancer that we've given a few times now to various groups. One of the points Ashleigh always tries to make during the talk was how she's learned to enjoy each day as it comes. She would always say something like:
Today was a good day.
Over the last year Ashleigh has posted periodic "Praises + Prayers" updates to the blog that all follow the same format, and I tried to match that format in the post yesterday. At the risk of breaking tradition without clearing it with Ash first, I'm going to do something slightly different tonight. I want to share how today God answered specific prayer requests that I posted yesterday.
ANSWERS to Prayers:
+ Ash was a ton more alert today, laughing and visiting with family in the hospital room. She was even able to walk all the way down the hall to the lobby on her floor and visit for a few moments there as well. She was much more her usual self, telling stories and making everyone in the room laugh
+ Her pain was much less severe and much more controlled.
+ Her liver function looked about the same - no drastic changes, which is the best news we could hope for over such a short timeframe
Since you guys were so great to help get those crossed off the list today, I have a few more for you:
+ Ashleigh has a brain MRI scheduled for tomorrow morning. Obviously the prayer request here is that we don't see any evidence of metastasis
+ The doctors are still worried about her pleural space; we have a procedure scheduled for Thursday to get a permanent catheter installed. I'm tempted to not even post this one yet since Thursday seems like an eternity away, but just in case I don't get a chance to update between now and then you can be praying that goes well.
+ Her blood counts (e.g. white blood cells, platelets, etc.) were pretty low today from the chemo on Saturday, so she got a platelet infusion. There will be increased risk of infection over the next several days, so pray that her counts stay high and she doesn't get an infection.
+ We're going to try to get the boys there to see her tomorrow morning, in the hopes that she's as awake tomorrow as she was today. Pray for sweet time together as a family.
We have a talk about our experience with cancer that we've given a few times now to various groups. One of the points Ashleigh always tries to make during the talk was how she's learned to enjoy each day as it comes. She would always say something like:
I woke up today without pain. I am able to play with my boys, and am here talking to you. If I die from cancer, those things won't always be true. So why would I let the fear of what may happen later steal my ability to enjoy what I have today?Even in the midst of being in the hospital with all the uncertainty facing us, Ashleigh had many long moments today where we were able to laugh and enjoy the company of family.
Today was a good day.
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