the long awaited update

Tuesday morning before we left for the airport, I spoke with Cody's oncologist at Stanford. I haven't typed it up sooner, because ... well, honestly... I just didn't feel like it. It wasn't the news we had prayed or hoped for. A real damper.

Here's the latest:

Cody's tumor marker levels continue to drop. Praise God! The marker that was at 46 before chemo is now at 44. It continues to drop slowly.

Dr. Srinivas told me that she reviewed all of Cody's CT scans over the past couple months and the bone scan with a radiologist and a thoracic surgeon. They came to the conclusion that if they tried to remove the largest mass from Cody's left lung at this point that they would end up having to remove the entire lung. So that has been put on hold.

Cody will have more chemo when we return to CA. It will be a 5 day inpatient treatment.

Also, it appears as if the stem cell transplant/bone marrow transplant (whatever you wanna call it, everyone uses a different word) is imminent and will take place within the next month.

Honestly, this news has been really hard for me and I've just been feeling so discouraged the past couple days. I'm really trying hard to trust God and not be bothered too much by the report of the doctor's. I KNOW that God is the Great Physician and Cody's life is in His hands. So just please pray for encouragement from God Himself and for a spirit of faith to rise up in my heart like never before.

I'm enjoying being at home more than I can ever say. It's a total breath of fresh air! Cody's doing good. The trip was a little exhausting for him, but he's getting plenty of rest and lots of fun conversations with my dad about guns and hunting and fishing :)

We just wanna relax while we're here and not think about anything at all.

I promise to post some pics soon.