Another Carol Update

I realize that I haven't updated the blog with what has been going on with Carol. I'm sorry if any of you out there have been wondering, and I appreciate the prayers that have been sent these past 2 weeks since I last posted about her status. Up until 2 days ago everything with Carol was remaining about the same with very slight improvement. This past Friday the doctors were talking about transferring her to a rehab facility because they didn't think she would regain kidney function so they were more concerned with getting her mobility back so that she could have some more normal days while she is not fighting the cancer. So...we seemed at a bit of a stand still.

Well, over the weekend a new batch of doctors took over (as they do every week). They saw an improvement in her kidney labs and have discontinued the dialysis (amazing!), but with this great news came some tough news. This time the attending is a bone marrow transplant specialist and when he reviewed her bone marrow aspiration results he saw them in a different light. He is VERY concerned about the cytogenetics (chromosome abnormalities) and wanted to restart her chemo immediately. He does not feel that she can afford to wait any longer with out a great risk of relapse and that would be very dangerous. This of course greatly troubles all of us because of the way Carol's body responded to the chemo the first time around, and has made Carol feel very anxious and depressed. They allowed her one day, but started the chemo again yesterday. So far she is feeling about the same. They are using lower doses this time and hope she will have less side effects.

Please be praying for Carol and the whole family. We are hoping to go and visit her some time soon, possibly in the next couple weeks. Please pray for Carol's emotional health as well as her physical health. It is very scary to restart the chemo considering how terrible it went last time and to be blunt that it very nearly killed her. I will try my best to update more regularly. Thanks again for the prayers and support.