Praise the Lord! Jeremy’s MRD is negative! Clinical remission, negative MRD, and no leukemia in the cerebral spinal fluid is great news!

“Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious! Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!'” (Psalm 66:1-3)

Lord, how awesome are your deeds! Thank you all for your continued prayers!

In regards to treatment, nothing has changed.  Jeremy will continue on protocol with treatment specific to his particular type of leukemia, which means he will still be headed for bone marrow transplant, provided that a match is found. Please continue to lift up the bone marrow donor search and transplant to our loving, merciful, and almighty God.

Jeremy has lab work scheduled next Monday to see if he will be able to start his third round of chemo. If able, he will start on Tuesday, the day after. Being able depends on his counts, mainly his neutrophil count.

The last few days at home have been great. Jeremy’s running around, playing, making a mess, it’s awesome.  He tells us often, “That was so much fun!” “That” being anything, really – running up and down the hallway, reading a book, doing a puzzle, putting together a Lego toy. He’s really enjoying his time at home.

Thank you all again for your faithful prayers.  And praise God that He hears them in the precious name of Jesus Christ.

Praise God:

  • for Him, for being a God beyond our understanding, for being our refuge and strength
  • for Him, for His awesome deeds
  • Jeremy is in clinical remission, his MRD is negative, and there are no signs of leukemia in his spinal fluid
  • Jeremy has not had any fevers since being home
  • Jeremy’s lines have been flushing without any issues
  • Jeremy’s central line site has been irritation free
  • Alice and I continue to be in good health to care for our family
  • baby brother continues to grow and kick about

Please continue to pray:

  • that God would continue to use this situation for His glory
  • that we would be obedient to God’s plans for this situation
  • that we would continue to cast our worries and fears on the Lord, that we would fix our eyes on Him
  • that we would continue to be reminded of God’s greatness and provision, that we would wait on Him, and that we would not allow fear to creep in
  • that we would rejoice in the moments that God gives us
  • that God would provide full and complete healing and total health for Jeremy
  • that God would provide with the whole process of finding a bone marrow match, the risks of transplant, and the anxiety of it achieving long-term remission for Jeremy
  • that word would continue to get out about the need for a perfect bone marrow match and that one would be found for Jeremy
  • that Jeremy’s little brother would be a match and that there would be a sufficient volume of cells in the cord blood to qualify for a good transplant
  • that everyone who needs to be involved in the cord blood collection would be diligent and the collection and processing would go smoothly
  • that Jeremy would not experience any more stomach pains
  • that Jeremy would not encounter any life threatening side effects
  • that Jeremy would not have any brain, liver, lung, kidney, pancreatic, heart, or any other type of organ damage as a result of the chemo
  • that God would protect Jeremy’s heart from the lasting effects of the new medication (mitoxantrone)
  • that God would protect Jeremy from any bacterial, yeast, or fungal infections while he is home
  • that there wouldn’t be any more line infections and that we wouldn’t need to replace it at any point during Jeremy’s treatments
  • that God would protect Jeremy’s kidneys and liver from the medications he received from this last block of treatment
  • that God would relieve Jeremy of the traumatic stress of the skin biopsy procedure
  • that God would continue protect Jeremy’s central line and there would be no additional infections as a result of it
  • that Jeremy would sleep better at night
  • that Alice and I would not get sick in order to care for Jeremy
  • that God would protect Alice and baby brother from all the emotional stress
  • that baby brother would be full term before deciding that he wants out
  • for our neighbors who are also enduring trials of their own
  • for our parents – that they would have rest and place their trust in Jesus
  • that God would give us wisdom in teaching Jeremy in the hospital environment
  • that we would be witnesses of God’s love and grace to our neighbors and the medical staff