If you haven't done "Laughter Lives Tuesday!" yet, hope you will. Brent will probably turn this weeks content into a book because the stories are hilarious.
Yesterday went really well. Abby had a headache in the morning, but by nighttime she was running around the house playing. No stomach problems for over 48 hours!
They did blood work because of her headaches. We were hoping her headaches were caused by low red blood cells, because it would be easy to fix that problem. It turns out her blood work looked great. Her bone marrow is recovering quickly from the last chemo round and she didn't need a transfusion of red cells or platelets. For a kid who needed up to 3 transfusions a week, it is amazing what God is doing for Abby.
Her white cells are still very, very low. This is also great news. Abby's cancer mimics white blood cells, so by keeping her white blood cells low, they are killing off the cancer cells too. The goal is to destroy any remaining cancer cells.
A normal immune system has a ANC (number that expresses how well an immune system is working) of at least 1500. Abby's ANC is 63. Her immune system is dangerously low, so we will need to be very cautious. She is only going out in public when it is absolutely necessary and then she wears a mask. As I said, it is good that it is low, because that is how it kills the cancer, but we need to be very careful with Abby.
For now they will wait to give her any more chemo until her white blood cells recover. We hope we will begin the last month of this phase in a week.
Abby's muscles are weak because of the chemo, but she is getting stronger every day. She even had to stand in the corner today because she pinched Landis's nose, because he was "bugging me". I love it when she is feeling well enough to be a normal kid.
She is getting an eye exam today to make sure that the spinal/brain fluid pressure is not putting pressure on and damaging her retina.
Thanks for your prayers and kind notes. We are very encouraged by them.
We will keep watching for headaches and praying for a miracle.
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Praise God for all of this good news!!!!!!!! I just love hearing what He is doing! Oh, Abby, we are diligently praying for you, sweet girl!
Love,
Darlene and Family
PS Abby, we thought of you ALL weekend, as we spent it in the hospital with our 3.5 year old, Caleb. He is still saying prayers for you. It is soooo hard to be a little one in a hospital. You are a very brave girl!
That is great news! I hope she continues down this path! Hang in there!
so happy to read that Abby had to stand in the corner!!! Thank you Lord!!
We are praying and thinking of you everyday!!!
Many blessings,
Lanetta Gobble
Such wonderful news! Thank you Jesus!
Good news! Thanks for the update. Feeling good enough to be naughty - what great news! Keep strong Brent and Michelle!
Oh Brent this is such a HUGE praise to God! Thanks for sharing the update with us!
We will continue to pray for Abby's headaches, eyesight, WBC and her full recovery!
Blessed to share this journey with your family!
Jill
Thank You Jesus !! Bless His Holy name!!! I just knew the next update on Abby was going to be a good one, just like a song says....He's Still Working On Me....I believe Abby is going to be ok , and a HUGE witness for God one day.I just want to sing all day long...."Oh how i love Jesus" , i am so happy that she hasn't been vomiting and she can eat, that is huge thing to me and i know it is to you all as well. I am still praying and thanking God, God Bless your family. p.s. Abby, you stay out of those corners honey, ha ha.
I have never been more happy about naughtiness! How great that Abby is feeling good enough to be "normal"! We are still praying and are passing your story on to everyone we know! I cannot express how much your story has changed my faith and my perspective! Thank you guys, for being so real!
Praise God from whom all Blessings flow ...!
Yes, I am also thankful for the little bit of naughtiness...I know you can not let her get away with things but it really is fun to imagine the mischief in her eyes.
We have a daughter who has an autoimmune disease so I am very familiar with absolute neutrophil
count (ANC). The lowest our daughters ever got was 26 so I am very aware of some of the problems you face. G. has had this for almost 20 years but Thanks Be to God made it through home schooling, college (actually went) and was married a year ago to a wonderful Christian man. These are the prayers that I have for Abby.
God Bless you all,
Ellen (GA)
Glory to God!!!! With all that I am, praise the Lord! Wonderful news and I expect it to continue. Your faith and perseverance is stronger in Him and is no match for the enemy. Susie
believing with you for a miracle:)
I will never forget what I am feeling today...feeling right now. I wish I could bottle it up and re-open it when I need to. To witness such favor and realize it for what it is is such a huge blessing. I would have overlooked this a couple of years ago. But now I know I have someone mighty to thank. So let me sit with you and enjoy this moment...and say 'Thank You, Jesus for all you do for us'.
Let us not fail to give God the praise and glory for it all...There's nothing to BIG for my God !! Looking for a better tomorrow for Abby ( love and kisses to you Abby).
Praise God!!! I will continue to pray. Looks like that miracle may be happening.
Nancy
I am so grateful to hear some good news for Abby. Praise God for each victory!
Love,
Beth
What a wonderful update! Hug all members of your family for us and know that the thoughts and prayers continue! Hugs!
We are praising Jesus for the great news of your PRECIOUS Abby! He is great and will continue to show His Mightiness in ways we can't comprehend. WE will continue to be in the army that is fervently praying for your babe and will believe He can do all things. We also are praying for the other members of your amazing family.Keep fighting the race!! Love, The Kindred's
I am so glad Abby is doing well!! I am continuing the prayers for Abby and your entire family!!
Oh this is wonderful and blessed news.
Abby...you made me giggle about getting a time out. I hope to see more of that from you little one:)
It's wonderful to read some good news from you all. We'll keep our prayer vigil!!
Angie and Emma in MD
All I can say is Our God is so AMAZING. He is the Great Physician and He is working on sweet Abby. My thoughts and prayers are always with your family.
God Bless!
Praying and believing for a miracle for all of you. Bless you heart sweet Michelle...may God cradle you in His loving arms and sooth your mother's heart.
Kimmie
mama to 7
one homemade and 6 adopted
So glad she's doing so well. I think of her daily, and pray that she'll be completely normal soon. All in God's time....Praying for all of you!
what wonderful news, praying for more good news to come
alex
Wow! Thank you for giving us all the specifics of Abby's progress. It is amazing to see how God is working within every little detail of Abby's healing! We will pray for her to remain healthy and strong! So cute that she got in trouble ... amazing how these things look differently when children are sick ... we are praising God for disobedience ... or at least what it indicates! :)
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