Embattled Tuesday

I need your help again! We went to Tulsa today but I didn't have
chemo. The area where my power port was implanted is infected. It
is very angry looking. No smiley faces at all. They were unable to
use my port for a blood draw today for fear of spreading this
infection throughout my body. So, we did the old fashioned out-of-
the arm blood draw.

I have been on a powerful antibiotic for a week now, 1,000 mg per
day. My doctor feels that this is a drug resistant bacterial
infection so he is changing me to a more powerful antibiotic. I have
another appt in Tulsa Thursday to check on progress. If the
infection isn't significantly improved, they will have my port
surgically removed. Sob. I really want to keep it for the last two
chemo treatments.

Specific prayer request: Please pray that the antibiotics knock out
this infection, that I can keep my port and have my last two chemo
treatments through it. God has been so amazing. I know He will do
what is best for me, so I leave it with him.

I talked to the PA about these last two treatments. My question was
how do we know when we are not killing cancer cells but just damaging
organs and killing healthy cells. She said the doctors use the CT
scans and tumor markers but they also rely on a gut feeling. Since
Dr. Genesen saw the whole ugly picture, he has recommended 8
treatments for me. I trust him, but I also pray that his gut feeling
is in counsel with the Great Physician.

Thanks so much for your love and prayers. You are all so awesome and
supportive. Thanks for always being there to pray for me. It means
more than words can say. Please pass this request to those who need
or want to know.