Not much newsworthy to report to my Blog Buddies. I continue on the medications and pray that the infections are resolving. It will probably be another two weeks or longer before we have the next fungal cultures back. On Wednesday, I will have more labs drawn and determine if I need another Neupogen injection to boost my infection fighting neutrophils or not. I am very, very weak from this last 6+ week infection battle. The weakness is not helped by medication side effects and the low hemoglobin.
Once I can emerge from these infections, I must face my most difficult treatment decision of this lengthy cancer battle. I anticipate entering into the next rounds of chemotherapy by early May. Choices are limited and dangerous. I know I cannot make this decision without clear, precise guidance from the Lord. Please pray for me to have divine revelation and great peace about the treatment I should pursue. The leukemia specialist at Ohio State told me at my last visit that it will be a "challenge" for me to survive standard chemotherapy, given the level of immune suppression I have combined with the drug reactions and amount of leukemia in my marrow (98 percent). I return to Ohio State in early April.
Nothing is impossible for God. By believing this statement, I can move forward despite the dire and dreary predictions and reports of mortal men. God has spared my life over and over and I have lived more years than any doctor ever believed possible. By God, through God, and with God, He has sustained me. I know that HE alone knows the best course of action for me. I need to have my mind and spirit free of doubt and fear so that I can hear the Holy Spirit whisper into my soul, the path I am to follow.
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