Fellow fighters update #5

Many of you’ve been praying for these dear warriors. Thank you for standing alongside them in their respective battles. 

Tabitha
Tabby has been struggling with nausea and fatigue from recent increased intensity of chemo treatments. She’s been a trooper through it all! 💪

Ryan
Ryan recently had his repeat bone marrow biopsy last week. Please pray that it is completely free from leukemia and that the donor's blood has completely taken over Ryan's blood and stem cells. He also could use prayers for the continued regeneration of his nerves in his ankles and feet which were affected from prior chemotherapy complications early on in his treatment. Lastly, please pray for Ryan’s appetite and sleep as he’s been dealing with insomnia due to weaning off some medicine. 

Ron
Ron has been gaining strength these past few weeks but is still waiting for his blood levels to arise. He also still has issues with his right foot drop and left hand weakness. Ron has a repeat PET scan on 8/10 so please pray that it remains clear of cancer. He is a true fighter and is fondly known by so many here on 7 Rhoads as “the mayor”. ☺️

Trent
Trent has been doing well these past few months but recently out of the blue his blood levels dropped out. Thankfully it doesn’t seem to be serious and his most recent bone marrow biopsy results came back clear of cancer! 🤗

Heather
Let me introduce you to Heather. We met a few weeks ago while doing laps together in the hallway. She has a diagnosis of AML and got a transplant the same day as I did. Heather unfortunately relapsed after being in remission for nine years. So this was her second transplant... this time with a full match donor from Germany! Please keep her recovery in prayer as she’s had a particular hard time post transplant and is a fall risk. 🙏

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  1. jenniferrAugust 2, 2020 at 9:25 PM

    ❤️ lifting you all up. We are here for you! - Min, Jen, Sophia & Baby Cameron

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