Off to Texas again.....

We are off to Texas again tomorrow morning we fly out to meet again for our 3 month follow up tests and appointments with Eric's bone marrow transplant doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center. We are making a short trip as it is the kids last week of school so we will be flying out and then two days of appointments and then flying back on Thursday 6/3/10....

We are hoping things are still looking good but as most of you all know we will not have tests results for another 2 weeks after we get home so around 6/17/10 ?? We are a little nervous as I have mentioned we are possibly going to be talking to the doctors about starting to decrease some of Eric's immune suppressed and anti rejection medicines so this is that second scary time they have told us for rejecting and having problems from the transplant. It is a slow process that is done over one to two years slowly decreasing dosages and watching Eric's body hoping his body kicks in on its own and fights off any viruses/ germs. It is scary but as the same time we know it is part of this journey and process we need to do in order to move to the next phase and steps of his transplant recovery. I pray for continued strength for Eric, for his doctors to continue to be guide by the Lord watching for what they need to do and any complications, I pray for continued strength for Eric and his body to keep fighting and responding, I pray for his bone marrow to continue to fight and for his donor and his family- whom we are so grateful for.

Austin finished his Eagle project educating everyone on how to become a donor on the National Bone Marrow Registry as well as collecting toys for the kids suffering from Cancer at Primary Children's Medical Center. It was a huge success thank you to all of you who donated it will make so many of those sweet children's faces light up and help lighten their day during their difficult journey through their cancer process and chemo treatments. The lady who organizes it there at the Hospital was so excited and told Austin that he has a larger donation than they usually see from other scouts Eagle project and that made Austin excited! I am posting a picture she took of him with his cart of donations at the hospital. It was a neat experience to watch you child helping others and from our own personal experience knowing what a difference it makes when you are struggling with this horrible cancer journey. They also gave Austin a letter of appreciation for his hard work and donations and she said with tears in her eyes " Now Austin I am sure you know how happy this is going to make so many of the kids here with cancer- you have done a wonderful thing for them that they will never forget and you should be proud of yourself!" She also gave him a quote that I loved by James M. Barrie who wrote Peter Pan... he said " Those who bring sunshine into the loves of others cannot keep it from themselves." What a great way to say it!! I am proud of him, he was also just ordained a teacher by his Dad which was a blessing to watch and gave a great talk yesterday in Sacrament on Sacrament Covenants. We heard in one talk yesterday at church how the best way to show our gratitude for our blessings to the Lord is to never forget them, to recognize them and be thankful for them everyday. We are truly thankful for all our blessings, our miracles and the love and guidance from the Lord in all things! We are also very grateful and thankful to all of you for your continued prayers, love and support!