Well, we took a break and I'm building my prayer endurance back up! There is a lot to pray for - lots of scans happening this week/month, lots of sick kids from their cancer and the meds they have to take. But I am encouraged. I know that God hears our prayers, so let's keep storming His Throne for complete healing!
In honor of that, I want to guest post a prayer a fellow cancer parent, Brian Jones, whom I've connected with on FaceBook posted on his blog (find the original post here) for 2012. It is just so beautiful and if you could join me in praying it over all of our families, I know they will feel the love of Christ surrounding them and God's Hand guiding them towards victory.....In Jesus' Name, let's pray because.....PRAYER WORKS!
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Dear God...before I go on asking for what I think I need next year, let
me say Thank you for all the good that has happened to me this year. I
want to thank you for the breath that I breathe and the heart that beats
in me. This is your gift to me to show me purpose and that my life is
not my own but is meant to be given to others. Thank you for my family
that supports me in ways that no one else can. We have suffered much in
the last few years but you have sustained us with the Love of the family
unit. Thank you for my wife who shows that all things Can be done
through Christ who strengthens us. Thank you for my daughter who also
feel the effects of the recent life altering changes, bless her and help
her to be the big sister that she is. Thank you for my son Lincoln. You
have given him the gift of life and in 3 short years he has given so
many people a reason to have hope and believe in a miracle. He is a very
strong Lincoln-Batman and he fights for justice and a cure for all
cancer in kids. Thank you also for our parents who are the next biggest
support system with the countless blessing that they give to us, even
giving what they don't have abundently. Most recently God, I thank you
for the friends we have and the friends we continue to make all over the
world throught technology and social media. Without this we would feel
like we were the only ones in the world facing life as we know it. There
is no telling how many people pray to you, for us and it lifts me up to
see to it that I make praying for them a priority, whether they have
cancer or are just having a bad day. Finally, Thank you for the hospital
that is treating our son and many other children with all types of life
threatening diseases.
This year I want to ask for only one thing. I'm not asking for anything less that a miracle seeing how you are God and I think you already know. I wish for children all over the world who are faced with life threatening diseases to feel as full of hope and blessing as we have. This is something I know we can all have at anytime as we journey for a cure and I know you can pour it out on us abundantly. We don't know why life is so short and we wonder why you would take a child's life from our family and leave it broken in peices, but you won't let us down on giving us comfort. You gave up your own child and He suffered and die too, but since that day you have given people a reason to believe that you Love us and have a purpose for us as we continue living.
If its not too much to ask, will you bring people together in unity to advances in the awareness, funding and research that is needed for the cure for cancer, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes in children? We want to be a part of this together and can't rely on a few people or just our government to do this for us. We have a huge opportunity to add the the efforts but we don't always know how, but you can reveal to each of us our specific purpose in doing our part.
Will you also give great comfort to families greiving the loss of their children these past few years and show them that you are still God on the Throne of Heaven? All these things I ask in the Name above all Names, your Son Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior.
This year I want to ask for only one thing. I'm not asking for anything less that a miracle seeing how you are God and I think you already know. I wish for children all over the world who are faced with life threatening diseases to feel as full of hope and blessing as we have. This is something I know we can all have at anytime as we journey for a cure and I know you can pour it out on us abundantly. We don't know why life is so short and we wonder why you would take a child's life from our family and leave it broken in peices, but you won't let us down on giving us comfort. You gave up your own child and He suffered and die too, but since that day you have given people a reason to believe that you Love us and have a purpose for us as we continue living.
If its not too much to ask, will you bring people together in unity to advances in the awareness, funding and research that is needed for the cure for cancer, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes in children? We want to be a part of this together and can't rely on a few people or just our government to do this for us. We have a huge opportunity to add the the efforts but we don't always know how, but you can reveal to each of us our specific purpose in doing our part.
Will you also give great comfort to families greiving the loss of their children these past few years and show them that you are still God on the Throne of Heaven? All these things I ask in the Name above all Names, your Son Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior.
Completed Treatment -
Pray for them to stay cancer and illness free!
Sophia Vogel (5, soft tissue sarcoma behind left eye) – Praise The Lord for the Make-a-Wish experience! Had a great time, will never forget it. <"Team Sophia" on FB>
Sophia Vogel (5, soft tissue sarcoma behind left eye) – Praise The Lord for the Make-a-Wish experience! Had a great time, will never forget it. <"Team Sophia" on FB>
Anna Grace Dennis (7, ependymoma)
– Scans on Wednesday/Thursday of this week.
Pray for complete healing of the spot on her cerebellum, safe travel to
and from St. Jude’s, full confidence in The Lord’s provision, wisdom for her
medical team and no fear of pokes! <"Team Anna Grace" on FB>
Rylee Beard (5, Will's tumors in
bladder/abdomen) – Doing great!
Matthew Lucas (5,
Rhabdomyosarcoma) – Next round of scans are January 18-20th. Pray for the all clear! <"Team Matthew" on FB>
Gabbie Howe (12, ependymoma) – Having
headaches, similar to Anna Grace – from the radiation. Pray for scans to be free and clear on next
scans later this month!
Courtney Pette (16, lymphoma) –<"Team
Courtney" on FB>
Tristan Smit (3, ependymoma)
Tristan Smit (3, ependymoma)
Mark Ochoa (2, Wilm's Tumor)
Fighting
Illness and/or Inpatient
Ruel
Bobet
(20, stomach cancer) – Taken a turn for the worse, please pray! He is being released to go home under hospice
care, as the doctors cannot fix his stomach bleeds. Praise God he has a healthy appetite but
there is nothing they can do. Please
Jehovah Rapah, come quickly with your healing!
<”Sandy Bobet” (his Mom) on FB>
Preston
Winslow (4, AML) Still inpatient and needing a donor. Pray for one and relief from side effects! www.prestonsleague.com
Carli
Simmons (2, Brain Tumor) Inpatient at TCH, receiving
treatment
Max
Low (12, Leukemia) Please pray that his body will adjust
to the meds he is receiving and he will recover enough to go home! Please send him a card as well! <”Mighty Max Low” on FB>
Izzy
Slot (3,
angiosarcoma) Doctors have still not determined why her lung fills back up
after being drained. Please pray The
Lord will reveal the answer and the correct treatment to keep it from happening
again and freedom from pain for Izzy! <”izzyslot”
on carepages.com and “Princess Izzy’s Court” on FB>
Nate
Dinoffira (2, Neuroblastoma) Still at TCH, needs to recover
quickly! Pray his appetite will return
and he can gain some weight! <” SuperNate Dinoffria”
on FB and http://supernatedinoffria.blogspot.com/)
Maddie
Briscoe (7,
neuroblastoma) – started her very last round of chemo yesterday! Pray all goes well with no side effects and
this is the last she will ever need! <”Prayers for Maddie Briscoe” on
FB>
Sarah Burns (15, Osteosarcoma)
– Feeling
better but is going to stay in the hospital so she can stabilize. Hospital is 90%
positive that Sarah has a benign tumor and not cancer, waiting on the 3rd and
4th opinions to come back before they make a final determination. Pray this is
the case and for easy removal and recovery!
<”Support for Sarah Lynn” on FB>
Charlie
Harris Beard (1,
Leukemia) Feeling much better – pray for a full recovery through a Bone Marrow
Transplant! <”Help save Baby Charlie
Harries Beard” on FB>
Receiving
Treatment this week
Katie
Wagner
(15, Rhabdomyosarcoma) 10 more months of treatment left, pray it continues to
go smoothly! Pray for Katie’s spirit to
rebound and her body stays healthy through this trial! <”Wagner
Family support” on FB>
Braeden
Estes (17,
Ewings Sarcoma) Was home for Christmas and is doing much better! His leg is healing well and he is going in
this week to have a port put in so he can start his next round of chemo. Pray his body and spirit will recover and for
no issues with the port placement or chemo treatments! <http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/braedenestes>
Barrett
Blake (5, Rhabdomyosarcoma) Receving radiation this week;
pray for his appetite to recover and for his strength to return! http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/barrettblake
Lucy
Weber (3,
ALL) – At clinic for counts and chemo today!
Pray for good numbers and no side effects from the chemo! <"Team Lucy" on FB>
Holden
Underwood (1,
ALL/MLL) – Oral chemo this week, no clinic.
Please pray he stays healthy with no issues! <"Holden's
Hope" on FB>
Gunnar
Peterson (5,
Wilm’s Tumor) Clinic appointment for counts and chemo tomorrow – pray all
continues to go very well! <”Gunnar’s
Team on FB”>
Lance
McClain (ALL)
– Headed to the clinic for counts and a check-up today. Pray all goes well and continues on
prescribed course! <”TeamLance McClain” on FB>
Shelby Adams (Langenhans Cell
Histiocytosis) – Praise The Lord! Responded
exceptionally well to the initial treatment. The tumor/lesion behind her left
eye & in her left sinus is completely gone. There is still cancer in the
bone under her left eye where it started but it is even smaller. She will still
have chemo for one year but once every 3 weeks instead of once a week. Pray she
continues to respond so well and beat cancer!
<”Prayers for Shelby Adams” on FB>
Zayley
Oliver
–Pray she stays healthy and that cancer is beaten back! <”Prayers for Zayley
Jade Oliver” on FB>
Addison
Marshall
(18, ALL) – continues outpatient, maintenance chemo <addiecake on Twitter>
Grant
McTaggart (5,
P+ ALL) Continues maintenance phase of chemo to be concluded in February with a
few months of blood test monitoring till May.
Pray he beats cancer! <http://www.prayforgrant.com/>
On-break
or has Scans this week
Lincoln
Daniel Jones (3,
ALL) – At home and had a great Christmas! <"Pray for Lincoln Daniel Jones"
and "Red Carpet Kids for a Cure" on FB>
Aiden
Rideout (4, Non-hodgkins lymphoma) Started homeschooling this
week and will visit clinic for counts.
He is having surgery on the 11th to remove his stint. Please pray all continues to go well! <”Prayers for
Aiden” on FB>
Thomas
Valerio (11,
rhabdomyosarcoma in left hand) Was admitted again to the hospital over
Christmas holidays and discovered his liver was reacting to the chemo. He is home now, pray for wisdom for his
doctor’s as they adjust his treatment and that his next rounds will go smoothly
with no side effects!
Hunter
(1,
Ewing Sarcoma) – Home before next round starts! <”Cure Baby Hunter” on FB>
Kristina
Barrett (9,
sarcoma in lungs and arm) – Pray doctors were able to address her issues and
her tumor continues to respond to at-home treatment! <"Praying for Kristina" on
FB>
Aiden
McSpadden (2,
AML relapse) – Home but his brother is running a low grade fever. Pray for freedom from fear and that Aiden
will not be affected! <"Angels
for Aiden" on FB>
Logan
Sinclair (5,
Anaplastic Medulloblastoma) – Completed chemo on Sunday and went home
yesterday! Pray for swift recovery and
no side effects! <”Pray for Logan Sinclair” on FB>
Brennan
Scurlock (1,
neuroblastoma) – Pray results that came back were all positive! <"Brennan
Scurlock" on FB>
Ava
Caggino (4,
ATRT Brain Tumor) Home, recovering from the chemo round after Christmas and her
family says she is stronger than she has ever been during a recovery
period. Please pray she continues to
rebound so well before her next treatment begins! <"The Ava
Caggino Fight Aganist Cancer Page" on FB>
Daniela
Owens (9,
Ewing Sarcoma) – Doing great! <”Prayer for Daniela” of FB>
Callie
Cheer (3,
AML) – Just received 2nd bone marrow results and she is in
remission! Praise The Lord! <”Cure for Callie” on FB>
Natalie
Fraker (4,
astrocytoma) –Keep praying her treatment will continue to be successful!
<”
PRAYERSFORNKF”
on carepages.com>
Kylie
Overton (2,
Brain Tumor) –<”Prayers for Baby Kylie Overton” on FB>
Taylor
Porter (15, AML) <”Team
Taylor – Taylor Porter” on FB>
Kaylea
Stewart
(Leukemia, 6) – <"Kure for Kaylea" on FB>
Hudson
Kadlecek (4,
lymphoma) - <"Hope for Hudson" on FB>
Patton
Jones (3,
Burkitt's Lymphoma)
Wyatt
(2, ALL)
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