Catherine is scheduled to go in for her 3rd chemo. treatment tomorrow, March 28th, at 11 am (CST). She has been going in every couple of days to get a potassium IV. She is not able to eat very much which is causing more weakness, in addition to how weak she is already feeling. So the IV does seem to be helping give her a little strength. They should find out tomorrow what her bilirubin level is at now. Last week it was 18.6 which is close to a danger zone. Her doctor said that if it gets above 21 it could cause brian damage. (A normal count of a healthy person is .5-1.5). But her liver can not function properly because of the cancer. Please keep that a matter of prayer! She has some good days and some bad days. We really appreciate everyone's prayers! It is a huge blessing! Also, please remember Matt in prayer, as well, for God's wisdom and strength. Will try to update before church tomorrow. For those who have put Catherine on their church's prayer list--Thank you!!!
This morning we received another update from Catherine's husband, Matt, in which he gave the results of the blood tests.
Catherine went in today for the 3rd chemotherapy treatment. Her lab work came back with a good report. Her bilirubin count was at 18.6 last week, but it was down to 10.1 today. Praise the Lord! It is still high and needs to be down around 3 or lower before the oncologist will give her the full dose of chemo. The oncologist was thrilled that her count was going down.
Thank you for praying.
Matthew Hudson
Please continue to pray for Catherine and the family. Specifically, pray for Catherine's bilirubin level to continue to drop so that she may receive her full chemo. treatments. She can not afford to not receive full treatments! Let's pray that level falls quickly down to less than three!
Wow! Praying for Catherine!
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