Prayer Requests

 Hello again!

If you haven't read my update on Kennedy from yesterday, you can click on older to see it.

I am writing today to ask for prayers for a few of our Vandy friends... 

First Cody Robinson (cp: CodyLee) has developed some bed sores and he is just feeling really lousy. If you remember, he is home on hospice but they found a new study with an antibody that they are trying on him. We are praying this treatment will be his earthly cure! He is really worried, and so is his mom, of course! Please pray he's not in any pain and is able to keep fighting.

Second, Matthew Litchfield had one of his tests come back abnormal which may show that his GVH (graft vs. host) is too well under control... A little bit of GVH is necessary to help keep his leukemia away. We are praying it was a false number. He'll get retested on Tuesday. They are leaving for Matthew Wish trip to Hawaii soon, so please pray this test comes back normal on Tuesday and that they can still go on their trip! 

Third, our little friend Isaac Diehl (cp: IsaacDiehlsPage) has a rare form of AML and had his cord blood transplant yesterday. He is getting really bad hives and battling diarrhea. Please pray the hives will stop and that this transplant will be his new start to life! 

Fourth, you may remember me posting about our friend Riley Daniels. Their family is in Nebraska now, but he'll always be part of our Vanderbilt family. Riley is just finishing up chemo after his 2nd relapse and will get a boost of his donor cells on Monday. For his last test his bone marrow was 100% free of leukemia cells, but they did find active leukemia cells in his testes. He will start radiation next week to try to eliminate that! Please pray that this boost and the radiation will FINALLY get rid of Riley's cancer forever! 

And last but not least, please continue to keep Erica Kilburn's family in your prayers as they start this new chapter of their lives without her there. I know they are happy that she is now cancer free and in Heaven, but we all miss her so much here! 

Thank you for keeping these kids and ALL our Vanderbilt families in your prayers! Even though Kennedy is doing so well with her cancer, the friends we've made along the way are never far from our hearts. 

I am thankful for all our Vanderbilt friends and the blessings they bring to my life!