December 10, 2009--117PM

Our social worker is still trying to bring her home this week. Pray for God's timing and will!!!!!!

December 7, 2009--8:00PM

I haven't posted in a while. Heather is through round 2. She still really feels nauseous and has some GI pain, both of which are common side effects with chemo. She is now officially bald and beautiful. Please pray that she can maintain her positive spirit and see God through this process.

We were also wondering whether Tessa might be home this week, but right now, it doesn't look that way. Soon, I pray. We got pics today and she is adorable. God's timing.

November 26, 2009--3:31PM

Heather now has thrush, which is an infection of her mouth and throat. It is common with chemotherapy, unfortunately. Her energy, nausea, etc vary from moment to moment. I would ask that you pray for her health, our children's well-being and my leadership through all of this.

November 24, 2009--8:37PM

Heather went in for fluids today, which helped her nausea a bunch. She ate some pickles, a hot dog, and a thanksgiving dinner with the SPUDs. Weird, considering she hadn't eaten much the last few days.

Paperwork's in Texas. Waiting for a court date.

November 23, 2009-7:08PM

Heather has been pretty nauseous for a few days. Today, her nausea started getting better, but they removed her drain tube and gave her an antibiotic, which makes her nausea worse. She is frustrated with feeling nauseous...and dependent. Pray for her.

We sent off the final bits of paperwork for Tessa today. She could be home as early as December 3 (yikes!!!!!!) or as late as January 18th. Pray for God's timing.

Father, we trust in you in all things.

November 21, 2009--7:44AM

Heather is on day 3 post-first-chemo-treatment. She has been sleepy a lot and intermittently nauseous, both common side effects. The medications they gave her for nausea are reasonably helpful, particularly the lorazepam, which knocks her out as well. She has maintained good spirits, but continued prayer is requested.

Heather has been playing email tag with our social worker regarding getting Tessa home. Apparently, she is going to Ethiopia on December 3rd (!) to escort another child back and was encouraging us to complete our paperwork as soon as we have everything in hand. It is remotely possible that she would be home then, though that is only 2 weeks from now. It is more likely at this point that Tessa will be home after the new year. Again, pray for God's timing and our sanity. :-D

November 19, 2009--8:12PM

Heather had her first course of chemo today. The oncologist went over Heather's test results with us, clarifying that her scans looked good and then said, "I see you still have your drain in, so I presume we won't be starting chemo today" or something along those lines. All the color drained from Heather's face as she has been psyched up for this. When convinced by the surgeon that there was no sign of infection, we were off to the races.

The nurse injected her with AC-chemotherapy, which in and of itself was not too bad, from what she has said. However, initially, her eyes burned, which is a common side effect. She is now quite nauseous, but has 4 different anti-nausea medications at home to try.

We are also going to ship off some paperwork for the adoption tomorrow, God willing.

Continued prayers are always appreciated.

To God be the glory!