Cancer

While on vacation in August, Alice experienced some strange symptoms. When we got home our pediatrician ordered some tests – and during those we discovered that she had a tumor in her left kidney. Two days later on Friday, August 24th she had her left kidney removed as well as the surrounding lymph nodes.  

We are praising God for his faithfulness. The tumor was removed in tact, no additional tumors were found, and the lymph nodes tested negative for cancer cells. Some follow up tests showed her cancer to be more aggressive than first thought, so she had 6 rounds of radiation in October and her chemo plan was bumped up to include a third drug and extend for 9 more weeks. But all of her Drs are very hopeful that her protocol will get rid of the cancer for good. 

Alice began chemo on Sept 6th, and is due to finish around late March 2019. We have been using a CaringBridge site to keep friends and family posted – but as the Lord has worked in our lives, I’ve chosen to move those posts here and go back to writing more publicly. We appreciate your prayers and encouragement for our family during this time.

-marissa