Bill's Journey: Push for Prayer

The power duo

Hey guys! It's been a little bit since we have updated the blog- we were on overload with our Light the Night event. Let me first start by saying bless you all and thank you so incredibly much for supporting this event - whether it was monetarily, physically coming out and walking with us, helping coordinate everything, or one or all of the above....your support was overwhelming, felt, and so incredibly appreciated. We thought we could maybe raise $5,000 total - turned out we raised nearly $18,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society via this event! Unbelievable. More importantly, my dad got to see for his own eyes all of the support he has behind him; his spirits were boosted and he now has more ammunition to keep fighting the fight. We were there to celebrate him, his strength and his survival, and I'm proud to say that was done successfully! Below are some photos - big group team photo coming soon!

Today, mom and dad headed back down south to City of Hope for the fourth round of inpatient chemotherapy treatment. As you know from reading this blog or from your own experiences with this type of disease, the inpatient part (well, none of it for that matter) is no walk in the park - in fact its pretty much hell. As anyone would be, they are both nervous and scared but they both have an admirable calm about it all and trust God to get dad through it. It is my request that we all pray that dad's round goes as planned, his recovery is the best that it can be, and most critically that he STAYS in remission after this round.

We will keep you posted on his status. He should be down there for about 7-8 days, then will be discharged but will go through the entire process again, for the fourth time - bone marrow gets down to nearly 0, neutropenic state, blood and platelet transfusions, organ monitoring, etc.

Thanks again everyone for your positive thoughts, prayers, and well wishes for my dad. It has carried him so far and will continue to!!

XOXO, Jen and Nic