Kecia update 02/18/09

***Forgot to add: I thought you might all be encouraged to know that Kecia's uncle Eric (with pancreatitis) has gone 7 days without drinking any alcohol! If you knew him, you would know how absolutely AMAZING that is. We are all very suprised, but pleased. Praise God! Thank you all for your prayers! They are working! Jen


After many weeks of sickness Kecia finally had a good day yesterday. She was out of bed and spent several hours catching up on work. It was a much needed break from the mental stress that comes from being sick. She has had an unidentified rash for about a week that they finally determined was a reaction to one of her new medications that was treating her port infection. They are taking care of that with daily benedryl drips at the infusion center and an oral med at home. She started a new medication this morning that they immediately realized was not going to work for her as it made her very jittery and shaky. She won't be taking that again so once it is out of her system she should be okay. She has not been nauseated for a couple of days now which is a HUGE answer to prayer.
I have a meeting with one of our former professors tomorrow (we meet monthly as he is our mentor in the counseling field). Kecia has not been able to attend for a long time and is really wanting to make it tomorrow afternoon. It is a time when we discuss our client load, new ideas for treatment, and our plans for the future. Kecia and I still plan on opening a Christian based private practice once she is healthy and back on her feet. We'd like to start by working with at-risk youth and foster children using equine therapy on a working ranch. Eventually we would like to have a cancer outreach program and family therapy as well. Talking about our dreams and actually making plans really energizes both of us. Kecia finds it so refreshing to focus on "life a year from now" instead of "life with cancer" for a few hours. For that reason, I am praying that God will bless Kecia with another few days of good health so that she can make the meeting and remind herself of yet one more reason that this is all worth the fight.