10-26-10 Kecia's visit with the doctor on Thursday went well. He confirmed what the nurse had already said...there are no new tumors and no new growth on the little ones at the base of her brain. Still can't tell for sure if those are dead (and the spots are just the scars) or if they are still very small active cancer spots. The only way to know for sure is to do a biopsy and they wont do that due to its location and the fact that messing with this type of cancer usually makes it spread like crazy. He believes it is just the scar but either way there is no new growth. So praise God for that!! She will have alot of tests run over the next few weeks to test her organs and see how much damage the chemo has done to them. Based on how much poison has been pumped into her body to fight the cancer, it is a miracle that her organs arent shutting down. I have been praying against that almost from the beginning so I am not expecting bad news in this area. It is obvious that God has been protecting her organs because to date she has had zero issues with them being damaged by the chemo. Unbelievable, if you ask me! These tests will be done a little one day and more on another. The first one is testing her heart but I don't know when. Next week I think. Will let you know when I hear something.

Kecia said she just got a call from the nurse letting her know that the scans look good. She doesn't have any details like size or number of tumors but Kecia will get all of that at her meeting with the doctor on Thursday. Thank you all for praying for her!

I forgot to ask this in my last post....How would you all like to hear from Kecia herself? I've been thinking...she isn't working now, and since there are no big activities to update on like surgeries, blood counts, life threatening infections etc. I thought maybe she could update us on the more personal side so that everyone will know better how to pray for her. I haven't mentioned it to her yet, but I've been thinking about it for a long time. Kecia is very lonely and feels completely separated from everyone because she never feels good enough to go out or have visitors. If the majority think it's a good idea, I will present it to her and encourage her to reach out to those who care so much for her, in person.

Kecia is asking for prayer in the way of faith and courage. She was supposed to have a brain scan this week but she was too ill to go. She says that alot of it was that she was just so nervous that they would find her brain covered with cancer that she literally made herself sick with worry. She has rescheduled the scans for the 11th and is asking that we pray from her mental and spiritual strength right now. Of course she is still asking for prayer that the scans will be cancer free too. She desperatly wants to be able to lower her doses of chemo so that she can feel better and start working again. As it is now, she has a very low quality of life and is looking forward to feeling better. Her doctor doesn't want to stop the aggressive treatments until she has gone a year with clear scans so if this one is clear it will be the 2nd of 5 needed to lower her doses!