Kecia met with several different doctors this week and it was discovered that she has many small spots of cancer on/in her lungs. They are not going to be able to get her back on her original chemos due to the damage to her heart. Tests show that even though she has not been on the chemo for several months, and she is taking the heart medicine, her heart is not showing any recovery and is actually a bit worse than at her last visit. Her doctors have consulted with the leading cancer specialist worldwide and she told them to try two different chemo meds (don't know which two) because they are shown to do little damage to the heart. She will loose her hair again, which is not a big deal in the whole scheme of things, but is important to her. This specialist says there is a new drug coming on the market in about a year and another in about 18 months which are supposed to do big things for breast cancer patients. I think she is trying to give Kecia some hope about a future cure. It may comfort Kecia later, but right now she is sounding pretty down and worn out. The thought of "starting over" after already battling for 3 years is exhausting to her. She is tired of being sick! I am still praying for Kecia's miracle healing. I want to see her cancer free and drug free! But in the mean time, I pray that God will make himself so real to her. I dont think there is a "hope" big enough here on earth to comfort her. Her real comfort will have to come through him and I pray that she will seek that with her whole heart. Please join me as I pray for Kecia and her family. Your support is priceless to us!

cardiologist report

Kecia saw her cardiologist today. She was hoping for a much improved report but found that the heart hasn't improved at all. For this reason he is going to have her continue on the heart meds for another month. They will reevaluate at that time. She will see her oncologist sometime this week and ask him to put her back on Herceptin as she fears all this time off her chemo will allow for new cancer growth. She is feeling a bit down, as she had really expected to get a good report today so please pray from an emotional "uplift" as well as continued prayers for her healing.

Scans for Kecia's heart...

My last update was actually written as an email as I was hurrying to get it out and so it doesn't show on the blog. That update was about Kecia having trouble breathing because her heart was literally drowning by fluid build up in the sac around it. Her doctor prescribed a strong diaretic that flushed every drop of fluid from her body and told her the meds she was taking in order to repair her heart are what causes the fluid build up.
She is going in for more scans of friday to check her heart again. We are praying that the 33% that was "dead" at her last scan is working properly now and that the fluid around the heart is gone. If this is the case, she will be allowed to start back up on her chemo, Herceptin, which is the one that prevents new cancer growth. She has been without this drug for 5 weeks now, in order to give her heart time to heal, and Kecia is concerned that they will find new cancer growth. Please join me in praying against this!