July 4 Update on Denise

[BACKGROUND: My wife Denise was diagnosed with a severe life threatening blood disorder (bone marrow failure) in March, 2013] 

GOOD NEWS! Denise’s blood cell counts have made remarkable improvements in the last several weeks and continues to improve daily. Her platelets (for blood coagulation) are now at 144 (considered in the normal range for her!) Her doctor says she is completely responsive to their treatment. They are calling her their “poster child” for the clinical trial treatment protocol. They have never seen results as remarkable as this in treating her disease. In the course of all this though, they found two cancerous skin lesions. They think her drugs may have increased this risk. So her doctors at NIH (National Institutes of Health) have taken it upon themselves to see what they can do to arrange for surgery and possibly finance it. What a blessing! Her type of cancer (basil cell) is very treatable with surgery. Hopefully this will take place soon. Denise is still staying with our friends near DC while I am in Texas. We greatly appreciate all your prayers. Thank You Lord!

What am I doing while all this is going on? Well, my daughter Renee and her family have come home for a few months to be with Denise, but they have seen very little of her since she went to NIH in MD. So we are tackling long over-due home improvement projects on our older mobile home. It all started with ripping out the old carpets because of possible mold which may have aggravated Denise’s condition. I can’t tell you details now as we want to surprise her when she comes home. More later! Thanks for all your emails, prayers, and even financial support. It is all so so appreciated!

I am still behind in my emails and message replies. Thanks for your continued patience. If your message is urgent, please call me.

Hope you have a great fourth.