April 30, 2008

GREAT NEWS!!!

Hi Everyone,

We got GREAT news today!!! Evan’s tumor shrunk more than 50% since his last MRI. It’s less than half the size it was just 8 weeks ago! It’s even smaller now than it was after radiation back in November. In February the tumor measured 3.4 cm x 2.6 cm. Today it measured roughly 1.5 x 1 cm. Even our doctor was pleasantly surprised by such impressive results. He said that this level of improvement is most likely the result of faith and prayer, because medical science can’t explain it and would not have predicted it!

We wholeheartedly agree with that! Without a doubt, we know we have all of you to thank for it! Thank you so much for all of your prayers for Evan and our family! They paid off in a big way today, and we are so grateful!

Since the tumor is obviously responding well to this chemotherapy, we’ll just keep doing what we’re doing for the next two months and check it again at the end of June.

It’s going to be so much easier to live with all the side-effects now that we know it will bring some significant benefits! After the last MRI in March, when we found out the tumor had grown back to almost its original size, I felt like we had endured 7 long months of treatment with little or nothing to show for it. When the new chemo turned out to be so miserable, we really started asking ourselves, “What the heck are we doing all this for?” I don’t know how much longer we could have maintained the strength and motivation to keep fighting without seeing some really positive results today. We walked into the doctor’s office prepared for the worst, and walked out with a miracle! (We practically skipped all the way to the car!) It was the best day we’ve had in a very long time!!!

We love you all!

Love,
Margot & Evan