Monday, July 7, 2008

The battle begins. . .

June 28, 2007

HI EVERYBODY! I asked my mama to send a quick email to everyone to say "THANK YOU!!!! for the prayers, gifts, visits, phone calls. . ." You'll never know how much it is appreciated! I know Jesus is with me and is giving all my doctors and nurses the wisdom they need to make me better. I am a miracle and believe miracles happen everyday! Please keep sending your prayers my way - they are WORKING!!!
Love, Jayci Joy
Here is a message from mama and daddy:

Hello! Jayci's tests are nearly complete and we hope to know all the results by the end of next week. We know she has neuroblastoma. The mass is in her chest and is smashing her right lung making 5% of it usable. Her left lung seems to be okay. Jayci's heart, esophagus, and trachea are all being pushed to the side by the mass as well. The tumor is beginning to grow into her spine - we know it will recede with treatment. The bone marrow scan came back NEGATIVE meaning there is NO CANCER IN HER BONES!!!
Today we learned WONDERFUL NEWS!!! Jayci's cancer is called: Stage III, Intermediate, Neuroblastoma. This means she will ONLY have to undergo 85 days of chemotherapy and the cancer should be gone! AWESOME!!! NO SURGERY! The cure rate is around 90%! Our Dr. has treated another similiar case and that child is cancer free today! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for the prayers!
Keep praying - we will be unable to take Jayci off the ventilator until the cancer has receded enough for her lungs to operate and there is no chance for respiratory failure. We will remain at BSA in Amarillo for at least 3 more weeks.
Jayci is strong and has done very well despite the trauma she has been through. While we appreciate your prayers and love, please understand our sweet angel cannot have visitors in order to protect her against a secondary infection. We will begin chemotherapy tomorrow and we will keep you informed as often as possible through email.
We both have put our faith and trust in God to heal her tiny body. He is GREAT and AWESOME and we know there is only one set of footprints in the sand right now - he is carrying us through.
\n\u003cdiv\>Would you mind forwarding this email for us - we don't have many email addresses on file and want to keep everyone informed. We feel email is the quickest way to keep all informed so we can concentrate on our sweet Jayci and give our full attention to her needs. \n\u003c/div\>\n\u003cdiv\>Again - the prayers are working - please keep sending them up!\u003c/div\>\n\u003cdiv\>THANK YOU for all you've done to help!\u003c/div\>\n\u003cdiv\>We'll never be able to repay 1/2!\u003c/div\>\n\u003cdiv\>Love,\u003c/div\>\n\u003cdiv\>Guy and Kimberly \u003c/div\>\n",0]
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Would you mind forwarding this email for us - we don't have many email addresses on file and want to keep everyone informed. We feel email is the quickest way to keep all informed so we can concentrate on our sweet Jayci and give our full attention to her needs.
Again - the prayers are working - please keep sending them up!
THANK YOU for all you've done to help!
We'll never be able to repay 1/2!
Love,
Guy and Kimberly