Consolidation Treatment #2

I’m back in Ann Arbor for round #2 of 4. Two weeks ago, I couldn’t bear the thought of going back and doing this all over again. I felt like my body had been through enough. But over the past 2 weeks, God has given me a new perspective and I am ready to tackle this leukemia once again. I feel much better going into this round than I did the last, though I will still have to deal with the side effects, low counts, blood draws, and blood transfusions. It’s an interesting place to be in since I don’t look like a typical cancer patient, but it teaches me that you never know what someone is walking with. May we all seek to understand before seeking to be right.

It’s never easy being away from my family and I often wish life could just go back to “normal”. But that isn’t what God sees best for my life and so I’m learning to not constantly desire that either. As the doctor said, this all couldn’t be going any better, which is so humbling, knowing that with my heart failure, rarely does anything ever seem to go right. We are just thankful for where I am at with this cancer journey!

So here’s to another round, another week in the hospital, but praying another week closer to being, Lord-willing, cured. Entrusting my life in His hands.