The Murphy Family

   We went in last Monday for scans and to start the first in-patient chemo.  We started early at 7:30 am on Monday and Dan and Logan got home Friday evening.  It was a long week but it definitely went better than we could have hoped.       The results from Logan's scans were better than we could have hoped for.  I have been praying so hard that his scans would be really good, not just okay, and just felt a lot of confidence that they would be...and they were.  So many others are praying for the same thing that there is just so much power going on here.  I cannot deny the feelings I have felt.  This experience has increased my faith in the power of prayer, fasting, and just the way God's power works.  "Experiment upon the word" has a much more real power and meaning to me.  I have always believed that prayer works because I have had lots of experiences with it, but this situation has taken it to a whole new level.  ...

     Well, Rounds 5 and 6 went great.  There was very little nausea with round 5, which are the drugs that make him sick.  His body did awesome.  No fevers! Hallelujah!  The doc actually told me last week to stop taking his temp because if I know he has one I have to take him in ;).  He told me to only take it if Logan appears to be really sick, so we didn't take any temps, but he really never even felt warm so we feel lucky these last few weeks.  Round 6 was yesterday and we didn't realize it, but we are starting inpatient chemo next week right after his scans.  Dan and I both thought we had another round of out patient chemo if the scans show that they can't do surgery (which is still what the doc expects). So, we were surprised and Logan was overwhelmed again and we had to take deep breaths and calm down.  We are really trying to take it a day at a time which means I don't google stuff or try to plan for the next treatment. ...

     Logan had his 4th round of chemo on Tuesday and it has gone way better than the first round with this same set of drugs.  He got 2 weeks of a more mild chemo and this is his second round of the heavier doses.  He has only puked once so far and it's been more than 48 hours.  So, hopefully we are in the clear.  He had quite a bit of energy today and we played outside all morning for the last 2 days.  I am so happy to see him with more energy than he has had.  He has had low grade fevers that were high enough for a cancer kid to get 3 ER trips last week.  We are all a little traumatized every time we take his temp now.  But, he has been doing better this week.  His last trip was Saturday night.        We are doing well and excited for the last day of school tomorrow.  Logan is going in to sign year books after lunch and he is pretty excited.  We made a short visit to school last Friday during ...