Knox Update - 3/22

Knox Update 3/22


Knox got home from PA last Tuesday night.  We are very glad to be back home and enjoying normal life.  Knox is feeling great, is back at school, and has spending his time doing normal kid things.  Before we left PA last Tuesday we received the bone marrow biopsy results.  We are so thankful to report that there are no signs of active leukemia!  His tests have been clear for a good while now and we praise the Lord for that.  However, while that is great news, there is also some disappointing news.  The t-cells he received are designed to get rid of all b-cells (remember that everyone has b-cells, these are normal, but that leukemia is also a type of bad b-cell).  At this point he shouldn’t have any b-cells, however, he already has healthy b-cells that have returned.  Having healthy b-cells does not mean that leukemia has come back.  Remember, all of his tests have been clear of leukemia for a while now.  The question is what’s next.  We are in a unique situation of trying to decide if more treatment is necessary right now or if there’s a reasonable way to monitor him and then treat if it happens to come back.  We would love to avoid years more of chemo plus radiation, but that is a possibility.  Pray for wisdom.  We are meeting with doctors this week and we seek the Lord to guide us in making a tough decision.  We know Jesus healed many (even more than specifically recorded) and we pray that He would be pleased to do that for Knox (or to have done that, already).  We don’t know exactly how God will work in and through all of this, but we know He’s good and none of this changes that truth.  We pray that many are turning to him, using our trials as an encouragement to call out to Him during their own trials, and that He will be pleased to grant us peace and joy.   We are very thankful that He has blessed us with so many to help take care of us, for all of you who continue to pray for God’s will and for His will to be Knox’s healing, and for exercising your faith.  We’ll update after we decide what to do.  

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