WELCOME TO BOBBIE JO MIRACLE!

I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO WALK WITH ME THROUGH WHAT WILL BE A TRULY MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE. OUR DAUGHTER, BOBBIE JO SEE, HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE FORM OF LYMPHOMA AND IS VERY ILL. MANY OF YOU ALREADY ARE AWARE OF THIS, AND I KNOW THAT SHE IS IN YOUR PRAYERS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG IS TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED OF HER PROGRESS. YESTERDAY, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED. ORIGINALLY SHE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE LYMPHOMATIC LEUKEMIA, WHICH IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FORM OF LEUKEMIA, AND GIVEN 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO LIVE. WE WERE BLESSED TO GET HER INTO MD ANDERSON CANCER HOSPITAL HERE IN HOUSTON, WHERE THE MANY GRUELING TESTS WERE REPEATED, AND FOUND IT IS NOT LEUKEMIA BUT LYMPHOMA. BOY, I WAS SO TICKLED AT FIRST, BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS VERY SERIOUS, AND IN STAGE 4 OF THE DISEASE. NOW, THIS IS A MOMENT TO PANIC, BUT I HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF MY HEAVENLY FATHER THROUGH BLESSINGS FROM OUR PRECIOUS BISHOP THAT BOBBIE JO WILL NOT DIE FROM THIS. I KEEP REPEATING TO MY SELF, "YOU SAID SHE WOULD NOT DIE!" EACH TIME THE ANXIETY COMES UPON ME.
THIS IS HER CONDITION AT THIS TIME. SHE HAS A GREATLY ENLARGED SPLEEN, HER LIVER FUNCTION IS ALMOST NON EXISTENT, SHE HAS BONE MARROW DISEASE, AND IS SWOLLEN WITH OVER 50 EXTRA POUNDS OF FLUID DUE TO KIDNEY PROBLEMS. SHE CANNOT GET OUT OF BED BY HERSELF, AND CAN BARELY SIT UP. THE PAIN IS INCREDIBLE. NEVER THE LESS, SHE CAN STILL JOKE AND SMILE FOR US. IT IS SO HARD TO SEE HER LIKE THIS. HER SWEET FIANCE, MARTIN SPENDS EACH NIGHT PROPPED UP IN A CHAIR SO THAT SHE WILL NOT BE ALONE, AND DAD OR I SPEND THE DAYS WITH HER. I AM SO HAPPY THAT SHE IS MOVING TO THE LYMPHOMA FLOOR, AS SHE WILL NOW HAVE A BED FOR VISITORS TO SLEEP IN AT NIGHT. SHE WILL START CHEMOTHERAPY ON MONDAY. NOW, THE DOCTORS ARE NOT EXTREMELY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE OUTCOME, BUT I AM. AND, I WILL SHARE NEWS AS I GET IT. IT WILL BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WRITE AND SHARE, IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE SO MANY THAT CARE ABOUT BOBBIE JO AND OUR FAMILY. I WILL IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THIS BLOG AS I CAN, BUT FOR NOW, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND PRAYERS. I LOVE YOU ALL AND YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME. I THANK YOU FOR WALKING WITH ME, THROUGH BOBBIE JO'S MIRACLE.