We're Off

Today Brett and I will leave right after work for the Oaisis of Hope Clinic. It's hard to explain how we are feeling. We are hopeful, yet I understand this will be very life changing. So my question is just how... We know it's the right thing to do. God made that VERY clear. So off we go! We're packed and ready for a new adventure in life.

The kids are packed and ready to join us on Friday evening. We will do Disneyland with them on Sat. and Sun. We are looking forward to the family time down there. We want the kids to feel a part of the whole situation in a positive light.

Currently I'm feeling great. I've been teaching full time, even the day after Gamma Knife surgery. I have great doctors and nurses. I'm just getting over a cough...it's almost gone!

Please pray for safe travels and healing.

Looking up,

Sheri

Gamma Knife.....

Yesterday we went over to Seattle and did another Gamma Knife treatment. Sheri's doctor over there was very thorough in attacking the spots. The good news was, after looking at all her previous scans, there is only one new spot. Originally he thought there were many new ones. However, several of her old spots, some almost two years old now, grew a little which concerned him. The largest spot is the size of a pencil eraser...about 3/8" across....the rest are all very small...about 1/8"....so the doctors are trying to stop this very early. All in all it went well.

A few of Sheri's friends are starting to call her Wonder Woman. While waiting for her treatment she was doing her report cards for her Kindergarten class....which amazed the doctors. "You must love your job?" he said. "Ya think?" I quipped (I can be a bit of a smart %&# at times). We think it helps her to keep pushing onward. Today she is back at work.

Sooooo....we were asking God for a sign as to when to go to the Alternative Clinic in California. God spoke very clearly with these last scan results. OK God we got the message, we are going. We leave next week on Wednesday night for the Oasis of Hope. We'll be there a week and a half, coming home the following Saturday. They give us the weekend off....sooooo...we decided to fly the kids down and hit Disneyland for a few days. They are very excited. She and I are excited about the hospital too. Thank you Charltons and Moreheads for helping us with places to stay! We will undoubtedly need help with food and stuff when we return....so we may need to tap any of the "let me know how I can help" offers out there.

All in all we are doing better mentally....a plan always seems to help with that. Pray the Gamma Knife does it's job, and pray as we head south to the Oasis of Hope. We are looking up and moving forward.

Brett and Sheri (Aylssa and Bryce)

The Night After the News

When we arrived home I was having a hard time looking up. I'm far from perfect ya know. In the middle of the night when I was still feeling devastated, a song popped into my head that I don't think we've sung in forever. It was like I could hear "Sheri, sing this." The song was perfect for the situation. It provided peace and I must have sung it in my sleep 5 or 6 times in my sleep. I knew I wasn't singing alone. The song was I've Got a River of Life Flowing Out of Me. Wow, what a powerful song and where did it come from when I was feeling so down? You guessed it! God never leaves us or forsakes us. He holds and comforts us when we hurt. Then the sun comes up. It took me a day and a half, but I'm out of the funk and ready to fight! He is also providing for our every need. We are very blessed.
Thank you to everyone who is and has supported us through this trek of life. It means a lot.

Here are the words to the song: I've Got a River of Life Flowing Out of Me
I've got a river of life flowing out of me,
makes the lame to walk and the blind to see,
opens prison doors, sets the captives free,
I've got a river of life flowing out of me.

Spring up O' well within my soul.
Spring up O' well and make me whole.
Spring up O' well and give to me, that life abundantly.

We're looking up and still praying for complete healing. Thanks for praying with us! Another request would be to please pray for our travel for our trip to the Oasis of Hope in CA. We'll be leaving the 10th of November. Thanks! (more on that later)

Looking up again,
Sheri

Not good news.....

Well there's no good way to put it.....Sheri's scans were not good. The scan shows close to twenty new spots in her head. We are headed back over Friday for another scan to clarify if some of the older spots are cancer or scar tissue. Then next Friday we go back in for Gamma Knife. The doctor is not super confident it will work. We remember he wasn't ultra confident it would work the first time either. It's been a whirlwind of a day. We are trying to figure out if we can squeeze in a trip to California to the Alternative Clinic. It is very expensive and we'll be gone for a week and a half. Help us pray for wisdom: for us about California, and for the Doctors and how to proceed.

If ever Sheri needed your prayers it is now. We are straining to keep looking up, but it is tough...we are not going to kid anyone here.

We do know that He is God, and He is bigger then cancer. We are asking Him for healing.

Brett and Sheri

Tuesday scan....

Tuesday Sheri and I travel over to the UW for a scheduled scan. She has this one every three to four months. The last one three months ago was good...we are praying for the same. It is always an anxious time to go over for these, but we know God is in control. Pray with us for good results.

Sheri's energy has been good, considering she's working full time in a kindergarten class with 23 kids....I wouldn't last 10 minutes in there without needing a nap! She is tolerating the new chemo very well. Her blood numbers are still very good. We are about a quarter of the way through this one.

Personally we are finishing the kids fall schedule. Bryce has one more little man football game left. Alyssa is very much looking forward to basketball this winter. We have two more Coug games to hit to wrap up the season....sure hope they get a W in there somewhere.

Thanks for the support....keep looking up.

Brett and Sheri

The Chase

We are looking forward to participating in the Chelan Chase Breast Cancer walk again this weekend. We will be walking with family and friends. Please come and join with us. It should be lots of fun. If you haven't registered, be there about 9:00 a.m. to register and the race begins at 10:00.
Bryce is hoping to run the whole way. I'm thinking he will easily beat us to the finish.

Thursday I'll be going down to chemo. again. I have tolerated the chemo. well so far. I only had to take an anti nausea once in the last two weeks. Once again, I have so much to be thankful for.

We are persistently and continually asking God for healing. Thank you for continuing to pray with us.

God bless!

Looking up,
Sheri

A Weekend at Home

This weekend we relaxed at home and got some projects done too. Both the kids went to play with their friends at different times, so it was nice to spend some one on time one with each of them.

Next week should be full of school, work, piano lessons, football and the Coug game on Saturday in Pullman. I have the week off of chemo. Ahhh. I haven't had to take any anti nausea medicine this week. That's fantastic in my book.

Please keep praying with us for God's healing as we thank Him for all He is doing and has done.
God bless!

Looking up,

Sheri