Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Good afternoon.

After the 'run around' with phone calls, our oncologist finally called me back this afternoon. She said she was sorry, she thought we already knew the answer. Anyway, the verdict is.........drum roll please........the scans are good. She said no change. No new metastases! We are breathing a little easier. It is just hard to be 'happy' when there is so much pain in our Osteo family right now. But we are relieved. Thank you for your prayers.

David is so funny. I called him to tell him the results, and he said, "cool." I told him he was clear for another 3 months and he said, "yay." That was it. We wanted to tell him in person, but it is too hard for him to get up and down the stairs on the crutches. We don't make him do it any more than he has to. Now we just have the surgery looming in his future. Poor kid. But at least we aren't looking at chemo any time soon!! Again, thank you for your prayers.

It has been a gorgeous fall day today. It has been raining all day~~~very hard at times! We need the rain for a good base of moisture for the snow!! Can't wait until it is snowing. When the sky is all dreary-looking the trees look so much more vibrant! The fall colors this year are amazing!! God is awesome!!

Thanks for checking in; I need to go make dinner. I am making Chunky Chicken Potato Soup for dinner on this cold, wet night!! Perfect! Thank you again for the prayers, love, and support. Keep them all coming! Have a good night. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

The National Cancer Institutes federal budget is about $5 Billion. Less than 3% of the budget goes towards all pediatric cancers combined. The rest goes toward adult cancers. Breast cancer alone receives 12%. Prostate cancer receives 7%.