Friday, October 30, 2009

Good evening.

David is doing a little bit better. His fever hasn't spiked again; it is hovering between 100 & 101 degrees. I have put him on the Bactrim I still have. He said he is achy, nauseous, and has chills. I hope the Bactrim will take care of whatever is trying to get him down. Thank you for your prayers.

I was so stressed yesterday I forgot to mention that it was one year ago yesterday that David got his broviac out!! Yay!

Please continue to pray for him. He still isn't eating like he should; like we need him to. Maybe once this 'bug' is gone he will start eating again. He is still in pain from the surgery, I can't even imagine going through what he has been through. He is allowed to put weight on his leg, he just is afraid to at this point. His muscles have atrophied quite a lot over the past 6 weeks that he has been unable to walk on his right leg. Please pray he is able to be walking again soon. I am so tired of my baby being unable to walk. I am so tired of watching my son go through what he has gone through. It doesn't matter how many surgeries he has, it doesn't get any easier watching them wheel him off to surgery. It doesn't get any easier to 'allow' them to do something to him that is going to cause him pain. It doesn't get any easier knowing my son is going to be cut up, and into, and his body scarred up. There are some wounds that time does NOT heal. It stinks knowing that we are forever parents of a child with cancer. Ok, maybe he doesn't have 'active' cancer (or however you want to say it); but cancer will forever be part of our life. We will go on and live our life, but there will always be this cloud hanging over our head~~~the cancer could always come back!! *sigh* That is why we try to life each day to the fullest.

Please continue to pray for our 'special request.' Also, please pray for our finances. David was taken off prilosec and put on a stronger dose of prevacid because the prilosec doesn't always work very well for him. He still often complaines of a stomache ache with the prilosec. Well, the prilosec costs us $5 co-pay for a 30 day supply. The prevacid is $90 co-pay for a 30 day supply!! But what are we to do? Please pray for us as the medical expenses just seem to grow, even though David is not in 'active' treatment at this time. Thanks for your prayers.

Thank you for checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Thank you for your prayers, please keep them coming. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan


For the patients' parents, a cancer diagnosis can launch a balancing act between the toughness needed to hold together the family and demand the best medical care, and the gentleness needed to stay collected and positive with the child. The ordeal of treatments creates a bond among families who go through the experience.