WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011

Good evening.

I finally got the picture up! Woo-Hoo!! Isn't he a great looking kid? I love his long hair. After being bald for a year, he doesn't want his hair cut. I cant say as I blame him. Man, he is a good looking kid.

I got a call from Ruben at UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center today (that is Dr. O'Donnell's office). They have changed David's staple removal to July 6th. Yay! One less day with those staples. We were hoping to go to Pleasanton again, but there are no openings until July 15th, and that is too late. The doctor doesn't want the staples to be in there for over a month! So, we will be going to San Francisco. Again. *sigh* But the appointment is at 2:20, so we don't have to leave at the crack of dawn, and we won't be home too late! Perfect timing. We will just have to pay the stupid tolls again; and it will cost more for gas.......oh well. That's life. We will just be glad to have those staples out and be done with it. David will be glad to be able to take a regular shower, without the stupid shower chair. He can't get the staples wet, so showering is a royal pain in the butt!! One more week! Yay!

Just thought I would let you know that we only have one more week with the staples; and let you know I posted the picture, finally! Thanks for checking in. Have a wonderful day tomorrow. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

You never know how strong you are

until being strong is the only choice you have.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011

Good evening.

My first post tonight is to ask for prayer for my older son, Jeremy. Today sucked! They had to put their dog down this morning. It was very sudden, and Jeremy is taking it pretty hard. He has had that dog for 10 years, and he was a good dog. He was very loyal to Jeremy, and Lucy, and it just happened so fast. Spike was ok a couple of days ago, and went downhill very fast. The vet said it was either his heart, an auto-immune disease, or possible something inside ruptured and he was bleeding internally (his gums were white). So I am asking for prayer for Jeremy. He said it was hard coming home to an empty house, without Spike to greet him (after he took Spike to the vet). Thank you.

David is recovering well. He is able to put some weight on his leg, just not full weight. He said when he puts full weight on it, it feels like it is 'shifting' inside. He thinks it was like that before, so we are just letting it heal and see how it goes. I hate to see him back on crutches again! And in the wheelchair when it is too far to walk. This sucks so much. But, we are also glad to see him recovering! He is such a trooper, and he just does what he has to do. Two more weeks until he gets the staples out!! He said they are getting pretty painful, and they are pulling. And his clothes rubbing against them are causing him some discomfort. So he can't wait to get those staples out!! I hate seeing my son in pain, so I can't wait till he gets them out, too!!

Thank you for visiting and checking in on David. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you. {{hugs}}

Kristi and the Koury Klan

*Teenagers are extremely under represented in clinical trials for cancer, especially the 15-19 age group. They tend to be excluded from both childhood and adult cancer studies due to their age.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011

Good evening.

I wrote an update last night, but then my computer had an update and I lost it all! Grrrr.

Happy Father's Day (late) to all the dads out there. Happy Father's Day to my husband and father of our 4 children. And Happy 1st Father's Day to my wonderful son, Jeremy!! I focus on my husband (and now my son) on Father's day because the day is difficult for me as I don't have a dad to honor that day. I wish my dad was still alive, I miss him every single day. I hope all you fathers out there had a wonderful day.

David is doing ok. He is still in some pain, but he is tolerating it. He refuses pain meds; one reason is he doesn't like the way they make him feel. But he is such a trooper, and he just deals with the pain. But, poor kid, besides the normal surgery pain, he is also dealing with the pain of a horrible rash he has from the paper tape holding his nerve block catheter to his thigh. Clearly he is allergic to ALL adhesives! But sometimes he has to have things taped to him; like IVs, epidural catheters, and this nerve block catheter he just had. *sigh* Poor kid can't catch a break for anything. He can't have even one surgery or procedure go smoothly without any adverse effects!! Hopefully he won't need another surgery before this implant needs to be replaced in 10 years; and by then maybe his skin will have had a long enough break to not react to adhesives!! Overall, he is doing as well as can be expected. Thank you for the prayers, keep them coming!

Janet, it was great to hear from you! How is Nicole? Did you get the picture of all of us (taken at CHO) from Christine? I have it where I see it every day! I love Nicole's smile in that picture! Nicole is still in our prayers.

Lindsay; thank you for your input. I was not offended, we will do almost anything for our child (but we live in Carson City, Nevada, David's treatments and surgeries were done in CA because there is no pediatric oncology in Northern Nevada). With that being said, I don't totally agree with everything you said. However, we did look into the synthetic version of marijuana, Marinol, when David was unable to gain weight and was diagnosed with 'failure to thrive' when he weighed 94 pounds (before we had to resort to the feeding tube). The biggest issue we had is that our insurance doesn't cover it, and it would cost us $400/month!! We only have so much money, (my husband's income has been cut) and we don't have enough for all our expenses as it is. But I do appreciate you taking the time to write and offer suggestions.

That is about all that is happening here. Thank you for visiting and checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Have a good evening. Please continue to pray for David as he is trying to heal from this surgery. Pray he eats; we keep telling him he needs to eat to heal, but it is like talking to a brick wall. We have the Megase, and we keep threatening him with that. I have made my homemade brownies for him, and he eats those, so that is good. Please pray for him, and us! Thank you. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Despite the success of chemotherapy for osteosarcoma, it has one of the lowest survival rates for pediatric cancer.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011

WE'RE HOME

Good evening.

Sorry I haven't updated yet, it has been a bit chaotic.

We came home yesterday, well, last night. We left around 1:00pm. Bryon stayed with David on Monday night, Rachel stayed on Tuesday night, and I stayed on Wednesday night. So after Bryon and Rachel got to the hospital, Bryon and I ran over to the Family House to do the laundry. We have to wash all our sheets and towels, and fold the sheets on the end of the beds and hang up the towels. Then while the laundry was being washed we cleaned the room and the bathroom. Because I knew I was staying with David on Wednesday night, I had already packed my stuff up and put it in the car; with the exception of the toiletries I needed for Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and a change of clothes. Bryon and Rachel had already packed their stuff up, too, so we just had to clean the room. Then we had to go to the kitchen and get all the leftover food that we brought packed up and put back in the cooler. The doctor had come by earlier that day and changed David's dressing and given orders for our release. While Bryon and I were cleaning and packing the pharmacist came by with the prescription for David's meds. He has to take the percoset and mega dose colace. The over-the-counter dose of colace is 80mg. his prescription is for 250mg.!! We all know what those narcotics do to the body!! So, when everything was done it was about 12ish. Then we had to get everything packed up from the hospital and David had to get dressed. They also had to remove his IV. They had removed his nerve block earlier. Once all our ducks were in a row, we left!! Boy, did that feel good!! David is/was still in a bit of pain, but he handled the trip home ok. He is still a bit nauseous, so we are back to fighting him about the eating!! I can't tell you how tired I am of fighting that battle. He is down to 131 pounds. Hopefully he will get back to eating soon. We arrived home a bit after 5pm; just in time for me to make dinner! Actually, after having sandwiches two meals a day for 4 days, Bryon BBQ'd burgers last night! I was craving a burger!! David and I split one, and he only ate 2 bites of his. But it tasted sooooo good! I am not normally a sandwich person, so I was really ready for something else!! But we survived on sandwiches twice a day (usually apples and almonds for breakfast), and we saved a bunch of money!! So, it is great to be home!

David is sleeping downstairs, as it is exhausting for him to go up and down the stairs on crutches. He doesn't mind sleeping downstairs, we have a comfortable reclining couch. Plus, he is still somewhat afraid to bend his knee, and he is afraid the cats will jump all over him at night (the cats sleep in his room) and hurt his leg. So that is why he sleeps downstairs. Of course, we lost our tv, ha-ha. He had Bryon bring his PS3 down here and hook it up to the family room tv. That's ok, we don't watch that much tv anyway.

David is weight bearing as tolerated, and he isn't weight bearing yet. He says when he puts weight on it, it feels like things are 'shifting' inside. He said he thinks that happened before, too. He has had pain on the inside this time, too, not just the incision. So he will gradually be putting weight on it. I can't wait to see him walking 'normal' again. Like I posted the other day, he will never walk normal, but he will walk normal for him. I can't wait to permanently retire the crutches and the wheelchair!! Someday.......

Please continue to pray for his healing. We are so glad that this surgery is over. The doctor told us that he is young and healthy, but that the incision will take a while to heal. That is because they went through scar tissue; LOTS of it; and scar tissue takes longer to heal than fresh skin. He has to keep the incision covered because of that. They said they don't want dirt or germs getting in the incision and causing an infection that would go to the implant because there is no muscle between the skin and the implant. You can feel the implant when you touch David's leg; it is kinda creepy! Anyway, please pray for healing and for pain relief. Thanks.

Thank you for checking in. Please continue to pray for Sara's family as it is sinking in more and more that she is no longer here on earth, she is dancing and running with the angels. She is free from pain and from a disabled body (and Osteosarcoma), but that doesn't make it easier on her family. Please continue to pray for Rachel, who fights every single day to live! Thank you. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan


Three out of every five children diagnosed with cancer suffer from long-term or late onset side effects.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011

Good evening.

I am sorry I haven't updated, it has been a rather rough ride. We left Sunday after church, and got here around 7:30. We were stuck in traffic from Berkley to San Francisco. It was a mess!! I hate San Francisco traffic!!!! Then we settled into the Family House, where we got a great room. What makes a room great at the FH is it's own bathroom! We are the only room on this floor with it's own bathroom. I don't know the situation on the other floors. Anyway, we went to the kitchen and made our dinner (remember, I packed food) and ate. Then we wound down before going to bed. We didn't have to wake up at the crack of dawn because David's surgery wasn't scheduled until 1:30. We had to be at the hospital at 11:30, and that is when we got there. None of us ate because David had to be NPO (nothing by mouth) since midnight Sunday night. So we were pretty hungry. David wasn't hungry because he was too nervous. They finally called us to the pre-op around 1:15 or so. They talked to us about pain management for David, so they suggested a nerve block. It involved placing an IV while he was awake and putting the nerve block catheter into his femoral nerve. He needed to be awake so they can know if it is in the right place. They check for the nerve by ultrasound, but he still had to be awake. Usually he goes to sleep by mask, and then they insert all IV's after he is asleep. Well, he agreed to the nerve block because they said it will work better than the epidural he usually gets. They gave him the 'Happy Medicine" (one nurse calls it the "brave medicine") once the IV was in, and he doesn't remember them placing the nerve block. I am glad about that! Then he was pretty loopy and funny! He kept falling asleep, and he said he wasn't even scared anymore! That made me happy! Well, he didn't go back to surgery until 3:30, so they had to give him more versed to take the fear away, again. He actually agreed to take it! Anyway, Dr. O said he will be coming to talk to us in 2 hours. So we left, went to the FH and made sandwiches. Then we went back to the hospital to wait. When 3 hours came and went we were getting a bit concerned. Dr. O called about 6:50 to say David was done and in the PACU. Everything went fine. Very little bleeding, no sign of infection, and David tolerated it well. We got to go to the PACU to see him about 8:00. He was in NO pain! First time! He often wakes up in pain; we decided that the nerve block was a great thing!! He got to his room around 9:00. It is a shared room, and he was by the door. Not acceptable. He has major depression issues when he is in a shared room, and he is by the door. Our roommates left today, so we moved him to the window. It isn't as ideal as a private room, but it is doable. We don't understand why people who are by the window always leave the blinds down. It makes the hospital room like a cold, depressing cave!! If you don't want to have the window blinds open, be by the door!! Anyway, things are a bit better now that he has been moved.

Today he got up and walked, twice. The first time he did it with the Physical Terrorist, and he did well. Then this afternoon the nerve block stopped working. He is on a dilaudid PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesic), but he won't push the button! He was for awhile, but then he said the dilaudid was making him nauseous and dizzy, so he doesn't want it anymore. The second walk was agony. He was crying and saying he didn't want to do it. His nurse brought in some oxycodone, and we waited for that to kick in before getting him up. He broke our hearts on the second walk. He didn't walk far at all, and he said, "I miss the lengthenings, they were easier. I miss walking normal, I forget what it is like to walk normal. I forget what it is like to run." No child should EVER feel that way. I HATE CANCER!! I am so tired of watching my baby in pain. I took for granted that children run and jump and play; my son can't do those things. But he is such a brave kid/young man. The things he has been through without complaining.....it's just not fair. Please pray that his pain can be controlled better. They did up the delivery on his nerve block, hopefully that will work better. They said they can up it even more if he needs it; we'll see. We were hoping to go home tomorrow, but I don't see that happening. He is in far too much pain to be able to sit for that long car ride home. Miracles happen every day, so we could get one, who knows?

Sorry this is so long, I just wanted to catch you up on what is happening. Please continue to pray for healing for him, and for better pain management. Thanks for checking in. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

The only thing worse than being diagnosed with cancer is watching your child go through it.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011

Good evening, everyone.

We are so glad that today is over!! The graduation went really well today. David did not have a mic when he read his speech, but he did great!! His voice was quiet, but strong. When he was done he got a standing ovation!! It was wonderful. He even said he was glad he did it. Even some of the kids said it was a great speech, and that they liked it. He is so glad that today is done and over with.

David even got an award that we were totally unaware of! He got a Certificate of Recognition "In recognition of outstanding academic achievement at Beacon Academy of Nevada." We were not expecting that, and we are just busting our buttons with pride!! All you cancer moms (and dads) know what an accomplishment it is for our children to get through school with all the roadblocks in their way. And for my son to be recognized for outstanding academic achievement......I couldn't be more proud to be his mom!!!

We are so thankful to Kirk and Trish for making the trip all the way from Colorado just to see David graduate. Bryon and Kirk go way back (actually, Kirk is Bryon's sister-in-law's brother) and it has been awhile since we have seen him. Kirk was in our wedding. Anyway, it was very special for them to have come all the way from Colorado just to come to David's graduation. It meant a lot to us to have them do that. David didn't even have extended family members acknowledge his accomplishments. But we are fine with that. We know who the people are who really care about David, not just say that they do. Anyway, thank you for all your prayers for him, he did fantastic!! We could not be prouder of him. Yes, it was a tear-jerker!!

Well, tomorrow we leave for San Francisco. Please pray for us the next few days. I am so tired of my baby going into surgery. This will be the 12th time I have had to put my child into someone else's hands and watch him be wheeled off to surgery. It does NOT get any easier. Please pray that David has good pain management when he comes out of surgery; that is the part he is most concerned with. Please pray for a safe trip tomorrow for us. Thank you.

I am trying to upload some pictures, hopefully I will be able to do it tomorrow. Be looking for pictures!

It is late, and we still have to pack. Thank you for visiting and for all your prayers. God bless you all.

Kristi and the Koury Klan


The overall incidence rate for childhood cancers has increased significantly by almost 33% during the period 1975 to 2001

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011

8:54 PM, PDT

Good evening.

Today was a very busy day. We did all the last minute shopping, and I just finished baking the cupcakes. David didn't want a cake, he wanted cupcakes. And that is perfectly fine. It's his party, and he can have what he wants.

Here is the speech David wrote for his graduation. It is a good speech coming from a 17-year-old. Here goes:

"In the fall of my Freshman year, October of 2007, I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, in my right knee. The doctors found out that it was metastatic, meaning that it had also spread to my lungs. I had chemotherapy for about 4 months. Then in February of 2008, I had surgery to take the tumor out of my knee. They replaced my knee and two-thirds of my femur with a titanium rod. While I was in the hospital, I developed an intussusception, which,for lack of better words, is a condition where the small intestine telescopes in on the large intestine. Left untreated, a person typically will die in 2 to 5 days. The doctors don’t know why I got it, but on day 6 at 1 am on a Sunday morning I had an emergency surgery where they removed over a foot of my intestine and my appendix. I had another month of chemo and at the end of March I had surgery on my right lung to get 9 tumors out. Exactly two weeks later, the day before my birthday, I had surgery on my left lung where they removed 1 more. I spent my 14th birthday in the hospital recovering. I had chemo until that October. I believe God gave me the strength to endure a year of chemo and 11 surgeries over 33 months. In October 2009, a CT scan showed that I had a relapse. I have 2 more tumors in my right lung and 1 in my left. The tumors I have now are stable, so my doctors are just watching them. Beacon Academy of Nevada and its teachers helped me by excusing me from class when I wasn't able to attend because of surgeries and scans. They were understanding of my circumstances, and they helped me any way they could. Being at Beacon Academy and doing school online was a positive experience, because I was able to still attend school despite what I've been through, and they helped me be able to get my diploma. Today is Saturday June 11. 2 days from now on Monday June 13, I will be having surgery number 12 to replace my knee and femur again.

There will be a time in our lives when each one of us will have to face a trial or tribulation. When that time comes, we will have to decide how we handle it. We have a choice - do we fight or do we quit? The choices we make have a large part in how our lives turn out. Quitting is taking the easy way out. Anything worth value is worth fighting for. I didn’t choose to get cancer, but I did choose to fight. I am literally in a fight for my life. My life has value so I wake up everyday and choose to fight. This fight will last the rest of my life because metastatic Osteosarcoma is incurable. When problems face you, what are you going to choose? Are you going to fight? Or are you going to quit? The choice is up to you."

So, that is his speech. I think it is pretty inspirational. Please pray that he is calm when he gives his speech. He is VERY nervous, which is understandable. He doesn't want to give the speech, which is, again, understandable. Please pray for him. Graduation is at 1:00 pdt, so just adjust for your time zone. I don't know what time his speech is, but God does. Thank you for your prayers for him. Thank you for loving him, even if it is across many miles.

Thank you for visiting. Thank you for your prayers. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." - Eleanor Roosevelt

THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011

Good evening.

David had a good oncology appointment. The bone scan said, "Aside from some increased tracer uptake at the margins of the prosthesis, there are no definite areas of abnormal focal increased tracer uptake in the rest of the skeleton to suggest metastatic disease." Woo-Hoo!!! Whew. So the bone scan is good. Now for the chest CT scan. It said, "There is a plaque-like area of nodular thickening of the pleura or lung adjacent to the spine at the right lung base on axial image 26 of 114. The lesion measures 7mm in diameter and is unchanged compared to the prior study. A calcification is present projecting over the dependent region of the gallbladder most consistent with a solitary gallstone." So his CT scan is stable!! Woo-Hoo! We are happy with this report. And all his blood work came back great. Next scans (in October) we will do the echo and check his B12 and Zinc levels. Otherwise, things are stable. Connie said she was talking to Dr. Raphael on the plane about David. She said they could see that David clearly fought hard to live. They didn't think he was going to survive this, and so far he has! He is a miracle child! They are very impressed with him.

David is holding at around 135 pounds, which is acceptable. Eating is still an issue with him, however. Today he only ate dinner. He wasn't hungry at breakfast, and he was carsick from the drive to Reno and back and couldn't eat lunch. So for dinner I made a new favorite of his, pepper jack mac! It is pretty good. He ate a fair amount of that for dinner. It is hard to see him so nauseous all the time. *sigh* At least he is holding his weight ok. We will take the 135 pounds. Sure beats the 92 pounds he was 3 years ago!!! Please continue to pray that his appetite picks up. Thank you.

David submitted his speech to the school, and the administration approved it! He is set to give that speech on Saturday. We plan on videoing (is that even a word?) his graduation. If I can figure out a way to post it here, I will. I will, however, print out his speech as an update tomorrow; be looking for it!!

Well, it is late and I am tired. We got to have our precious Elena spend the night last night, and she got up at 1am for a feeding, so I am tired today. I know why we have children when we are younger! But I can keep up with the rest of them, I just don't sleep that well as it is, and I am not used to getting up with an infant. But I enjoyed that time, just me and Elena. The house was quiet, I had a precious baby in my arms, she was all snuggled in a blanket, she smelled so good, etc. I was in heaven!! I didn't mind one bit getting up with her. Sorry, I digress. Anyway, thanks for visiting. Have a good night. Thank you for all your continued prayers, we sure need them!! God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Once you choose hope, anything's possible. - Christopher Reeve

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011

Quick update

Good evening.

Just a quick update to say that David is unofficially officially done with school!!! He hasn't graduated, but he is done with all his work. Tomorrow is the official last day of school, but he finished all his assignments today!!! We were hoping he would, he won't have a lot of time tomorrow. We have to go to Reno for his oncology appointment, and that takes a lot of time. The appointment is at 10:00, so we have to leave around 9:15, to make sure we have time to park and all that. Plus, we will have Elena and Emilee, so that will take a bit of extra time, too. Then who knows how long we will be there, but we should be home in time for lunch!! So that pretty much kills the morning for available time for school. We are so proud of David! He finished school, even after all he has been through.

I will post tomorrow what we find out about his last scans. Until then, thanks for checking in. Have a good evening. God bless you all.

Kristi and the Koury Klan


In almost all cases, childhood cancers arise from non-inherited mutations (or changes) in the genes of growing cells. As these errors occur randomly and unpredictably, there is currently no effective way to predict or prevent them

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011

Good evening.

I could/should put yesterday's post up every day to get the point across, but I won't. I will spare you that.

We got the tickets for David's graduation! We are so glad the graduation will be inside, but there is limited seating. Every student is only allowed so many tickets, and we took up most of them with just our family!! Oh well, we still had enough! Then we will be having a BBQ afterwards for the friends who couldn't make it to the graduation. David has invited his friends, I hope everyone comes! He is really looking forward to the BBQ!!! It should be fun. The weather is supposed to be good.....NO rain or snow!! Woo-Hoo!! I just can't believe my baby graduates in 4 days! We are so thankful that he has lived this long! This will be some celebration, let me tell you!!

Then on Sunday we leave for San Francisco. We will be leaving after church; we want the prayer coverage when we go. So that is why we will be leaving after church. We aren't on a time crunch, the Family House room is reserved for us, and we can get there when we get there. We will be packing food, certainly can't afford to eat out!! I will be making some homemade chicken salad for sandwiches, and we will bring lunch meat, chips, fruit, etc. I am not looking forward to sandwiches for lunch AND dinner (I don't really like sandwiches), but we do what we have to do. It won't be bad, it could be worse!!

Thank you for visiting and checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Have a wonderful evening. God bless you all. We love you. {{hugs}}

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Even with insurance coverage, a family will have out-of-pocket expenses of about $40,000per year, not including travel.

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 201

The month of June brings awareness to Sarcoma/Bone Cancer

The American Cancer Society estimated that 2,570 people will be diagnosed with Sarcoma/Bone Cancer this year.

Bone cancer is caused by a problem with the cells that make bone. Bone tumors occur most commonly in children and adolescents and are less common in older adults. Cancer involving the bone in older adults is most commonly the result of metastatic spread from another tumor.

There are many different types of bone cancer. The most common bone tumors include osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma.

The most common symptom of bone tumors is pain. In most cases, the symptoms become gradually more severe with time. Initially, the pain may only be present either at night or with activity. Depending on the growth of the tumor, those affected may have symptoms for weeks, months, or years before seeking medical advice. If you have been experiencing undiagnosed bone pain, please see your doctor. While these symptoms don't necessarily mean you have cancer, it is best to rule out anything serious.

Please remember to wear your Yellow Awareness Ribbon items to honor or memorialize those affected with Sarcoma/Bone Cancer.

That is pretty much all I have to say tonight. I will update when I find out the news on David's scans. Thank you for checking in. Have a good night. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2011

Good evening.

Well, we made it to Oakland and back safely, thank you for your prayers. We left a little after 4am, and got there around 8am. We checked in, and waited for Christine to inject David with the radioactive dye. He was injected around 8:30, and then we waited for the chest CT scan. They called him back for the chest CT around 9. Then Christine told us to come back at 12 for the bone scan; or she would text me if she could get him in sooner. After the CT we went across the street to the oncology clinic to see Connie about his echo and oncology appointment. Well, Connie wasn't there, so no oncology appointment. Bryon talked to her, and she said we will just do the echo at the next set of scans in October. Then I talked to her, and she said we will have the oncology appointment in Reno on Thursday. So we went back across the street to the main hospital and went to the cafeteria to wait. We packed our lunch, so we ate around 11; just in case Christine called us early. We went to the nuclear med room at 12. Then Christine administered the bone scan. Then we left! We got home around 5! It was great to get home sooner than we thought we would!! It is cold and rainy here, but beautiful!! Oh, and Christine gave David a gift card to GameStop for graduation. She said it is also to help him as he recovers from surgery. She is so sweet!! We think the world of her. She clearly loves David. So, another set of scans done. We don't have any results of the scans, yet, we should know on Thursday. We really hate the wait, but what can we do? They have to be read by the radiologist, compared to previous scans, surgeon consulted, discussed with oncologists, etc. It takes time. I will let you know as soon as I do!!

Please pray for David, as always. He hasn't been feeling well these past few days. He said he has been nauseous for a few days, and he is not eating much (that's nothing new, I know). He can't get sick!! He graduates a week from today! I can't believe he has 4 more days of school. All four of my children will be High School graduates!!

Please pray that we get everything done. We have to do all the last minute stuff on Friday, payday! Please pray we are able to get everything done. Friday will be a VERY busy day. With all the shopping, decorating, pictures, etc. Please pray we can get it all done!!

Bryon got a call from the Family House in San Francisco, and we are all set for the week. We will be leaving here on the 12th, and we are reserved at the FH for the week. We don't know how long we will be there, but they tell us to plan for a week stay. Please continue to pray that David is placed on 7Long to recover. Thanks for all your prayers.

Thank you for visiting and checking up on David and the Koury Klan. Have a good rest of your weekend. God bless you all. We love you. {{hugs}}

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Pharmaceutical companies fund over 50% of adult cancer research trials, but virtually nothing for children's cancer!