THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Update on Elena

Quick update on my precious granddaughter......she has hand foot andmouth disease. She is miserable! She has blisters in her mouth, around her nose and mouth, and on her feet. He legs are covered in a rash and she refuses to wear pants. They have her eating otter pops, so that will help with the sores in her mouth. It breaks my heart. I remember how miserable David was with the mouth sores from chemo, and poor Elena has the mouth sores (blisters) from this disease. Please continue to pray for her. Please pray that she recovers quickly from this. They have been staying home with her, and I really miss her!! My house is too quiet without my little princess!! Anyway, I just wanted you to know what is going on with my granddaughter. Thank you for the prayers! 

Kristi and the Koury Klan 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Good afternoon. 

I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. We did. It was the 8 of us, and it was a good day. Rachel and I made cookies the week before, and we had a few more to make Thanksgiving morning. I can't believe another Thanksgiving has come and gone. We do have so much to be thankful for. Life is not perfect, but we are still thankful for so much. 

David is now on the antibiotics~~2 VERY strong ones! He will be on them for another week, then 2 weeks of a probiotic. Please pray for him as he is having side effects of the antibiotic. He is still working, and struggling with the side effects at work is NOT fun. Just please pray for him. Thanks. 

Could you also please pray for my precious granddaughter? She has been sick for a few days now. My son says she is a trooper and tries really hard for life to be normal, but it is obvious that she doesn't feel well. Yesterday Lucy stayed home with her, today Jeremy stayed home. Please pray that she is back to her healthy self soon! Thank you. 

Well, that is about it for now. Thank you for your prayers, please keep them coming. Thanks for visiting and checking in on David and the Koury Klan. God bless you all. We love you. 

Kristi and the Koury Klan 


When many people hear childhood cancer, they may only think of St. Jude and TV ads with cancer kids with round faces (from steroids) and bald heads (from chemo). Yet while it is a leading childhood cancer research center, St. Jude doesn't work exclusively on cancer research and treats less than 5% of all children with cancer. Or perhaps you think of the American Cancer Society and its support for childhood cancer? Unfortunately, in 2008, with $1,078 million of public support; the ACS gave only $4.2 million to childhood cancer research, less than 1/2 a penny for each dollar of support. 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012

News

Good evening. 

Well, we got the reports in the mail yesterday. It wasn't all good news. David is still stable, and that is very good news! However, the cancer has spread beyond his lungs. There is a calcified spot in/on his spleen. They can't tell if it is on the outside or inside his spleen. BUT; it is stable!! Apparently we are on a 'need to know' basis with Children's Hospital, and this spot has been there for 3 years! I know they never tell us the first time they see something, they wait to compare it with the next scans. So, this spot has been there for awhile, but it is stable, just like the lung mets. It is very disconcerting to us to know it has spread, but we are so thankful that David is still stable, no active disease. Thank you for your prayers, please continue to pray that David stays stable....forever!! We are definitely going to keep a very close eye on the future reports, that's for sure!! Of course his gall stone is still there. But the bottom line is, he is stable!! Yay!! 

Thank you for checking in on David. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Thank you so very much. God bless you. We love you. 

Kristi and the Koury Klan 

Everyone who is in your life is meant to be a part of that journey, but not all of them are meant to STAY.