Saturday, February 27, 2010

Good evening.

Sor​ry I haven't updated sooner. The trip to San Francisco went well. My best friend came with us. She just needed to get away for a day, and see some new sights, so we took her with us. She got to see first hand how exhausting these trips are. People who don't do it have really NO idea how tough these trips are. And these are the easy ones! Not near as rough as the chemo trips! Anyway, we left around 7:45am and got to S.F. around 11:45 or so. We had lunch across the street from the UCSF at this yummy deli. Then we went across the street to get David's leg xrayed. Then we had David's appointment. Dr. O'Donnell watched David walk and checked out the xrays. He said his 'bad' leg is still a bit shorter, so we are to come back in 3 months and check again. If need be, we will schedule the surgery for June. He said when we come back in May they will xray David's left knee to see if it is done growing. If it is done growing, we will discuss the surgery to replace the expandable implant with a non-expanda​ble one. Dr. O says probably when David is around 17 or 18; depending. So, we will see how things go. But that was a good appointment.​

After San Francisco we went to Oakland Children's Hospital. We had to give something to Christine in Nuclear Medicine. She was so excited with what we brought her. Then we knew of another boy with Osteo (from our support group website) named Alex, so we went up and saw him. We spent some time with his mom. His sister is the one who spends the most time with him so we were hoping to meet her; but it was good to meet and spend time with his mom. Then we left Oakland and came home. We got home a little after 10pm. It was a good day, just exhausting, as usual.

The weather has been great here. We have had snow, rain, hail, and wind. It has been nice.

Please pray for David as he is studying to take the Nevada Proficiency test in a couple of weeks. I have to take him to Reno for the test. His test dates are March 11 and 12. Please pray he passes them, he can't get a diploma without passing the tests. Thanks.

Plea​se continue to pray about our house situation. Bryon had contacted Dean Heller's (our NV congressman​) office; and Harry Reid's office. Well, we got NOWHERE with Harry Reid (big surprise); but Dean Heller's office is being very proactive in helping us. So, things are moving. We still don't know exactly what is going to happen, so we are still praying we can keep our house. Thank you for your prayers.

Tha​nk you for visiting and checking up on David and the Koury Klan. Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to uplift us in your prayers. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan


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