Update on Stephen

Stephen is home from the hospital now, having battled through 6 days of high-dose chemo, the stem-cell transplant, having his whole immune system killed and brought back and in the process catching several bacterial infections. What an amazing and terrifying process all at the same time. Thank you to all of you who have been praying through this with us and who continue to pray. This is the only way all of us get through. Please pray now that Stephen continues to gain strength and that his 2 infections are fully irradicated.  He is still not completely out of the woods yet, but he is on his way to recovery. I know this might be a strange part of the prayer request but please pray that his veins recover from all of the treatment.  After this, he still has radiation to do, which we pray will be light and put him into full remission. The doctors are still looking at the possibility of a donor stem-cell transplant but this is only a possibility.  At this point, we do not know how well the stem-cell has worked. A PetScan should happen within the next few weeks, so we'll have a better idea then. We continue to pray for complete healing and recovery now.  Many blessings to you and your families. ~Dave and Marlene