Thursday, February 19, 2009

Pressing On

Well, here's the latest. Q's liver seems to be fairly stable again with the bleeding stopped. A few days ago, however, it was discovered that she had fluid in her lungs and they drained them off and found no cancer cells in the fluid...that's good news. Most of the pain in her upper body places is gone now. The newest problem is that Q has a couple of blood clots in her legs (due to eliminating the blood thinning drugs so her liver would stop bleeding). Her swollen legs are pretty sore and they have put her back on blood thinning meds at a reduced dose to try to get rid of the clots.

Susie is really doing a remarkable job of dealing with all of this stuff, but admittedly, the delays and new problems that have been happening is pretty tough on her because she wants to get started with the chemotherapy that was supposed to start a week and a half ago.
On the up side the doctor said she will probably begin chemo tomorrow (Thursday). He is going to start with what would have been her outpatient treatments, but will keep her in the hospital to keep an eye on her.
So...here we go.

Please pray for things to go well with all of this.
- For Susie - healing (even miraculous healing); peace; sensing the love of God and His very real presence with her
- For the girls & Josh- comfort; the encouragement of the Lord; peace in their hearts
- For me - wisdom (Lord, show me what to do in all this); strength (Lord, help me do it)

We are constantly blown away by all of the continuing love, words of caring, acts of kindness and prayers of all of you. We are so blessed by it all.

Thank you from our hearts,
-Scott

9 comments:

Family Hughey said...

I love you all so much.

Family Hughey said...

Aunt Susie and Uncle Scott,

I love you both very much. I am praying every day for you and the girls to have strength to get through this. I am still very hopeful for a full recovery for you Aunt Susie I love you very much.

Love,

Jay

Family Hughey said...

Aunt Susie, Uncle Scott, Molly, Haley, Marylou and Ellie,

I pray for you every day in hopes that God will be with you and keep you strong and hopeful through this ordeal. I love you Aunt Susie and think about you all the time and hope that you will recieve a miracle. Hang in there Uncle Scott.

Love,
Matt

Shelley Brown said...

We think about all of you everyday; you are truly in our hearts and on our minds all of the time. We will be praying for these specific requests.

With Love, Shelley and Duncan Brown

Ashley said...

I pray for your family daily. You are all wonderful wonderful people.

Anonymous said...

Know that all of the Hughey families are praying for you daily and hoping for a miracle! Susie hang in there and keep fighting and know that we love you! Take it a day at a time. Scott and family hang in there!! Love ya, Brad, Gina, Justin, Cassie, Josh and Juliana Hughey

Katie (Umbaugh) Aschliman said...

praying for you all.

love,
katie

Tanya said...

You have continueously been in my thoughts and prayers.

Tanya Kaufman

Jackie said...

The Nevins family is praying for you!!! We will continue to watch the blog to get updates.

Steve and Jackie