glad to hear the steroids are working for Nate. Happy Birthday to AJ. Glad
Emma is doing ok now. Good to hear you are doing better with the pred too.
They might have to bring you down by 5 mg or even 2.5 a day for awhile to
see if that works.

This is an update on Nate and his sister, that I got today from my niece:
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Just a short update. Nate is doing well. The steroids are taking affect, but
We keep telling ourselves that this is the last time that He has them. AJ is
excited to celebrate his 9th Birthday tomorrow along with his Uncle Phillip.
AJ wanted to wait and have their Birthdays together. Emma is doing ok. She
has had a few short little spells. Nothing major like the other day. We are
just watching her. Thanks for checking on us. Hope everyone has a great 4th
of July!!!

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I am doing much better back on the 30mg a day of prednisone.  I see my
doctor on Tuesday, the 7th and we'll probably have to adjust the tapering
amount.  I don't know yet how small a step we will have to take.  I will
update on that later.

My daughter-in-law has made it safely to Indiana and the funeral is today, I
believe.  All is well with the two who didn't go, my middle great nephew and
his dad.  They are off to a Scout camping trip, which is why they didn't go
to Indiana.  Keep the prayers coming for all of us, please.  You are so
wonderful.
Navy
Take out the FISH to email me.

I have three needs for prayers tonight.  Please bear with me.
My great nephew with the leukemia is doing all right, but his sister Emma
needs prayers:
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Nate recieved his last IV chemo today. I was alittle dissappointed that
noone said anything. We go back in 2 weeks for counts. Onto my other
problem....Emma. Emma spent the last 2 days in the hospital. She was having
trouble walking and talking. I called the pediatrician and He sent us to the
ER. She got a CT scan and it was normal. Bloodwork showed that she was
dehydrated. That ER sent us by ambulance to CCMC. The neurologist saw us and
thought that Emma had a seizure from a virus that her body is fighting. Emma
had an MRI and an EEG today and they were all normal. No seizure meds yet.
If she does it again, we will decuss meds. It was very scary to see her
unable to walk, talk or even focus her eyes. Nate only has 26 more days of
chemo !!!!! Please pray that Emma contiues to get better. Thanks.

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My daughter-in-law just called tonight (she is the wife of my youngest son
who just got back from Iraq because of her mother being so ill this spring.
Her father's big brother died suddenly this morning and Tara and two of the
children are on their way to Indiana in the morning to support her dad.

Prayer need no. 3 is me.  I went from 30mg to 20mg of pred a week ago
tomorrow.  Yesterday, I started getting congested in the chest late in the
afternoon.  I called the nurse and left a message.  She called this morning
and told me to get an appointment with the doctor next week, so I go in on
Tuesday.  I've been having trouble breathing most of the day.  So, pray for
all of us, please.  This happened last time I went from 30mg in about the
same amount of time.   That time, I went down to 10mg.    I felt so good on
the 30mg.  I thought we really had it licked.  Thanks everybody