Monday, October 11, 2004

I'm sorry to post about something sad, but our friends need all the prayers they can get right now. My son used to go to school with Jessica, age seven. She had cancer in her brain. Last year, she went to Japan for surgery and went into remission. Six weeks ago, she was still in the clear. Last week she woke up in the middle of the night screaming that her head hurt. They went to the ER, and Jessica had an emergency MRI. The Doctor saw SIX new tumors. One the size of a golf ball on the stem of her brain, the others are all down around her spinal fluid. The doctor said that if he did an MRI just on her spine, he's sure there would be tumors all down her spine. The doctor told Jessica's father that if this was his seven year old daughter, he would let her go to be with Jesus. He told them that Jessica has three weeks to live with no treatment. Even if they did do any treatment, they could only treat a few tumors at a time. The other tumors would just keep multiplying while they were treating the others. And it would be very painful for her to go through any treatment at this point. If you breathe on her wrong it would hurt. I found all of this out on my birthday. I was in shock. I can't imagine what her parents are going through right now. We know that God is in complete control at all times. Please pray for Jessica that she would not be in any pain that medication could not get rid of. Her parents also want everyone to pray that Jessica would be able to have a smile on her face one last time, and to play with her younger sister one last time.

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