let's rally team kelly!

Hi there Team Kelly...we need to fill you in a little and rally some of your prayers.  She really needs some fightin' spirit!  Kelly is still feeling a lot of discomfort in her abdomen.  It's very hard for her to sleep as she hurts more when she is lying down.  The only relief she gets is from walking around.  She saw Dr. Savin today and he has ordered a sonogram for Thursday at 3pm.  Pain medicine is helping a little, but she still is really uncomfortable.  Let's pray this sonogram gives us some sort of answer and some relief to her pain.

Today's devotion gave us this:
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him;  it's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God.  Lamentations 3:25-26 (The Message)
Waiting on Me means directing your attention to Me in hopeful anticipation of what I will do.  It entails trusting Me with every fiber of your being, instead of trying to figure things out yourself...I have promised many blessings to those who wait on Me: renewed strength, living above one's circumstances, resurgence of hope, awareness of My continual Presence. (Jesus Calling by Sarah Young)

Got hope Team Kelly?  Of course you do!  Let's keep lifting Kelly up in our prayers...quietly hoping and expecting God's miracle.

the Cummins family :)

Alden, Carden, Caroline and Betsy

the Kryzak crew...

 

Kim and Kathy Troccoli!!

Every day, so many of you TK supporters, give Kelly encouragement...calls, texts, cards, emails, gifts etc.  And not just to Kelly, but to me and my family, to Kim and her family, to our parents, to Jason's parents and to the kids.  It may seem so small to you, but it is the exact opposite to us!  We see Jesus in every kind gesture and it gives us HOPE!  

Please pray this...

1.  For the sonogram on Thursday

2.  For this oral chemo to shrink tumors

3.  For her doctor to have a clear plan of action to fight this thing

4.  For Kelly to get some good restful sleep

5.  For kelly to lay her anxiety and fears at His feet and rely on His promise to take care of her

6.  Thank Him for all of Team Kelly that gives us all so much love, support and encouragement

7.  For jason, will, ben, sam and ella...always!

hope...one way!

Our hope is one way...HIS way!  Good news Team Kelly...Dr. Savin was not alarmed by the change in the CT scan at all. The spot on the liver is so very small and the pancreas is only slightly larger. She is staying with the oral chemo for now. He wants to see how her body reacts to this drug and she hasn't been on it long enough to tell.  Dr. Savin isn't too concerned about this discomfort in her abdomen either. Could be her spleen which is slightly enlarged due to the treatment. He assured her it is not growing tumors!

Some more good news...she may be a candidate for a clinical trial. They are testing her tissue to see if she qualifies.  We will know in a couple days.  Kelly wants God to use her in this fight against pancreatic cancer...she prayed that specifically to Him Monday morning on the way to the GI appointment.  When Dr. Savin came in today, he didn't small talk with Kelly.  He didn't begin with discussing the results of the CT scan.  He started with this clinical trial that he thinks Kelly will be a great candidate for.  Kelly immediately thought of her prayer.  Maybe this trial will be yet another way for God to use her in finding better treatment options for patients like her.  She has mixed feelings about it of course...scared to be a part of an experiment...excited to be a tool for pancreatic cancer research.  

All that being said, we are bound to come across bumps in the road.  We just have to lean on Him and trust that He will get us over it or around it.  Thank you for taking this journey with us and for your continued prayers.  Please keep 'em  coming... and THANK YOU for praying for Kelly today and always!  Much love to you Team Kelly :)

update on last week's tests...

Friday Kelly called her doctor's office to find out about the CT scan.  She hadn't had a good feeling about it all week.  Unfortunately, she was right.  They found a new spot on the liver they hadn't seen before, and the tumor on the pancreas was slightly larger.  She has a doctor appointment tomorrow to discuss a new treatment regimen. 

This news was not what any of us wanted to hear.  It's certainly not easy to report to all of you...TK's biggest prayer warriors.  Kelly needed last weekend to feel sad and angry. She needed her time to cry out to God.  A text she received a couple weeks ago says it best...

So often we think that we are weak in faith if we worry or question.  Don't you dare forget...Jesus screamed out at God from the cross...'why have you forsaken me?'  He knew everything was good...but in that moment it was just too much.  Kelly, give yourself permission to have moments like that.  It's not weakness or lack of faith.  It's just acknowledging the gravity of circumstances.  God is big enough to handle if you're honest enough to cry out!

She also met with the GI specialist Monday.  He told her there was nothing abnormal in any of his findings on the endoscopy.  There is no "GI" reason behind the discomfort in her stomach.  Although this is frustrating, it is a huge praise!  No tumors and unremarkable biopsies is definitely good news!  After crying out to God this past weekend,  she prayed on the way to the GI appointment Monday that He just use her in a remarkable way.  

Kelly's kids...and all of TK kid supporters...lift her up daily.  Ella was asking Kelly a ton of questions at bedtime last week about anything and everything.  Kelly was having a hard time laying beside her with the discomfort in her tummy.  Ella noticed and asked her if the chemo was hurting her.  Ella wanted to know if chemo could cause someone to die.  Kelly told sweet Ella a little about why chemo is good and bad.  She told her that it may be harder on someone who is much older.  And Ella's response was that she is so thankful Kelly has cancer at age 40...because she is young and her body can fight it!  The optimism of children and God's light in their little souls is incredible.

Thank you Team Kelly for sending pictures, cards in the mail, for stopping by, for spontaneous meals, encouraging texts & emails, drawings, facebook messages, and rides home from school and practice etc...each gesture is treasured.  Your kindness is appreciated more than you will ever know.  

The Thomas family at Disney have HOPE!

Telling Ariel about what Got Hope? means :)

 Ariel is now on TEAM KELLY!

Thank you Bradley and friends...Aunt Kelly loves you!!!

A card from Dr. Kelli and her team :)

cole, will, kolby, sam and ben...happy birthday cole!

this sweet girl brings kelly 

so much happy...surely she will make you smile too :)

Kelly said to us yesterday, she is not only ready to face it...but she is ready to FIGHT it!  Let's help her, TK!  Let's give her all the ammo she needs through BIG prayers and HEAPING amounts of encouragement!!!

Prayer requests for now:
1.  For tomorrow's appointment...for a clear decision on how to move forward and what treatment to pursue.
2.  For the pain in her abdomen to not be growing tumors, but chemo attacking tumors
3.  For her anxiety over this pain and the ongoing changing treatment
4.  For God to keep using Kelly as an example of His all mighty healing power
5.  For her family and their fears too
6.  For jason, will, ben, sam and ella...always