I do not know most of you and I would not normally go on a public forum and put my families issues out on the internet but we need as many prayers as we can possibly get, so I am turning to as many people as I can. This forum has offered great advise for me in the past so I thought I would ask for something that would mean more to us than any material thing.
Our family received some devastating news back in August. My 22yo daughter has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. She was forced to withdraw from her senior year of college to seek treatment. She was required to spend four weeks at the University of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately during her second week of treatment she suffered bleeding and was rushed to the ER for brain surgery to evacuate the bleeding and find the source of a stroke. Two days later they were forced to do a second surgery and remove a large section of her left skull due to excessive swelling and a shift of the brain from center.
Since that day, she has been slowly recovering from the effects of the stroke while still receiving chemotherapy. Her speech, motor skills, and eye sight have all been affected in addition to the side effects of the chemo. Her treatment plan will span two and a half years with the goal of being cured. So I ask at this special time of giving to say a prayer for Amber in hopes that she will soon have her life back to normal. I also ask that you keep everyone suffering from this horrible disease in your prayers. We have met some amazing people.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and God Bless you and your families this and every year.
