Update on Ryan

I've wanted to post an update since Tuesday but I've been laid out on the couch sick or helping Maddie get over this nasty flu we have going around. Hopefully it will just be the 2 of us that get it.

Ryan and Holly

Anyway, last Sunday we went back to Circleville to help Ryan and Holly. There was a doctor's appointment on Monday morning that she had asked me to go to with them and take notes and just be available. So we took the boys out of school and we all went down.

Here is the basics of what Ryan is going to be going through, beginning tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning he will go to OSU and be admitted for 3 days of chemo. He will probably be hospitalized for 4 days. Then they will send him home for a couple of weeks before admitting him for chemo for another 3 days. After 2 cycles of chemo he will be retested (CT and PET) to see if the chemo is helping. Then if all is going well with that they will begin the process of a bone marrow transplant. They will use his own stem cells and in short he will be in the hospital for 3 to 4 weeks when they return the cells to his body and give a much higher dose of chemo.

It will be a long few months for Ryan. He needs your prayers. We continue to pray for healing. We serve a Mighty God and a Powerful God, much stronger than any cancer cells. We know that Ryan can be healed and we are praying to that end.

We are also praying for strength, this process is lengthy and will be hard. Please pray for Ryan.

Additionally Holly will be with him at the hospital and in between treatments every step of the way. She needs your prayers too. Prayers for strength, prayers to look to Jesus for that strength. Please keep her in your prayers.

Then my precious nieces, Casey, Morgan, Sarah and Emmi. They know as much as there little minds can understand and each one is dealing with it differently. They need Jesus presence right now. Mom and Dad will be gone a lot of nights and they need to know to turn to Jesus for their peace! Please pray for peace in their little hearts and comfort.

Ryan and Ron's parents, Ron and Frances. As you can only imagine this is tearing them up as well. They have been staying with Ryan and Holly quite a bit, only today (before the phone call that things would begin tomorrow) they returned home to get mail and check on things. By the time they got home there was a call to return for tomorrow morning. Please pray for strength, pray for wisdom, pray for peace as their baby goes through all of this.

As I type this my eyes are so filled with tears I can barely see the screen. It is all so scary. Why does our family have to go through this? Why couldn't I be the one? Jesus knew this day long before any of us and we must put our trust in Him. He holds the future in His hands and we must rest in that promise.

Jesus I trust you! I'm scared for Ryan, but I trust you! I'm hurting for all Holly is facing, but I trust you. My heart breaks for my nieces, but I trust you. I can't imagine the pain of my in-laws, but I trust you! Jesus increase my faith! Please Lord be honored in these next months among our family and Jesus please help us! We trust you! Being an Adkins means that we put our trust in YOU! Amen