A Different Phase

We've spent the last week intensely waiting and the weeks before waiting for this day. We now know where we're going and Brianne will not be undergoing any more chem treatments and will only have 1-2 good weeks and a few weeks after that. We met with the Doctor last night and he told us that her leukemic blasts in her bone marrow are at 70% and another round of chemo wouldn't lower it enough to go to transplant (it would have to be below 10% to do the bone marrow transplant). The last week has been tough as we've waited for numerous test results to come back and it's incredibly difficult to be facing the idea of Brianne dying.

Because her type of leukemia replicates so quickly, she will only have a few weeks, and she should get out of the hospital Saturday. We are going on a trip to North Carolina for a few days and will return to Macon by the middle of next week and Brianne asks to have no visitors at this time. We are planning to have a "life celebration party" in lieu of a funeral/memorial service and it is scheduled to occur on Saturday, June 7th in Macon. More details will follow.

Brianne is at peace with what's happening and has expressed her sense of peace numerous times. She's been incredibly strong and a calming force for all of us. We thank you for your prayers and continue to ask for prayer as we go through this difficult time. Pray for a continued peace, God's comforting hand, and for Brianne's physical comfort as her physical condition worsens.

We will also be making several requests to help out with this celebration, as many of you have indicated that you want to help, but an immediate request we want everyone to send pictures of brianne, or you with brianne, etc to one central location....Chris' email   thecigarstoreindian@gmail.com    thanks for all your assistance.