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Dear friends & family,

I am finally posting from home! Thanks to my very best friend Kristen Mulford. She let me borrow her computer................ well her Mom did Kristen doesn't know but THANK YOU ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!! I will only have it until our new computer gets here witch was ordered yesterday so in 8 or 10 days it will be here. Enough about computers. I want to tell you about my last report. They said I was a rapid responder and couldn't see any bad blood cells. But that doesn't mean I can stop treatment. We will still be going up there every Sunday. But I have finished the first phase as my Mom and Dad call it. But it's really just my first month of medicine. I will let my Mom or Dad tell you my blood counts because I don't remember them from memory.

Love,

Julia.

As Julia told you, we learned that she is a "rapid responder"today, which is a definite praise!  In the mean time we are having to make difficult decisions about her next phase of treatment, which I won't go into specific details at this time.  Please pray for us as we make these decisions.  Julia has had a very hard last week or so.  For the last 4 weeks she has been on steroids.  Those steroids ended this past Sunday night.  In leukemia treatment, steroids are not tapered off like in normal usage.  Julia has been very emotional!  Her face & tummy have become very bloated and her muscles have been very sore & weakened.  We've had to help her in the car & up our door steps, but she is improving every day.  Please pray for these symptoms to subside & for her to feel better.  

Thank you all for your wonderful support & prayers.  We will never be able to thank everyone who has touched us, and words cannot describe how loved we have felt!  God bless you all!

Sharon & Jeff