September 10, 2006

Samantha is on day 11 of her new treatment and is doing pretty well today. She had a rough few days with vomitting and being very unsteady on her feet. She had a drop in her potassium because of all the vomitting and had to start a supplement. She also had her steroid increased which seems to be helping as well. The doctors are hopeful that if they see improvement with the increase in steroids it could be an indication that she has some intercranial pressure which would be from the tumor responding to the medicine. We are sharing that hope with all we have and are working once again to get her stronger and rebuild her appetite. She did a little better today than yesterday and with any luck tomorrow she will show some more improvement.
We are still not sure exactly when we will be heading home. Hopefully we will know more this week. Please continue to pray for her.
With Love,
Audra, Kurt, Christopher, and Samantha