Update #21 - January 18, 2012

Hi friends,

Well due to a pulled muscle in my chest the doctor ordered a cat scan on my chest yesterday to make sure it was not a pulmonary embolism... which can happen during chemotherapy treatment.  There was no blood clot so we now know that it is just a muscle around my lungs.  The doctor saw Brian and I today to go over results of what the cancer in my lungs looks like now.  He gave us tough news that every spot of cancer in my lungs has grown significantly during the past two months while I was having radiation of my rectal tumor and a low dose of chemo.  This was not what we wanted to hear. What this means is my cancer is very aggressive and grows faster than 'normal' colon cancer.  So my month off to rest and recover is not going to happen.  My final radiation therapy is Tuesday the 24th and I will go straight into the aggressive chemo treatment I was on before that started to shrink the spots.  The treatments will be every 2 weeks with cat scans every two months until it shrinks the cancer away or stops works in which time we would have to switch treatments.  This fight is a marathon and I have to stay strong to be able to endure it.  God gives me the strength I need each day.  I am praying that this is the last of the bad news doctor visits for me... I want to start seeing significant shrinkage at each scan from here on out until it is completely out of my body.  I believe God can and will take this cancer completely out of my body so I can be here with my beautiful family.  I need all of my warriors to believe so for me too and to ask God for it each day. 

While today feels like a setback we remember that God is so much bigger than cancer.  This means no month off so vacation will look a little different for us.  Brian and I decided we still need the getaway to change our surroundings and enjoy spending a quiet restful week together so we have the energy we need to face this.  We will spend several days at a resort in the hill country the week after my first strong chemo.  We know I could be sick and tired but still feel we can enjoy the time with each other and it will be good for us.   Thank you all for continuing with us on this difficult journey. 

Father God thank you for sending so many to encourage and lift us up.  Please bless them for the time they spend praying for me and my family and for the gifts they continue to send to us.  Lord God thank you for the beautiful family you have blessed me with and for the sweet husband I am a lucky gal.  God I beg you to hear our prayers and for you to remove every spot of cancer from my body so I can spend more time on this earth taking care of my sweet family.       
I pray all these things in Jesus Christ's sweet name.  AMEN

Wren Horn