From the Friends of Caleb

This blog is to support Caleb Evins and his battle with Cancer

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Wow-An Almost Normal Week!

God is Good.  Today we were challenged by Paul from the Philippians in verse 4:19, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."  This week we can say this.  God has continued to help Caleb to get better.  Its almost as if he is back to normal :).  Our church did something this week that is not normal-we took 20 kids to our camp.  Caleb was really more like a half time camper.  But, he was there for a couple of nights and days and by Saturday felt like he was a part of camp for his 8th year.  The speaker was great and challenged the hearts of our young people.  Caleb just felt good all week.  No nausea, no fever, and hardly any side effects.  Thank You, Lord for your provision.  


Having said this the Bone Marrow Transplant looms in the future.  We got some good news this week-as we found out the we can do the transplant in Los Angeles, after all.  More than anything it is good for Sarah as she will be able to get great support from her family as we go through the three-month long ordeal.  


it really seems like the medicine and God's healing hand is getting the best of this terrible Leukemia.  i heard from a friend who had talked to a local pastor. He saw her and told her how excited he was that Caleb was being healed.  As it turns out the local Pastor's fellowship had been praying together for my Son.  Wow!  Another tale of Prayer for Caleb.  Again, we thank all of you as things start to settle down.  Your prayers are appreciated and greatly needed.  God is good and His provision continues to be overwhelming.  

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Another Great Big Hill

This week Caleb will finish the 2nd round of treatment.  Thankfully, all has gone well with just a couple of minor bouts with a fever and infection.   Caleb's labs continue to show no cancer cells in his spinal fluid and the doctors have termed him to be in remission.

We've asked you to pray about the next treatment, which is the traditional treatment for Caleb's form of Leukemia-that is the bone marrow transplant.  We'd hope to avoid this risky procedure-but, since Caleb has a match,  the doctor's seem to want to play it safe and go through with the transplant.   I know that statement seems contradictory-but the traditional way to heal the Philadelphia form of Leukemia is the Bone Marrow Transplant.  We've shared to you that Caleb is being treated with a new medicine that has only been used for three years for the Philly Leukemia.  Our doctor is recommending the BMT.  Please pray for us as we take care of the details of this next "great big hill" for Caleb.  We had planned to do this in LA-but our insurance may force us to go to Phoenix.  Although, we have some great support in Phoenix, Sarah has a host of Aunts and cousins in LA that would be a huge support.  We need wisdom and prayer to make the right decisions for this.

In other Evins news-our girls will be going to Camp Ironwood with 17 other young people on Monday, June 11th.  That number is a bit large for our church to organize.  We need God's help to get them to camp safely and back.  Although, Caleb won't be able to be a camper-he will be going to stay a couple of nights.  I know his prayer is that the several friends that will be campers will get to know God better next week.  Pray that Caleb will have a strong week, be able to be at Ironwood as much as possible,  and get his treatments in between.;)  Thanks for all your prayers!