Never stop praying

Tuesday, March 23

Tyler did amazingly well after surgery yesterday. In fact, he ate almost a whole pizza last night for dinner. He had an epidural block to relieve him of any pain. He also was given benedryl to stop the itching which has helped him sleep away the day today. The doctors put in a port this time instead of the hickman line. The port is under his skin and requires no maintenance. In other words, Sarah and Charles don't have to flush or change lines and it is so much easier to administer his med's as iv's directly into the line. A plus for Tyler is he can swim and take showers where before he couldn't.

Tyler will get the week off to recover. Sarah is flying into Memphis Friday as Charles flies home. Sarah and Tyler will stay with their friends in Memphis this weekend and Tyler will return to the hospital on Monday for his first round of chemo. Please pray for this new chemo (IE) to work hard to defeat the cancer in his lungs. Tyler will remain in the hospital for at least 6 days while he gets chemo and fluids to flush out the chemo in his body. There will be a very small time frame for him to fly back home to Tucson before his counts drop and his immune system becomes weak. He will probably fly home to Az around April 2 or 3. He will have another round of chemo and then have surgery on his left lung to remove the cancerous nodule. Sarah and Charles aren't sure yet if he will have his second round of chemo in Tucson or Memphis but the second surgery will definitely be at St Jude's.

The best thing we can do for Tyler right now is pray. Pray that the chemo will work on the cancer in his lungs, that the cancer will not spread and for complete healing.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

If you would like to brighten Tyler's day by sending him a card, the address is:
Tyler Hanson
c/o St Jude Hospital
362 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105

Stay close!
Kim