Update on Beth: Still Fighting EBV

Today Beth was once again positive for the Epstein-Barr Virus (she was negative late last week).  Her body is obviously fighting this infection but because her immune system is still "young" and not fully developed, the virus is not going away quickly or easily.

Most adults (95%) carry the EB virus, but their "T-cells" keep the virus inactive.  In Beth's case, she has very few "T-cells" to fight off this virus since T-cells tend to develop several months after transplant so the virus is "active" in her blood (pray for more T-cells!).

The doctors still hope her body can fight off this virus naturally and without treatment; however, they are close to giving her a special medicine to kill off the EB virus. There are some potential risks with this drug but the rewards far outweigh risks.

Prayer Requests:

• For EB virus to finally be eliminated.
  
  
  
  • Specifically, pray for Beth's immune system to overcome and defeat the virus.
  
  
  • However, if medical treatment is necessary, pray it works and pray for no side effects.
  
  
  
  


• The past 3 weeks have been very "up and down" with several "bumps on the road to recovery" (that's why Beth has been a little absent on Facebook, tweets, texts, etc.). Please pray we just start moving forward again with recovery!


• Pray for our friend Edwin, who is hospitalized for "CMV" (another type of virus transplant patients are susceptible to).

And THANK YOU so much for the prayers, cards, messages (Facebook, tweets, texts), and gifts ... God really does comfort and strengthen through His people, the Church!!