First Day of 24/7 Prayer!

We just got home from the hospital and we had positive news. Andrea had a small drink on Tuesday (very low dose of radioactive iodine which is used to tag or light up where any thyroid/cancer cells could be) and yesterday they took a preliminary scan from her waist up to her head. This was to give them an idea of how strong the dosage should be for today--the 'big drink', they call it. The doc was very pleased with the scan and her blood levels. The scan shows that there is a small amount of thyroid tissue(may or may not be cancerous) in her neck still as well as two lymph nodes in her neck that they are not sure whether they have cancer or not. From these first tests, it looks like there is no cancer in her lungs. Praise God for that! They were originally talking about giving her a dosage of radiation that was 100-150 mCi, but after these results, they decided to give her a dosage of 80 mCi --so that is good. Her iodine levels were very low, which is what we have been working towards with this diet. Doc said that will be very good for her as then the radioactive drink will be absorbed better by the thyroid cells.

We were able to visit with Andrea this morning for about 30 minutes. Her roommate, Katka, came for a few minutes to translate something for the nurses. We had a brief visit with her. She said that Andrea is such a strong and courageous girl. She is just amazed at Andrea and how calm she is about the whole thing. I think they are enjoying each others company. We had a chance to tell Katka about the prayer calendar and that we have asked people to pray for her as well.

We were not able to get the internet connected for her, so that was a bit of a disappointment, but she is okay with that. We will print off her emails and bring them to her as they come in. She was quite tired this morning as she stayed up a bit late last night--hopefully she will get some extra rest today.

She should already have her 'big drink' by now--they were going to give it to her by 11am. The small drink gave her a bit of a stomach ache and so we are praying that this dosage will not cause her to be nauseous.