A Day at Huntsman

We have felt so much support this past week from our friends and family.   Last Sunday, the young single adult ward where we have been serving and our home ward held a special fast on our behalf.  In our home ward, Bishop Bradshaw called the ward together after church and invited everyone to kneel in prayer to break the fast.  We have been buoyed up with strength and clarity in making decisions about treatment. 

Today we met with the Huntsman Cancer Institute to discuss treatment options offered there.  As the Dr. presented the options, we had almost immediate clarity on how we should move forward.  They proposed that we participate in one of their clinical trials.  It appears that Rick meets all the qualifications but needs to do a few preliminary tests for verification.  That should happen over the next few days.  We feel very confident about the staff there and the proposed direction.  Huntsman provided a great team that included doctors, nurses, social workers, dieticians and technologists, that made us feel very comfortable with their team.  It was also great to have Tanner along to help us validate the things we were feeling about the direction.  He took wonderful notes and was a great strength to us. 

 

We look forward to getting started on treatment.  We appreciate so much the continued thoughts and prayers.  We feel the Lord’s hand guiding us along this journey and have already seen so many tender mercies that are a result of the many prayers on our behalf.