We need you again

Team EvanMarie, we need you again.

Tomorrow morning, we head back to the hospital for cycle two of immunotherapy.

We are coming up on one year since EvanMarie’s diagnosis. And what a year it’s been. We’ve cried harder than we ever thought possible. We’ve prayed more fervently and we’ve never been carried more by Grace.

And so here we are.

Still a family. Still struggling. Still hopeful. Still trusting.

And so incredibly grateful to God that there is no more detectable cancer in our little girl’s body.

But the war is far from over.

Truth be told, Cana and I are a little scared tonight. The first round of immunotherapy was downright awful on EvanMarie. This medicine is a gift, (and we thank God for it) but it is a beast. Tomorrow we ask our brave little girl to walk back into that hospital and do it again.

So once again, we’re asking you to double down on the prayers.

Pray that this round is easier. Pray for protection from the terrible nerve pain. Pray that this medicine does exactly what it is supposed to do, make sure this cancer never comes back.

And here’s the part that overwhelms me tonight…

Some of you have been praying for our little girl every single day for almost a year.

A year.

You’ve put her name on prayer lists. Taken her name to Mass. Lit candles. Asked saints for their intercession. Whispered her name before bed. Had your children pray for her. And sometimes, when Cana and I couldn’t find the words ourselves, you prayed them for us.

How do you thank someone for that?

We don’t quite know.

So we’ll just say it again, thank you.

Please don’t stop now.

We’re tired. We’re grateful. We’re a little afraid.

Jesus we trust in you!

Glory to God in all things.

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