Not the best of news....

Here is a copy of the email that I just sent out:



Greetings Friends and Family,

We got Amelia's counts done again today. They are obiviously not what we had hoped. Some were up and some were down. She is still fighting a cold however but they were not up enough to impress the specialist in Minneapolis. This was his repy to me:

"If the ANC is <500 then we need to give GCSF. Otherwise, we should wait. I think we should be prepared to go to transplant as planned but we can always delay with GCSF and transfusions for a little while. GCSF wont be harmful as far as I know. John"

So as you can all clearly see, 2010 will be a transplant year for us. We are not sure if it will be March, April or May...There are a few things here at home that need to be taken care of before we go and of course a donor must be found and narrowed down to that one perfect match.
We have had 9 years to prepare for this, as I am not sure that one can ever truly be fully prepared to watch their child suffer so. But we have always know it was a WHEN not an IF!
I just ask that you all continue to keep us all in your prayers as we embark on a new journey. It will not be easy, but I have faith....F fantastic, A adventure, I in, T trusting, H HIM. I know that God will be with us every step of the way and just like before He will be there to carry us threw the difficult times. I have never questioned Him on why my kids and why we have to go through this. I have been given a blessing in my children and know that God would not give me more than I can handle.
I want to thank you all in advance for all that you all have done and continue to do for our family, some of you have truly been a God send and I know that you will be there for us when needed in the future.
Thank you to each and every one of you.
Hugs and Blessings,
The Bennett Family
Kelly, Tyren, Marshall, Amelia and Nathan
PS please feel free to pass this on, I know there is power in prayer!

This email would have been sent to many of you had I know your email addresses, but I also want to thank many of you for being there for us some of you are very faithfull followers from our Caringbridge days. Thank you for being there as we embark on another long and hard journey!