Hello friends!

I know a lot of you are wondering how Hannah's doing, so I thought I'd give you a quick update.

Hannah's Shingles are drying up, and she is finally off the high dose of painkiller she was taking for the nerve pain...Praise the Lord! The steroid shot that she got in the hospital is now helping with the pain and she is able to function pretty normally again. Thank you so much for your prayers for this!

Hannah went into the doctor to talk about getting a permanent port in her arm for the dialysis soon. Right now they are using the catheter in her neck, but I guess it's not going to last much longer, and could get infected if they don't switch to an arm port soon. We are not very excited about the prospect of getting something in her arm, as that would require surgery, and would definitely be more serious than the catheter in her neck. Please pray that Hannah's kidney function continues to go up so that she will be able to be off dialysis SOON, making the arm port unnecessary. At the moment we're not sure what the doctor thinks about Hannah's progress and the timing of coming off of dialysis. As soon as we know more details about this, we will let you know.

Please continue to pray for Hannah's blood count. When they last checked, it was at a 7.9, and they are concerned about anything under an 8. Because of this, Hannah will be getting another transfusion in a few days.

Also, please continue to pray for peace in Hannah and Daniel's home...with so many people living together there right now, it can be rather stressful at times, as I'm sure you can imagine. :) Of COURSE there is lots of fun going on too! Life is wonderfully crazy right now. :)

I will update you as soon as there is any more new news.

Much love!!

Chloe