Prayer Request : Taylor Roberts

Taylor, one of Peter and Kim Roberts' 3-year-old twins, has Leukæmia, and is not well. She now has to have the chemotherapy in smaller doses as the damage to her brain from the large doses caused her to have fits.

Hopefully she will not be affected by the damage but it will be a while before they know. She has to have the chemo a lot more often now and she gets terribly sick from it.

Update on 8th January 2002

She is still having her treatment 5 times per week and will have to have that for a couple of years. She is in remission at the moment, and if all goes well she will start preschool at the end of January. She can't mix with other children when her levels go high and this is still a problem, but if all stays at the level they are now she will be ok.

She still has not grown her hair back, but there is a slight colouring of hair showing at the moment. Because of infection in her central line the Drs. had to take the line out and she now has to have a very nasty needle every week and she has her chemotherapy orally at home. This is pretty horific for her as the needle is a very deep muscle one. She has 2 years of treatment to go and it will be 5 years before they are sure she is cured.

Thank you for your interest and prayers because, as we all realise, God is the only one who has been able to keep this little family stable through this trauma: you can imagine how much your prayers are appreciated by the whole family.