Needed: More prayer warriors

This is a family that never fails to put my life into perspective. I check Anna's website everyday to see updates on how she is doing. I don't think I have even in my life prayed for anyone as much as I have prayed for Anna. I dream of the day that I hear about Anna having a 24th birthday ball too. And I believe that God hears the prayers of His people. Her website is http://www.caringbridge.org/ok/annajane/. Check up on her, pray for her and her family. Below is a bit of her story and her mom's latest journal from her site.

Anna was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma on February 24, 2005. She had a liver resection the next day and then went through four rounds of chemotherapy. The chemotherapy failed to fully remove the cancer so she had a living-donor liver transplant at DuPont Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware on June 24, 2005. Anna's cancer came back in her new liver in May 2006. She received a second liver on July 23, 2006. Unfortunately, this too, failed to remove all of the cancer. Anna continues to undergo chemotherapy and will have another surgery in February to try to get rid of the tumor once and for all. This web page was created to help keep our friends and family updated on her progress.

Journal
Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:53 PM CDT

"Mom, is it going to be a long time before I grow up?""Yes, why do you ask?""I want to be big so that I can live on a farm."In case I haven't mentioned it, Anna aspires to be a farmer's wife. (How about it Lynda T.? Any chance we could visit the Ranch this week during Spring Break? )We went to the park today and took pictures. A big thank you to Ali Parker and my friends at Kirkland for giving us a photo shoot. It was a beautiful day and Anna was feeling good. The session started out a little crazy. Right after we got there Richard and I had to rush Anna behind a bush to pee. While we were gone, one of Jacob's molars fell out. We returned to find Jacob with a wad of bloody kleenex hanging out of his mouth. I didn't expect much after that, but it turned out okay.

We were SO thankful to be able to take a picture of all four kids today. It was exactly one year ago that we kissed Anna goodbye when she was dying of an aneurysm. It was also one year ago that they were able to stop the bleeding and save her life. (See the journal history if you don't know what I'm talking about.) This year, the good and the bad, has been a gift. We celebrated tonight at a Japanese steakhouse. The kids loved the show--especially the fire. Will and Anna kept asking our chef to make the fire over and over again. Anna said she wants to eat there every time we go out to eat. (I don't know who she thinks is going to pay for that!)Love, Marlo