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Friends and family who have faithfully followed this blog - I apologize for the great delay of this entry. We were told on Friday, July 3, that Christi's leukemia is once again active, and her peripheral blood leukemia blasts were measured to be 25%. We hoped and prayed that it had lost its energy, with this application of Mylotarg, which we had hoped to call the 'Wonder Drug', and the answers to our problem. Unfortunately, this disease, as I have described as 'relentless' in other writings, has a grip on my loving wife, and won't let go. We have had conversations with the doctors, and they tell us that they have run out of tools in their arsenal at Baylor to stop this. They are presently looking at other possible alternatives to try and drive this thing away, but have said that they haven't seen anything that would fit the criteria that we need. Christi has had so much chemotherapy at this point, that the next round would certainly prove fatal, thus leaving us short in the quest for the possibilities of another transplant. I am not saying that another transplant would NEVER be possible, but Christi would have to gain tremendous strength, in a very short period of time, for that to even be considered. Christi's sister-in-law, Penny, has scoured the internet for possible alternatives, and has presented her findings to Dr. Vance this morning, for his review. We are hoping that there could be something that he possibly overlooked or didn't realize, that may help us. We will be looking at any and all possibilities, in the next few days in a futile attempt to find anything that may save her life. One of the biggest tools, and quite possibly, the ONLY weapon we ever did have, is the Power of Prayer. God has brought us a long way through this journey, and and I refuse to say that His work is over. In the past 48 hours that I have spent with Christi, I have certainly felt His presence. However, I am reluctant to say what I have experienced in fear that I may be creating false hope. In short, I am not afraid to say that I do believe in miracles, and one could be in the works as I write. Let us pray . . . .