We received some devastating news this morning. We are still fighting with all of our might, and ignoring any stupid statistics. But we could sure use a whole lot of prayers and a miracle or two. Please join us in storming heaven with prayers.
We've shed an ocean of tears, but we are still full of hope, faith, and strength.
Thanks for all of the love and support that has been coming our way.
58 comments:
Dear Joe and Karen,
I just want to say that Jesus loves you very very much. (I loves you guys much too.) Hang in there! You are in my prayers!!
BIC, Patrick
We are still praying. Stay strong, we are all behind you...
Love, Sara & Mike
Praying, praying, praying....and we are thinking of you often.
In our hearts,
Evonne, Thomas, and Leah
Dear Joe & karen:
I am sorry to hear of the steps backwards. What a bitter disappointment, but don't let it crush you. I will increase my prayers for all things good. Jo is certainly a fighter. Take a super deep breath and let the Lord work His healing out. I believe... I hope... I care. My prayer continues throughout the day and even into the night.
Joe and Karen,
Praying in Missouri. Hang in there.
Anne
Joe and Karen,
Continue to be stubbornly optimistic because God "stubbornly" loves you, too. Against all odds, He will be there.
I will pray for you!
Jeriel
Dear Joe and Karen,
You continue to be in our prayers. Stay strong. The Lord will guide you through this difficult time. God bless.
Emma and Mike
Our prayers and thoughts are with you...
Love,
Ben, Kristin, Alex, and Lauren
Dear Joe and Karen,
Hang in there! You are well-covered with prayers and I know that God is hearing every one of them.
Love,
Louison, Ping and Ethan
Dear Joe and Karen,
You are in our constant thoughts and prayers. Stay strong!
Lots of love,
Lauren and Eric
Dearest Joe and Karen,
Praying hard, and with you all the way.
Much love, Cousin Lilly
joining in prayer;
Vince
Praying with you all. As difficult as it is to believe or understand in times like this, God really does work for the good of those who love Him.
Eric and Viv
i don't know what to say. i'm praying for a long, happy life for the two of you together. you and joe need peace, mercy, and joy. i hope you get it soon. much, much love, lisabe.
Karen and Joe,
Sending you extra prayers. Stay strong, may your love continue to guide you through this rough time.
Amanda
I'm so sorry to hear about the disappointing news. You are both always in my thoughts and prayers.
Karen and joe,
I'm thinking and praying for you...
If anyone has the strength and faith to overcome something, the two of you do. We're sending all of our prayers to you.
Meghan & Rich
We're still here, and still praying...for healing, for strength, and for peace for both of you and your families.
Joe and Karen,
You guys have been through so much together. Stay strong and your love with guide you. You are in my thoughts.
Jes
Lots of prayers and hugs coming your way! God bless you both.
I'm a new reader but I'm praying for you too.
Lots of love and prayer your way!
Dearest Joe&Karen:
All relatives in Taichung will continue praying hard and rooting for you .
We love you two very very much,We are looking to be with you two next year in Taiwan. Sending all of loves and hugs !!
Joe! 加油! 加油! 加油!
Much love,3rd uncle,auntie yi-ting
Karen and Joe,
Praying for you in Colorado...
Sandy and Eric
Joe and Karen-
You are both in my prayers. You have fought so hard for so long, and I know you two through your faith in God and love in eachother will fight through still.
Sara-Summer
I feel that all leukemia news is bad news, except for remission. Joe is alive, there is hope..........in Christ, in medicine. You have endured so much, what is written between the lines of the blog is what I now read. Still praying every day.......though God chose not to answer our prayers for Livi in the way we sought, we still have faith that He can do that for you and Joe. Love, Gigi
Dear Joe and Karen,
Lots of prayers and thoughts from Doylestown, Pa. Hang in there! Have faith !
Much love, prayers, & prayers ....
the ex-Pittsburgher,
uncle/auntie Ralph & Cindy Lai
Dear Joe and Karen,
You are such strong fighters.
We will keep you in our prayers.
Mike and Julia
Rebecca and Olivia
Posting late, but thinking and praying for you ALWAYS! We are with you in heart and prayer...
Love, Beth & Dave
I'm so sorry to hear about this setback. But being the fighters that you are, I know you'll meet this new challenge with faith, with determination and with each other. Stay strong -- you've got so many prayers with you.
Sara
Praying for you - Keeping you in my thoughts-
You are in many hearts
GOD BLESS YOU !
Phyllis
Joe and Karen,
We are so sorry to hear about you have another bumpy road?! You had fought so hard, so much. Please continue to stay strong, to keep fight so you will get over this difficult time too.
We think of you always. We are praying, praying, praying .......
Take good care each other ,GOOD LUCK!! AND GOD WITH YOU BOTH!!
auntie susan
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We are keeping you in our prayers!
You are always in my thoughts and prayers.
Much love,
Sha
Joe and Karen,
May God bless you both... hold you in His hands and give you His strength. Our hope, best wishes and prayers are all with you and your family!
We're praying for you
-Jocelyn & Peter
Dear Joe& Karen:
Please keep going!!
We will pray for you every day. God won't forget you.stay strong.
Love, sophie, Eric Trinity &Betty
Dear Joe and Karen,
Once again, you are called to be strong and keep your faith. As it says in Heb 11: 1, "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
I'm praying for you guys in Los Angeles.
much love and hope,
Joanna
Karen and Joe,
We feel for you and love you. We will press on our God because he care for us. We have faith in Jesus because He had resurrected from the death, and is sitting on the right hand of God. We don't see the purpose of the harsh trial through out the illness journey, but faith tells us there is a purpose. God works out all the situations for the benefit of those who love Him whom He had predestined for salvatlion. It is for Him we have our lives and beings. It is for Him we fight a good fight. It is for Him we are under His wing even though we were walking through the shadows of death. Jesus is the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is both life and the resurrection. We will all have glorious resurrected body when He comes again. There will be no tear, illness, but joy and peace and worhsip the only ture God. We love you and keep you in our hearts and minds. Love Chi-Yin
Dear Joe & Karen & your family:
You have been through so much with all the ups and downs--
Our thoughts and prayers go out to you tonight. God is watching over you.
Yuan & KT
Dear Joe and Karen:
We are with you in heart and keep praying for you every day.
much love,
2nd uncle & auntie,
consin Ming,Ju & David
Dear Joe & Karen,
You are still in our prayer. All relatives here in Taiwan will keep on praying for you guys!! I'll always put you in my prayers no matter where I am.
Big Bear HUG,
Uncle, Auntie & Peichen
Dear Karen and Joe
Of course we have been praying for you always...That
will not change
But we still have FAITH, HOPE and LOVE...I think I
better understand now more what Paul meant...
We have FAITH in a God who is good
We will still HOPE and pray for your recovery
We are all drawn together by LOVE even through your
trials
But the hardest thing to do is to TRUST in our Lord
and Savior and follow Him
Love and prayers
Ken and Carol Ung
I have been following your blog since last year when I heard about it on the knot. I am so sorry to hear this latest news, especially since I have had so much faith in your struggle. I hope for your continued strength and courage, and thank you for sharing all aspects of this journey.
Joe and Karen,
We are praying, praying, praying for you. Joe, stay strong, hang in there. We love you both very much, and are all behind you.
You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers.
Love and prayers,
RC, SB, Jenny and Jason
Dear Joe and Karen,
You are in our thoughts and prayers. Thinking of you.
With Love Chu-Yuan and Min-Shiung
Dear God,
Thank you for chasing after Joe, for chasing after his heart, and for claiming Joe as your precious son. Thank you for who you created Joe to be - a gentle soul, a courageous soul, a hopeful soul, and a faithful man of God. Life dealt him a really crappy leukemia card & uprooted all of his plans, but Joe & Karen have responded by holding onto faith, holding onto your promises for a full & abundant life, holding onto YOU Lord!!!! They have always declared that you are the sole author of Joe's life, and that God Is Good, All the Time! How difficult it is to declare your goodness when life is not good!
Lord, we collectively cry out to you on Joe's behalf and ask you to HEAL him of this dreadful disease, clear his bloodstream of this fungal infection, raise up an army of white blood cells, and help his body fight back Lord!!! Pour your protection upon him Lord!!! Pour your life-giving healing into Joe's bloodstream, Lord!!! Give him a fighting chance, Lord!!! Help him declare victory over this infection, Lord. Where medicine is limited, your healing powers are infinite. We fully believe that you have the power to make miracles happen. We fully believe that you have already saved Joe's spiritual life. We declare your sovereignty over Joe and over this disease Lord. Please save Joe's physical life!!! It is by your grace alone that Joe beats this and we're begging you to protect him Lord.
God you know the deepest prayers of our hearts even when we can't articulate them. I pray for comfort for Joe, Karen, the Lins, and the Lans.
Maranatha,
-jennylin
Dearest Joe & Karen,
We are praying hard and always thinking of you. We love you so very much!!! Our spirits are always with you. Hang in there!!
Much Love,
Cousin Yi-Shan & Osamu
Donna and John,
Thanks for your care step by step in helping Karen and Victor growing up. Thank for your recommendation letter to help Victor Jr. up. Since Joe has extremely low or no white blood cells to fight. He has already been on tons of antibiotics, anti-viral and anti-fungal medications to prevent infections. Even so, their new skin eruptions biopsy showed an all resistant fungi. The weekend covering lady hematologist has a bit over aggressive attitude to announce their hopelessness. She recommend Karen to call their pastor. Karen called me directly and crying to tell me the bad news( Karen always calls mom, never me first for chatting). I had approached the hematologist utter my concern that covering doctor, not even the infectious consultant may not be appropriate to make decision in the weekend this gigantic and said she is deciding for comfort measure instead of artificial ventilation. I made her felt a bit bad. She has toned down much more later because Joe did also show big improvement over night. I hope she is wrong.
We never touch Joe for obvious reasons. Since the event, I gave Joe a gentle "magic hug" as you asked me to do. Joe screamed for pain.
From skin to bone, he has continuous morphine drip, yet the pain is still intolerable.
Donna, do not feel bad. I did hug him before you suggested. Hence you were innocent.
Joe and Karen are very positive. They are very good kids. We admire.
Mei and Victor S.
Joe and Karen,
My thank you letter to your God parents might be appropriate for lot of our other concerned friends. They keep calling us for details, hence I cope here before you have time to explain more yourself.
Love
Dad
" I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from ?
My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
The LORD watches over you-
the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night." PSALM 121
Dear Karen and Joe
We are praying for you !
Bill, Evan and Ming Chen
MingChen
Dear Joe,
Like many others, We have been praying for your speedy recovery. It is very difficult to come up any word to comfort you and Karen. We just want you to know that we are all behind you. You are always in our thoughts and prayers.
Harry & Jean
Some concerned medical friends said why all the pictures of guests taken in Joe's room were not wearing sterile gowns. But every time you enter the room, you have to wash your hands. My guess is that there are no rules from hospital for guests to wear gowns. Yet no gusts ever allowed to touch or kiss(sorry for him)Joe. They talk from distance. But all workers came in with whole set of armor. I personally feel masks for guests a good idea, particularly for loud persons.
Q
Praying that God will continue to bless you with seemingly unending strenght. Praying with all of our might - stay strong.
Deb (Henn) and Brian
Joe and Karen,
We're behind you all the way. You both are constantly in our thoughts and prayers.
We love you!
Sarah and Mike
My heart is aching for the two of you, I will pray as much as I can...this is so unfair.
i've only been following your journey for a short time, but your family is in my prayers....
Dear Joe and Karen:
Please know that we are still with you and keep praying for you both and your family.
Your faith in God deeply inspired us and touched us.Remember we all love you very much.
Much love
2nd uncle & auntie
Ming, jU & David
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