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Latest update from Chris in the hospital<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n- The day started off thinking Chris would start chemo today, Wednesday…however the doctors are still working hard with pathology to determine the exact type of lymphoma found in the spinal fluid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The results from yesterday’s PET scan show two masses, one in the cervical spine and one in the lumbar spine. These two masses explain the pain and numbness Chris has been experiencing the past four months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The doctors have ordered another lumbar puncture which may happen tonight or tomorrow – it could be cancelled if pathology says they have enough fluid to do all the desired testing, or they will draw more fluid in the next lumbar puncture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Chris’s oncologist in Grand Rapids is referring Chris to a lymphoma specialist at Northwestern University in Chicago.
That hopeful appointment is not yet set.<\/s> God has already gone before me and arranged this appointment for next Wednesday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Chemo will likely start tomorrow using a PICC line, however since it was bumped today everything feels a bit tentative<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Chris has had a good day pain-wise. He has been able to get outside the hospital on two separate walks and get into the sunshine!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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Chris getting ready for his PET scan yesterday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHow you can pray<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nPray that Chris will get the referral to Northwestern quickly and get a date for that appointment<\/s>. Within minutes of this prayer request, we got the appointment we needed, scheduled for next Wednesday. Thanks be to God!<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Please pray his body will tolerate the Methotrexate and Rituxan chemo he will likely undergo tomorrow (although plans keep changing so we will see).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray his body responds well and it is effective against the small growths found on his spine through the PET scan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray his kidneys will remain strong in spite of the chemo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray that the pain he has had will diminish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for God\u2019s healing on Chris and his mercy for our family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Update from Becca and the kids in Thailand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The kids and I have tickets; believe it or not but it was a significant effort by a team of people for many reasons that I won’t go into on the blog. We leave Thailand on Friday, October 11th at night and arrive in Chicago the morning of Sat the 12th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How we can praise God and pray together<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- Praise God for his provision of good housing for our family, may the Lord bless this family through their kindness. This housing is for a number of months, yet to be determined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for his provision of schooling for the kids (Oct 21 first day probably). Lord, bless all those who have helped us make this educational transition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for the loving hands of support through ear friends he has gifted me in Thailand. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for me as I manage many details before we leave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for the kids as they continue to wrestle with the change and losses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Please pray for Luis and Lucas as they have their one and only swim meet for the season.<\/s>\u00a0 (Sadly, due to flooding the swim meet was canceled. They have worked hard, and we are so proud of them. Luis chose to give up his opportunity to travel with the varsity team so he could leave with me.\u00a0 He has his own journey to start navigating, pray for him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nHow you can help<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThings are moving so quickly in this process it’s hard to articulate the best ways to help. Most importantly, we thank you for getting on your knees before God and asking for healing and for His will to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several people have asked about helping financially. I don’t have any idea about specific needs. We have insurance, and our OOP Max is about $10,000. I do not know what the insurance status is of what treatments I might need. I’m sure I’ll find out about that in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some methods for helping financially, if that is something you’d like to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelle or Google Pay: megahirt@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaypal<\/a> or Venmo: chris@hirtfamily.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaper check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChristopher Hirt
3856 Pemberton Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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How you can pray<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nPray that Chris will get the referral to Northwestern quickly and get a date for that appointment<\/s>. Within minutes of this prayer request, we got the appointment we needed, scheduled for next Wednesday. Thanks be to God!<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Please pray his body will tolerate the Methotrexate and Rituxan chemo he will likely undergo tomorrow (although plans keep changing so we will see).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray his body responds well and it is effective against the small growths found on his spine through the PET scan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray his kidneys will remain strong in spite of the chemo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray that the pain he has had will diminish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for God\u2019s healing on Chris and his mercy for our family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Update from Becca and the kids in Thailand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The kids and I have tickets; believe it or not but it was a significant effort by a team of people for many reasons that I won’t go into on the blog. We leave Thailand on Friday, October 11th at night and arrive in Chicago the morning of Sat the 12th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How we can praise God and pray together<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- Praise God for his provision of good housing for our family, may the Lord bless this family through their kindness. This housing is for a number of months, yet to be determined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for his provision of schooling for the kids (Oct 21 first day probably). Lord, bless all those who have helped us make this educational transition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for the loving hands of support through ear friends he has gifted me in Thailand. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for me as I manage many details before we leave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for the kids as they continue to wrestle with the change and losses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Please pray for Luis and Lucas as they have their one and only swim meet for the season.<\/s>\u00a0 (Sadly, due to flooding the swim meet was canceled. They have worked hard, and we are so proud of them. Luis chose to give up his opportunity to travel with the varsity team so he could leave with me.\u00a0 He has his own journey to start navigating, pray for him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nHow you can help<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThings are moving so quickly in this process it’s hard to articulate the best ways to help. Most importantly, we thank you for getting on your knees before God and asking for healing and for His will to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several people have asked about helping financially. I don’t have any idea about specific needs. We have insurance, and our OOP Max is about $10,000. I do not know what the insurance status is of what treatments I might need. I’m sure I’ll find out about that in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some methods for helping financially, if that is something you’d like to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelle or Google Pay: megahirt@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaypal<\/a> or Venmo: chris@hirtfamily.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaper check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChristopher Hirt
3856 Pemberton Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Update from Becca and the kids in Thailand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The kids and I have tickets; believe it or not but it was a significant effort by a team of people for many reasons that I won’t go into on the blog. We leave Thailand on Friday, October 11th at night and arrive in Chicago the morning of Sat the 12th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How we can praise God and pray together<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- Praise God for his provision of good housing for our family, may the Lord bless this family through their kindness. This housing is for a number of months, yet to be determined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for his provision of schooling for the kids (Oct 21 first day probably). Lord, bless all those who have helped us make this educational transition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Praise God for the loving hands of support through ear friends he has gifted me in Thailand. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for me as I manage many details before we leave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Please pray for the kids as they continue to wrestle with the change and losses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Please pray for Luis and Lucas as they have their one and only swim meet for the season.<\/s>\u00a0 (Sadly, due to flooding the swim meet was canceled. They have worked hard, and we are so proud of them. Luis chose to give up his opportunity to travel with the varsity team so he could leave with me.\u00a0 He has his own journey to start navigating, pray for him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nHow you can help<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThings are moving so quickly in this process it’s hard to articulate the best ways to help. Most importantly, we thank you for getting on your knees before God and asking for healing and for His will to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several people have asked about helping financially. I don’t have any idea about specific needs. We have insurance, and our OOP Max is about $10,000. I do not know what the insurance status is of what treatments I might need. I’m sure I’ll find out about that in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some methods for helping financially, if that is something you’d like to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelle or Google Pay: megahirt@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaypal<\/a> or Venmo: chris@hirtfamily.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaper check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChristopher Hirt
3856 Pemberton Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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How you can help<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThings are moving so quickly in this process it’s hard to articulate the best ways to help. Most importantly, we thank you for getting on your knees before God and asking for healing and for His will to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several people have asked about helping financially. I don’t have any idea about specific needs. We have insurance, and our OOP Max is about $10,000. I do not know what the insurance status is of what treatments I might need. I’m sure I’ll find out about that in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some methods for helping financially, if that is something you’d like to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelle or Google Pay: megahirt@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaypal<\/a> or Venmo: chris@hirtfamily.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPaper check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChristopher Hirt
3856 Pemberton Dr SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Paypal<\/a> or Venmo: chris@hirtfamily.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Paper check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christopher Hirt Chris and I have taken countless journeys together. The picture above is from a journey in Brazil in 2003. Our very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hirtfamily.net\/chris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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