Special Prayer Request

I have some very dear friends who could use some major prayers right now.  Emily and Michael Hunt and their family are some of my family's oldest friends.  Their little boy, Fisher, is Grady's age.  He has been through such a tough year.  He was diagnosed with a condition that is called aplastic anemia.  The best way I know how to describe that to you is that it affects his immune system severely in that his blood platelet count is extremely low.  There are three "levels" of this disorder and his is the most severe of the three kinds.  The only "cure" for it is for Fisher to undergo a bone marrow transplant.  It is tricky to get a match for bone marrow because it has to be a near perfect match.  Thankfully, one of his twin sisters (Sophie), is a match and they are praying for a transplant really soon.  Fisher came down with RSV just as they were about to be ready for the procedures for the transplant to start.  In order for them to go through with everything, his body can't have any infections whatsoever.  He will have to take chemotherapy before the transplant to kill all of the bone marrow he has now.  But until the RSV is gone, they can't proceed.  Please pray that his body can somehow fight the infection.  He hasn't been able to get over it because of his weakened immune system. 

 This sweet little man has been so brave!  They have been making trips to St. Jude about every 3 or 4 days to get platelet injections and this has been going on for quite some time.  They are being so strong and are totally trusting God with the situation.  I know they would appreciate all of your prayers.  Please pray for this sweet family.  On my blog sidebar, I put a link to Fisher's Caring Bridge page that Emily set up if you want to read more of their story.

This is Grady and Fisher a couple of years ago at a tailgate in Starkville...  Praying for this little man to get well soon so we can have some more play dates!