Tuesday, February 17, 2009

God Delivers a Bone Marrow Donor!!!

Shout for joy to the Lord!!!

God has delivered a bone marrow donor for Jodie!!!

We've been notified that a bone marrow match for Jodie has been found. We are overjoyed with this wonderful news.

We need your prayers. Although a donor has been found some unresolved items remain:

> Additional test results are being reviewed right now on the donor to determine their overall health and ability to donate.
> Appropriate approvals (insurance and hospital) for the bone marrow transplant
> Donor consent. The donor has already submitted to additional bloodwork and the additional testing, their willing participation so far is a good sign.

Regarding the upcoming bone marrow drives, please continue to plan and work toward a successful drive. Although a match has been found for Jodie, anything can happen that could jeopardize the plans for a transplant. And like with any transplant there could be rejection of the bone marrow and another bone marrow donor may be needed. And lastly, the drives have been in honor of Jodie, not only hoping to find her a donor, but the thousands of others like her that need a life saving bone marrow transplant. Since starting the bone marrow drives back in December, over 1,200 new donors have registered directly through one of Jodie's drives. Please help continue this awesome work.

Praise God! Praise God! Praise God!

-The Gees

17 comments:

  1. that is absolutely wonderful. praise God!!

    we are definitely continuing to pray...

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  2. Great news! We're hoping for the best!

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  3. Praise the Lord!! May God continue to be present with your family - I am praying for you.

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  4. This is absolutely fabulous news! We are still planning to go over to Richardson drive on Saturday! Prayers, prayers and more prayers!

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  5. May everything goes well in God's timing!

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  6. Praising the Lord with you!! Woowho! You all have been in our prayers and will continue to be.

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  7. Praise God!! It's an answer to our prayers!

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  8. Amen! God is Awesome!

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  9. This is amazing news! We are so happy for you and are crossing our fingers that nothing changes with the donor's consent.

    An unbelievable day for you guys!

    Van

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  10. what INCREDIBLE news!!!! i've been praying for an update like this! may God expedite the process to make the transplant happen, and further, allow jodie's body to accept the bone marrow without any issues.

    -karen from meadows christian learning center...and also a big fan of elizabeth :)

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  11. I am speechless. God is GOOD!

    I am praying, along with everyone else, that everything goes through smoothly.

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  12. God is wonderful! We are so happy for you guys! We hope the donor registration will result in matches for others in need though we may never know about it.

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  13. Praise God! We will continue to pray as her journey moves to the next step.

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  14. Congrats is an understatement! I wish Jodie all the best.

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  15. i am soooo happy to hear the good news! this has to be the best news EVER! im so happy for your family. PRAYER DOES WORK!

    big al
    kidd kraddick in the morning

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  16. We are overjoyed and thankful as we read Joanne's e-mail this morning, and so happy for your family. We continue to pray for full healing and are thankful for His great blessing.

    We love you all very much, and nothing could make us happier now.

    <3 <3 <3

    -Wes & Tam

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