cancer can't do backflips.

on saturday evening my friend katie was diagnosed with leukemia. she's 24 years old. she's in great shape. she's a happy, hilarious, healthy, 24 year old who had a sinus infection that wouldn't go away and now she has leukemia.

katie will receive chemo, the super aggressive kind, everyday for the next month. she's moved on into her hospital room where she'll stay until they finish the first 3-4 week round of chemo. she'll keep receiving chemo for the next 6 months. she has cancer in a mass in her chest & cancer in her blood but thankfully is hasn't found it's way to her bone marrow. this specific type of cancer (t cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) is fast spreading, so her treatment plan is extremely aggressive.

katie is in great spirits. in talking with my friends in atlanta that have seen her, they say she's doing great. i chatted with her yesterday & she said she's got great nurses so she's well taken care of. she was also snap chatting this morning with videos of her noisy machines which made me laugh out loud. she says she's excited to not have to shave her legs for awhile :)

so if you pray, please join me in praying for my former teammate and sweet friend as she ventures into this hell of a journey. please pray for her to keep laughing and to keep fighting. please pray for her very best friends (that are also my friends) that are walking with her through this. it won't be easy. please pray for her boyfriend that is juggling a new job along with spending as much time as he can with katie. please pray for her siblings, who already lost their mom due to a brain aneurysm in 2009. and please pray for her dad. no father should ever have to watch their child go through this, especially without her momma there.

you can follow her updates here: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katiebaden

cancer can't do back flips, but katie sure can.

i love you kb!