Kristin’s Story

Site created on May 13, 2020

Kristin's journey has been anything but normal.   There have been twists and turns and difficulties to overcome, and yet, she continues to persevere.  Kristin currently lives in Roseville, Ca with her husband Justin and their 6-year-old son Jase.  Kristin is also 30 weeks pregnant with their 2nd baby, a little girl named Jewel.  This pregnancy has had quite a few unexpected challenges including a week-long hospital stint for walking pneumonia and, later, having to get tested for Covid-19 because of painful fevers and difficulty breathing.  But none of the challenges she's ever faced could have prepared her for the greatest mountain she'd be asked to climb.  During a routine pregnancy check-up, doctors noticed Kristin's blood platelet count was incredibly low and her tissue damage was off the charts.  Kristin was instructed to come to labor and delivery and after running more tests, they discovered Kristin has Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

With everything going on in the world because of Covid-19, Kristin is going to be isolated at the hospital for a month while she is receiving her first round of chemo.  She's unable to have visitors or even have her family with her.  I created this page to keep folks up to date on Kristin's journey.  This site will be the central hub for updates and prayer requests along with opportunities to help as they arise.

If you'd like to send something to Kristin, you can ship it to their home address to ensure she gets it quickly. Please email (captainrichter@gmail.com or justin_schu31@yahoo.com) for the address.  Please note that Kristin is not allowed to receive flowers or plants of any kind.  


Newest Update

This is the greatest news so far!

Journal entry by Justin Richter —

Kris just got back her official results from the bone marrow biopsy and she's officially at 0%. It came back clean! 

She just went in for chemo today and found out the incredible news.   So what that means is now they want to make sure they send this thing into remission for good.   Think of weeds in a garden: The 0% means that the surface of the dirt is clear of weeds, now they want to make sure they get the roots.  Chemo is still a safer option than a bone marrow transplant and so they believe that should do the job, but should the leukemia pop back up, then we'll most likely go with the transplant to crush this thing once and for all.  

When I told my wife Sarah about the news she said "That's shocking...well not really, she's got hundreds of people praying for her" and I couldn't agree more.  Thank you for your prayers and support!  The Good Lord has indeed answered.

- Justin (the brother)

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