A quick update and then a note from Allie about her friend Chad:
Allie’s insurance made a very surprising reverse decision this week to authorize a new Car T Therapy for her. We didn’t see this coming and are pivoting to make sure she has what she needs over the next few days/weeks.
Allie’s cell retrieval for the process will take place a week from today and then she will have to wait roughly 4 weeks before getting the engineered cells back.
Please pray this her current medicine is a bridge and that she has the endurance to stay as healthy as possible for the next month. Her cancer is aggressive but this new update has been a welcomed next step.
Allie is also grieving the loss of a dear friend and she wants you all to know about her friend Chad and what an encouragement he was to her during the last few years.
From Allie:
This week has been a heavy week. Not just with my own heartbreaking news but also I found out Monday that my dear friend Chad Hite passed away suddenly in his sleep Sunday night. Chad has become a dear friend the last couple years and even had me as a guest on his podcast right before my big relapse at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023. His heart for his podcast was always that, “ We all have a story, we all have struggles, good news is we aren’t alone.” Chad made me and so many others feel not alone in our stories. Even though his struggles were different than mine he always felt like he was right there with me navigating his own hard and that even though our paths were different they also weren’t all that different and the lord was using and redeeming each detail.
This week has been heavy. I didn’t want to say goodbye yet to my friend. No body was ready for that. And yet I also find great relief knowing as my future continues to be so unknown that I’m not alone in that. And that for the rest of my days how ever many that may be, I’m not walking them alone and when I get to Heaven I know Chad will be one of the first people to greet me, give me a big bear hug and take me around to introduce me to all his new friends.
If you’d like to hear more about his life and legacy you can read his obituary here:
Or if you are interested in hearing the podcast we did together that link is here:
