I went by Joyce's today to drop off a card and some money that was collected by a Sunday School class at my church and I got sokids me new information...
The Great News is that Julie's counts were high enough that ALL of the kids got to see her. Joe surprised her by having them in the cafeteria (Ethan still can't go on her floor, but she can see him in the cafeteria if her counts are high) when she went down for dinner. She was really happy to see them, but Ethan and Amber had a really hard time leaving.
For the bad news...they found out that Julie will not be able to do the treatments as outpatient, so she will have to be in the hospital for 5 days and then if her counts are high enough, she will be able to go home for 2 weeks, then back to the hospital for 5 days and so forth.
Finishing up this post with some good news, the doctor told them that he is very hopeful for Julie! He said that even if she doesn't make it home for this Christmas (which is still a likely possibility), she needs to think about the many more Christmas' she will get to spend with the family. He said that she just needs to let him get this knocked out before she can go home so that she can look forward to the future!
Please continue to pray for Julie and their entire family. As you know, they all have a lot of issues going on right now!