Joel's Journey: Keep Praying

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Keep Praying

Joel's heart rate kept dropping while he was on the vent, so now my Dad is manually resperating him. His heart rate is hanging around 80 to 90 and his oxygen is staying at around 100. We are in the process of trying to take him home. The ambulance is scheduled to arrive around 6:00 p.m. Please pray that the Lord will sustain him during the move.

6 comments:

LJR said...: Please keep us updated, manually "bagging" a child for a long period is very draining emotionally and physically. We did it for long periods with our daughter.

I pray Joel makes the trip ok and that once he gets home all goes well; January 23, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Unknown said...: Keeping you in our prayers that Joel will be able to travel home with safety and precision. Praying often for the entire Morris family for strength and comfort.; January 23, 2007 at 4:56 PM
The Savory's Red Dirt Farm said...: Prayers are coming on the double!

The Savory Family
(Guthrie, Oklahoma); January 23, 2007 at 5:11 PM
By the grace of God ... said...: Definitely continuing in prayer for Joel and your family. Praying for strength ... and the Lord to do a mighty work. Keep us updated (if possible) so we can pray for your immediate needs.; January 23, 2007 at 5:59 PM
Conchita & Sammy Diaz said...: Our prayers are non-stop and look forward to reading a new message with the good news that Joel is finally home. We pray to the Lord that he keeps giving you all the strength both emotional and physically to endure all what you are going thru.
Miracles Happen!!!!!!!!!; January 23, 2007 at 6:18 PM
Lisa said...: Praying over here in NJ. Lord lift up joel, heal him lord.; January 23, 2007 at 6:35 PM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.