Joel's Journey: We're Here!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

We're Here!!

Diggin Tators!!

We made it...thank the Lord for a safe trip. We ended up leaving at 3:20 am and we arrived around 9:30 am. When we started weaving through the mountains, Hosanna and Mercy got car sick. It was not as bad as it could have been since they had not eaten anything. It wasn't 30 minutes after we arrived and they were in the water!!! A beautiful day, several are pretty red, and what fun all is having!! Mercy likes her little pool I brought but after Micah piggy backed her in the lake, she has this idea she can do it herself, we got to watch that little girl!! They have swam, waked board, knee board, tubbing and times that all day!! They get in and then get out, eat and start all over again! I have talked to Terry many times and he has not started the paper work he was going to do, like I said there is so much to do in taking care of just the animals. Thanks for praying for our travels......I think all will sleep well tonight!!

Bethany figured out how to do the pictures, it took some time so I am grateful she did that for me. Hope it works when I push the button!!

And to my dear husband.....loves so much!! We miss your being here!!! Tell Duffy and Dooley "HI!!"

Well better go, "Paps" is serving ice-cream, I might get "only" a spoonful....:) I am serious!!!

2 comments:

Hannah B. said...: Oh, it looks like fun!! Y'all just keep havin' a good time. :); June 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Janet said...: So glad your trip was a safe one! Have a lovely time! I couldn't see any of your photographs though :(; June 10, 2009 at 4:05 AM

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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.