Joel's Journey: jeremiah is 10 !!!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

jeremiah is 10 !!!

J- Jesus saved him this past year!
e- exceptional helper!
r- reading the book of John!
e- expert hunter!
m- merry heart!
i-inquisitive!
a-appreciative!
h- honest!

Happy Birthday, Jeremiah!!!
Loves!!
tonight a basketball party! ( we are going simple) "tip off," 6pm!!!

Jeremiah, 5 1/2 and Joel 2
November 2005
(out in our pasture)
Jeremiah is so good about investing time
and fun with his siblings
Joel loved "adventures" when his big brothers
took him and Josiah out in the pasture!!

6 comments:

The Ahlgren Family said...: Happy 10th Birthday Miah! Welcome to the double digits league! You are such a fun young man and we love it that the Lord gave you such a curious mind! Hope you have a great birthday! You've got nice weather to go outside in today! Woohoo!; February 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Teena said...: Happy Birthday, Jeremiah! Your mom is such a great mom... but I know you know that already! Hope you have a great birthday... can't wait to see pics!

Hugs,
Teena; February 18, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Mountain Mama said...: What a good lookin' whipper-snapper!

Happy 10th Birthday Jeremiah! Have a fun day and very blessed new year.

blessings and hugs from Utah!; February 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM
j said...: Happy Birthday to Jeremiah. What a hansome young lad! May you go on many more years to serve the Lord, he will bless you.

Jessica; February 18, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Janet said...: What a handsome young man you are Jeremiah! Happy, happy birthday! Sending extra special African hugs for you today!
Hope you all have a wonderful birthday party and I look forward to the photgraphs as always!
xx; February 19, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Anonymous said...: I love that picture!

Happy Birthday Jeremiah!!

Sarah G.; February 19, 2010 at 11:59 AM

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.