Joel's Journey: shopping adventures......

Saturday, February 27, 2010

shopping adventures......

the all girl shopping day was soooooo
fun!!!!
found some good deals and I treated Bethany
to one of those Starbucks things I had
on Friday....she loved it too!!!!

7 comments:

Mountain Mama said...: Girls Day Out... SHOPPING! How fun.

Looks like you "scored" on some good finds.; February 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM
j said...: You girls are so cute. You certainly do not look old enough to have had 13 children. Oh may I be blessed with those genes at your age ;) So glad you had fun!!! Kate is one lucky neighbor!! I am jealous. Your hair looks good!!! Bless you!

Jessica; February 27, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Jessica said...: Shopping and Starbucks... what a treat!

It looks like you had a nice weather day, too!; February 28, 2010 at 5:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Shopping is so much fun!!!!! :D Glad you enjoyed it.; February 28, 2010 at 6:30 AM
Gottjoy! said...: You look fantastic!; February 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Anonymous said...: Love your new hair.. Looks wonderful.
So Glad you had a day with your girls (that include Kate and Mavie b/c I know you feel like she is yours)
So glad you and the girls are creating memories...
Jodi; March 1, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Paige said...: Girls shopping days are sooo much fun me and mom get out and have shopping days and there fun. Ps Starbucks GREAT also; March 4, 2010 at 5:32 PM

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.