Joel's Journey: a walk!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

a walk!

Josiah had to take me on a mini hike this morning to see if it was a place he can go hunt! I told him it was fine but I also stopped along the way and took a picture!! There are some neat things that are kinda hidden but sometimes a walk with an 8 year old lets me see what we are really blessed with......a safe place for our children to roam and explore and more than that, to "see" God!!

Well, I thought I was toast!! My treadmill bit the dust!! I had been walking on the road, but its gravel and it really is not comfortable to do that, especially if you walk really fast! I seemed to always be close to twisting my ankle and not having a steady footing! Sooooooo, I checked out other options to maybe "go" to but finances hindered any other options right now! I got to thinking of our trampoline and I have never been a "jumper" like the children!! They LOVE it and not long ago we replaced it with our 4th mat!! That tells ya how much they LOVE it!!! I did some googling and found out this information!!!! SO if you have a trampoline why not get with it!!! Its really relaxing and I feel it produces a way better cardio workout than I was getting walking!! Let me know if you take it up!!

Hope you have a great Tuesday!!!

1 comment:

The Ahlgren Family said...: Thanks for sharing that article about it! Told ya it was good for you! :D I've even read about it benefiting handicapped people who can't jump themselves, but can be laid on it and bounced by someone else! Have fun bouncing around!; October 4, 2011 at 8:45 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.