Joel's Journey: monday the 19th!!!

Monday, December 19, 2011

monday the 19th!!!

Mercy and I were up at midnight Friday night and we were having fun taking pictures!!

candle light service at our church

Christmas is almost here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know, I am getting with it, right? A post before 9am!!! Today is a super buys day!!! We are having our annual Christmas party tonight sooooooo I had to get this going!!!! I tired to downsize the party and I might a bit but it still looking like 40 folks! The first year was about 60, the second year about 45!! Since we are actually "in" the kitchen this Christmas, and the island is there, I dont have all the open space for the party games and people to stand, but it will all work I think!!!

Last night at church we had our candle light service! A special time with our church family and with people we have grown to love and cherish!! It such a blessing to be at this church in Guthrie and soo close to our house in travel distance,. a BIG + there!! haha!!

Hope you all have a great Monday!!! I really gotta "git" to start cleaning and cooking and all that stuff!!

Cindy

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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.