Joel's Journey: busy weekend!

Monday, January 9, 2012

busy weekend!

Everyone went different ways it seems! Terry had to cut firewood, he is selling it, then he and Anna went car shopping, nothing yet! Some of the others had things going on and I went to my first Instawalk taking photos with my iPhone! I am loving the app on my phone instagram and have met a little community of folks! So as many as could that live in the OKC area met at the Myriad Gardens! It was so funny because someone mentioned, "isn't it nice to not have people telling you to stop taking soooo many pictures!" AND all the awkward positions you get in to get great shots!! It was fun to meet new friends and put names with faces! Soooo I have alot of photos from the Myriad Gardens!!

We also got to talk to Daniel via web cam! We have to go to the nearby McDonalds to do this as our Internet will not allow us to do it at home! It wa so good to see him! Course it was like 7am for him and 3 pm for us so he looked sleepy! Haha! Sounds like he has the life going on, some work, beaches, going to islands, riding his bike to places, bbq's with friends, music opportunities!! I am sure its going fast for him, but it's seems slow on this end!

School resumes! We are making headway with school work! Yay for us, because it has not always been this easy!!!! ACE curriculum has made me a new person! :D

Have a great Monday!!

2 comments:

Vanderpolclan said...: Love the pictures, Cindy.

Cindy; January 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Lesli Westfall said...: Love your pics and your updates. Glad to hear Daniel is having a blast, what a wonderful opportunity and experience. Tell me how you knew about the OKC instawalk? How would I find out about one here in Houston? Also, Larry and I want to know what your favorite apps are for photo's? Cld u fbook msg me the info? Thanks Cindy, you have a great Monday too!; January 9, 2012 at 11:20 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.