Joel's Journey: a few photos!!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

a few photos!!

Wow, the weather was sooooo nice yesterday and today it is sooooo cold!!! I just want to sty snuggled inside but I do need to run to town to get some creamer for coffee.....a total need!!!

while Terry and 2 of the little guys went to Stillwater to watch Tebow, some of us went to Disney!!!!

........ a "magical" place

a little girl is dreaming......

she went from one wish to another in this store.....

not long til our garden will be going, but in the meantime, sometimes you just crave a salad!!

yum!!!!

I'm still using my bd giftcard!!!!!!

someone very special is here..........

the weather was sooooo nice yesteraday....

dogs n children n walks n ponds

movie.......

I entered this photo in a contest at my fav store, Lorec Ranch for a opportunity to win $200 gift certif at their store.....topic was " their furniture displayed in your home"

if your on fb, go like Lorec Ranch and either today or tomorrow, or soon they will have an album of the photos and whoever gets the most "likes" will win, so vote for mine!!!!

Hope you all are having a great week so far, only two days into it!!!

Cindy

3 comments:

Marie said...: I always enjoy your pics :) .....take care :); January 17, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Mandy said...: I wish we had a Disney Store near here! I would just go and sit in it. Does yours have a "magic mirror".; January 17, 2012 at 6:30 PM
Teena said...: what do you mean to see Tebow? I like Tim Tebow. :) Love your pics.

Hugs,
Teena; January 20, 2012 at 12:22 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.