Joel's Journey: this week!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

this week!

I am not doing the "instafriday" this week but I do have lots of photos and thought I would go ahead and put them up!!

Trying to get back in the swing of things this week! School and just regular routine! Loving the weather, especially today! I actually went outside!! Haha!

Since Bethany is now working at the vet we use (doing all kinds of things I could never do eek!!!) and Anna at the coffee shop we are really having to work the vehicle situation out since Anna's car has not been replaced yet! Soooo I have not been hardly any where, except the coffee shop to drop Anna off and I felt like I should use my gift card from there!! Love that little place! While I was out, I snapped a few things around our little town!!

Terry sent me some roses and took me out in a date! We went to a little place in Edmond. A couple guys playing some really oldies and the food was really good! I had a Latin dish and Terry had some Jamaican chicken!

Daniel did make it to Australia! It is really hard to catch him, since when we are going to bed he is getting up! He said it's very beautiful and hot!! There is no a/c at the facility he is staying at but he does have a fan! He said the food was not that great but I'm sure a hungry construction guy will eat it!! So keep him in your prayers as the Lord reminds you of him!

Have a wonderful evening and here are some things we have been doing this week!

1 comment:

Teena said...: love the pics. Thought of you so much this week and been praying for you.

it is warming up here. Trying to get back in the swing of things here too.... whew...

grace~
Teena; January 5, 2012 at 8:30 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.