Joel's Journey: 50!!!!!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

50!!!!!

Terry is 50!!! yes, 50 years old!!!! Wow, when I was 20, I thought 50 year olds were almost in the grave!!! But now, 50-60 looks pretty good!!

We had a little surprise party for him! Great friends came and shared laughs and encouraging words! One of Terry's favorite meals is smoked brisket, soooo smoked brisket it was! We has the party at a Sports Museum here in Guthrie!! Since we don't have a/c, we thought it might be best not to "cook" our quests!! Hahah!!! I think he was pretty surprised!!

A fun evening with fabulous folks!!!!

2 comments:

-stephanie- said...: I thought 50 was bad too...until I got there. I like it!

Happy 50th to Terry! He's a blessed man.; June 23, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Daniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Family said...: Happy Birthday, Mr. Morris! And Happy Birthday, Bethany!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Woo Hoo for the bestest day of the year tomorrow :); June 24, 2012 at 12:35 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.