Joel's Journey: Buck Picture

Monday, September 29, 2008

Buck Picture

Here he is......for those that are interested!!! Probably for many, he just looks like a goat and wonder why he's so great.....lots of muscle, big rear end, huge chest, straight topline and he is not quite 6 months old!! We are trying to get all his papers overnighted so Bethany can show him this weekend at Tulsa Fair. My dad and Shirley are coming for the goat show, so another big weekend!! Not much else around here.

Cindy

5 comments:

Heather said...: He's a beaut...strong and powerful. I've been a blog follower for some time now and just wanted to say hello and compliment Bethany on her new purchase :); September 29, 2008 at 7:10 PM
The Lockwood Family ♥ said...: Wow...he's sure a whole lot nicer looking than any goat around here! Goat meat is really yummy...they use it here for lots of special dishes. I too ate it lots of times without even knowing it.
Thank you for taking time to answer my question too. :) You are such a blessing to me.
love,
Jaynee; September 29, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Adina Caskey said...: The little that I know about goat showing tells me that he is a BLUE RIBBON! Wow! Impressive! Good choice Bethany!; September 29, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh, what a BEAUTY!!! He is just awesome! I'll bet Bethany will get some mighty nice babies using him this fall! It was so neat to hear another story of how the Lord cares for the details of our lives.
~Eliya; September 30, 2008 at 9:16 AM
LJR said...: He is one handsome buck. Wow, he is perfect in every way. So strong, love his chest! Beathany is a lucky girl, I have seen many a goat in my day and I think he is the finest I have seen.

Congrats again on a great find!; September 30, 2008 at 10:00 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.