Joel's Journey: something new.....

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

something new.....

something new
can you guess what it is?

(hair color the same :)
guess again......

14 comments:

Anonymous said...: Glasses?; May 4, 2010 at 8:21 PM
Anonymous said...: Hair colour and glasses?; May 4, 2010 at 8:23 PM
-stephanie- said...: New glasses! They look great!; May 4, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Maureen said...: Love the new glasses!!!; May 4, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Betty said...: New glasses llok great.; May 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Sharon said...: You look smashing Cindy. But your smile is even more beautiful than your glasses; May 4, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Gottjoy! said...: glasses? You are stunning!; May 4, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Janet said...: GLASSES! You look amazing!; May 5, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Teena said...: glasses, hair color... and it is ironed?

or is it something we can not see?; May 5, 2010 at 12:34 AM
Anonymous said...: Love the glasses....is there something more? You've really got me in suspense.LOL!
Marie; May 5, 2010 at 6:12 AM
Anonymous said...: love the new glasses
jodi; May 5, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said...: You have classy NEW glasses!!!!!!!; May 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Sit A Spell said...: Love the glasses and the great smile, but the smile isn't new ; ) Sooo, must be the glasses.; May 5, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Teena said...: new baby coming? :)))); May 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM

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.