Joel's Journey: pre-birthday fun!!

Monday, August 23, 2010

pre-birthday fun!!

(Nilson family and Morris crew, one of the Nilson daughters, Grace came to dinner
but after she had another engagement so we are missing her in this picture!!!!!)

Since Caleb and Daniel will be in Ada at the job on their birthday Thursday, we decided to celebrate a bit early! Last night we went to Bricktown in OKC for some fun!! They wanted to eat at Toby Keith's and they got em' a steak!! After, we walked around, sang happy birthday to them and took some pictures! We had a good time of fellowship with the Nilson family too, (hope we did not embarrass you too much:) After we got home, Dave and Kate popped in and gave C &D a gift and then the Ada workers packed up their stuff and headed out. They had a big concrete pour in the walls very early this morning.

Anna and Bethany are getting some last minute items for the wedding trip. Bethany needed a necklace to wear with her bridesmaid dress and Anna needed something to wear with the dress she is wearing to the wedding. I was going to go along but Mercy Morris is not feeling great today, a little stomach bug. She has been resting in my bed peacefully, hopefully it is a short bug and she'll be up and going by evening. If Mercy feels better by tomorrow I will have to make my last minute stops tomorrow in town. We are renting a van for the trip, so Lord willin, the rent van will get us there without vehicle complications and we will have air!!!!!

Well, tons of laundry here, some are going out to swim so I better go get some more sun with them!!!

Have a great Monday!!!!

3 comments:

Mountain Mama said...: Oh Cindy! I have missed you. I just spent a few minutes trying to get caught up on your lifes happenings. Busy Morris family.

Happy Bday to C & D!!

Love the cowhide chair. So cute and very fun!!

We get Country but not Country Extra. We love that magazine. We all fight for it when it arrives in the mail. :-) Way to go Anna. Cute pic of Siah!!

blessings,
ashley

ps my mom is doing fabulous. She just finished her 3rd round of chemo. Her "cancer" numbers are down from 12,000 to 340. Normal is 0-30. She looks great and feels great. Many praises to God. Thanks for your prayers.; August 23, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Teena said...: Thinking about you today.... it was good chatting last night.

Praying for you. You have helped me so much with my Dad's death... and not feeling bad by still talking about him. Your faith and testimony with Joel has shown me so much.

I think of him a lot... seeing your family pics and Caleb & Daniel's pictures. I am so thankful for your family.

Hugs,
Teena; August 24, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Marie said...: Happy B'day to your Caleb and Daniel. They are two handsome young men, wow!! It is always a little bit of a downer when you have to work on your birthday but it works out that way about every 6-7 years lol.
Love the chair. Do you stick to leather in the heat? I know you have ferocious heat - far worse than in Minnesota. Although in the summer we have terrible humidity. It's cooling down at night and morning also now. Fall is here! Not looking forward to snow that's for sure.

Hugs
Marie
p.s. This comment is all over the place - sorry! lol; August 25, 2010 at 7:52 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.