Joel's Journey: monday....

Monday, June 10, 2013

monday....

Good morning everyone!!! Monday.....ugh!!! Tons of laundry!!! But I'm tackling it! Hosie made scrumptious muffins for the kidZ, I had my eggs and cherries and coffee and green tea so we are off to a We are swimming swimming this week as it spouse to be upper 90's all week!!! Yay! Love it!! Full summer mode now!

Bethany went to a goat show in Kansas this past weekend and did well! Glad for that!

Farmers market this past weekend was a success. Mercy, Josiah and I did it all by ourselves and made it! Ha! Everyone loves the sugar snap peas! Sold out!! Hosie and I made 54 GIANT/JUMBO muffins and only came home with 8, so yes we did good too!!!!! At this point any extra cash flow is a huge blessing!

Andrew and Micah mowed the heck outta the yard this past weekend and it looks super fantastic around here! We just have a push mower and it takes a long time but they did it!!! All the rain has made the lawn/grass so lush!! I absolutely love the sound of a mower and fresh cut grass! Reminds me of when I was little!

Josiah purchased a remote control truck with his own money he has saved up and he is running it all over the house! Between remote helicopters and remote vehicles, it's a dangerous journey to walk through the house!!!

Mercy is a tan little toot! But she has eczema and has had it since birth and the water is making her skin so dry. I try lotion but really I read somewhere that you have to work from the inside out like with fish oil and any oil capsule and that won't work with her taking pills!

Hope you have a great Monday!!!

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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.