It's not black, not white but gray. And Jon is a black and white person, how can this be?
There are still 4 spots on his scan (he started with 15-20). They are significantly smaller and obviously alot of spots are gone. Praise God! The oncologists exact words "I'm not happy about this scan but I'm content." Basically at this point it is a waiting game. These spots could be as simple as scar tissue but they could be a type of cell chemo doesn't take care of and surgery would be the only option. So we are keeping everyone on their knees and praying. I just saw my Starbucks friend Stephen again in Macon. Kinda cool! And he was reminding us that God is a healing God. We Believe that he can heal every cancer cell in Jon's body. He will have another follow-up scan in three months which is sooner than he would've had one if it would have been clear. We are still trusting in God that he is healing Jon's body. Please join us in praying for that!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Definitely back to life
And now I'm remembering why i never updated the blog before Jon's cancer! Jon has been finished with his chemo for 6 1/2 weeks! He is completely back to normal outside of his neuropathy and hearing loss (which we are still hoping is temporary). We are like an old couple. I will say something, and he says HUH?? So we both have to sit up and I have to yell across the family room at him! It is kinda entertaining. He also looks NORMAL. His hair has grown back and he even has facial hair again! We are so grateful to have our Daddy and "Jonathan" back:o)
Our lives with 3 kids 4 and under including multiples is never DULL. First of all a few weeks ago Luke found a baby snake in his room!! I left for Target for an hour alone one night. I got to Target (10 min. drive) and I get a phone call. Luke was in bed and saw something in his room moving. He got up to tell Jon. It was a SNAKE. We were both (the parents) freaked out, but of course Luke was as brave as ever! I just kept wondering where the Momma snake was! I am still having awful dreams about snakes being in our house!!
Secondly, I have not had a coffee table or end tables since the babies were 8 months. I decided my life would be harder trying to keep them away from these things so I just did without. I recently found a great deal on a beautiful coffee table/ottoman that I felt like fit our family well (it has a leather top!). Well, the second night we had it, Ryan busted his head on it! It turned out to be minor, but we were definitely worried when initially we saw blood running down his head and neck!
Ryan recently has some new found freedom! A couple of weeks after Jon's last treatment, Ryan started crawling out of the crib consistently. A week ago, it got out of control. He would crawl out and in a million times. He would not take a nap. I would go in there every time, put him back in his crib until I was exhausted and nap time was over. One night recently, I was sound asleep in bed. I woke up at 4:50AM, opened my eyes, and there I saw Ryan laying right beside me. I have no idea when he got in bed with me. He was as still as a church mouse. I'm sure my startled reaction woke him up and he just had a big smile on his face. So, this past Sunday, Ryan got a "big girl bed". Yep, that's what he calls it! Ironically, Emma Kate says she now wants a "big boy bed." Yea, they are very confused about their gender:o). And those of you feeling sorry for Emma Kate--DON'T! I was feeling sorry for her also that she still has to sleep in a crib until last night! We let them read together in Ryan's bed because Emma Kate wanted to be in a big bed. Well, it wasn't 2 minutes after we left the room, they were SO out of control. Running around the room, destroying things. I quickly came back to reality. Reality is, if Emma Kate gets a "big boy bed" then they will have complete access to one another. Not good! So, I told Emma Kate that I had to give Ryan 3-4 weeks to "adjust" to his "big girl bed" and then she would get hers. For now, we set hers up in Luke's room and she is allowed on occasion to have a sleepover with Luke:o)
This is a cute video of Luke. He loves the Lord with all his heart! He praises God and wants everyone else to praise and love God too! He has a depth about him that I never knew a 4 year old could have. I wanted you to be encouraged by this!
This is also a cute video of the babies. Is anyone thinking little Jon and little Donna?:o)
One last thing, I woke up Saturday morning, and said Honey, I have a great idea! Let's go to Savannah and get pictures of the kids at a Studio. I have not been in 2 years! It is exhausting to even think of going. So, we got the kids all ready and I even had time to quickly throw on some make-up myself. What was I thinking?? Do you know what it is like getting 2 2-yr olds pictures made?? Wow! We ended up having a family picture because Ryan was being very shy and would not cooperate at all and us holding him was the only way at first we could even get him in a shot. Then I bribed Emma Kate with M&M's and she had that fake smile on her face the whole time. Poor thing, she was really trying hard. So here is a "snapshot" of our day! By the way, Luke's picture was fabulous! I guess I should take them back when they are 4, maybe a better age for pictures! Take note of Ryan sitting off in the "corner" and do you like his Jake bandaid? Things got so bad with the twins after we left the picture place (Ryan ran from the back of Gymboree out the door with a shirt in his hand). Alarm going off and Jon running after him pretty much did Jon in. He took the twins to the car and strapped them in their car seats and turned on a movie and told me to take Luke for as long as I wanted to shop, ice cream, train ride, etc! So here is Luke on the train. I LOVE the age 4!!
Jon had his CT scan this past Thursday at Emory and we will drive to Atlanta again this Thursday to find out the results. I will try my best to post something on Friday. Thanks again for your prayers. We really appreciate it!
Our lives with 3 kids 4 and under including multiples is never DULL. First of all a few weeks ago Luke found a baby snake in his room!! I left for Target for an hour alone one night. I got to Target (10 min. drive) and I get a phone call. Luke was in bed and saw something in his room moving. He got up to tell Jon. It was a SNAKE. We were both (the parents) freaked out, but of course Luke was as brave as ever! I just kept wondering where the Momma snake was! I am still having awful dreams about snakes being in our house!!
Secondly, I have not had a coffee table or end tables since the babies were 8 months. I decided my life would be harder trying to keep them away from these things so I just did without. I recently found a great deal on a beautiful coffee table/ottoman that I felt like fit our family well (it has a leather top!). Well, the second night we had it, Ryan busted his head on it! It turned out to be minor, but we were definitely worried when initially we saw blood running down his head and neck!
Ryan recently has some new found freedom! A couple of weeks after Jon's last treatment, Ryan started crawling out of the crib consistently. A week ago, it got out of control. He would crawl out and in a million times. He would not take a nap. I would go in there every time, put him back in his crib until I was exhausted and nap time was over. One night recently, I was sound asleep in bed. I woke up at 4:50AM, opened my eyes, and there I saw Ryan laying right beside me. I have no idea when he got in bed with me. He was as still as a church mouse. I'm sure my startled reaction woke him up and he just had a big smile on his face. So, this past Sunday, Ryan got a "big girl bed". Yep, that's what he calls it! Ironically, Emma Kate says she now wants a "big boy bed." Yea, they are very confused about their gender:o). And those of you feeling sorry for Emma Kate--DON'T! I was feeling sorry for her also that she still has to sleep in a crib until last night! We let them read together in Ryan's bed because Emma Kate wanted to be in a big bed. Well, it wasn't 2 minutes after we left the room, they were SO out of control. Running around the room, destroying things. I quickly came back to reality. Reality is, if Emma Kate gets a "big boy bed" then they will have complete access to one another. Not good! So, I told Emma Kate that I had to give Ryan 3-4 weeks to "adjust" to his "big girl bed" and then she would get hers. For now, we set hers up in Luke's room and she is allowed on occasion to have a sleepover with Luke:o)
This is also a cute video of the babies. Is anyone thinking little Jon and little Donna?:o)
One last thing, I woke up Saturday morning, and said Honey, I have a great idea! Let's go to Savannah and get pictures of the kids at a Studio. I have not been in 2 years! It is exhausting to even think of going. So, we got the kids all ready and I even had time to quickly throw on some make-up myself. What was I thinking?? Do you know what it is like getting 2 2-yr olds pictures made?? Wow! We ended up having a family picture because Ryan was being very shy and would not cooperate at all and us holding him was the only way at first we could even get him in a shot. Then I bribed Emma Kate with M&M's and she had that fake smile on her face the whole time. Poor thing, she was really trying hard. So here is a "snapshot" of our day! By the way, Luke's picture was fabulous! I guess I should take them back when they are 4, maybe a better age for pictures! Take note of Ryan sitting off in the "corner" and do you like his Jake bandaid? Things got so bad with the twins after we left the picture place (Ryan ran from the back of Gymboree out the door with a shirt in his hand). Alarm going off and Jon running after him pretty much did Jon in. He took the twins to the car and strapped them in their car seats and turned on a movie and told me to take Luke for as long as I wanted to shop, ice cream, train ride, etc! So here is Luke on the train. I LOVE the age 4!!
Jon had his CT scan this past Thursday at Emory and we will drive to Atlanta again this Thursday to find out the results. I will try my best to post something on Friday. Thanks again for your prayers. We really appreciate it!
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