We haven’t provided an update in a while so here she is…..
Healthy, growing and having a fun summer!
Thanks to amazing donors, nurses and doctors she just returned from two nights at camp, she attended VBS, Camp Girl Time, Church Day Camp, a family vacation to Kiawah and several pool and lake days.
And, she has officially graduated to clinic checks every other month!
Great clinic visit today. Numbers ARE GOOD.
We love our nurses and doctors
She’s had an a-MAY-zing month!
Field Day fun, Awards Day, Hip-Hop dance recital, pulling the fire drill (with special permission!) and a Cruz Farm ice cream with sprinkles!
Thank you for the continued prayers and cheers!
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
We will be walking at the Light the Night event on UT campus this month to raise money and awareness for LLS research. Plan to join us on Oct 25 at 5:30pm. Hadley will be wearing her SURVIVOR tshirt and carrying a white lantern.
Two years ago today, I took our little girl to the doctor for the fourth time in a month, hoping they would tell me she was fine and Jonathan and I could go ahead with our couples trip to NYC the next day.
Instead, it felt like time slowed down, the doctors started speaking in some foreign language and we found ourselves heading to Children’s Hospital.
God is so good, her spirit is so strong and your support is so tangible. These three things are what have kept us afloat. Without these, we may have sunk or be lost, adrift…
Please continue to pray with us that she remains healthy through the end of treatment in July!
Today is our girl’s first day back to school in a long time. She was very nervous, but as you can see, she was greeted with a hug from our favorite Principal, Mrs. O’Dell as soon as she arrived. Please say a little prayer that she can keep her emotions in check and that she has the energy to make it (she’s worried she may fall asleep in class).
First full week back to school and now she has a sore throat, sinus drainage and bad cough. We may be making our way to the doctor in the morning.
Temp 101…. Here we go….. Thank goodness for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.
Hadley is back home… Got port accessed, flushed, blood test (ANC 1800), No Flu and No Strep. Pumped with antibiotics, steroids and finally got temp down.
How do you know steroids are working? Drive home Hadley was like this…Dad, you can only do 55 on the introstate, I want a swing gym, cough-cough, foot itchy, hey you can only do 55…suns out but cold, what do I want next Christmas, cough-cough, oh no, foot itchy again…Dad, you are down to 25 now…
Oh boy, Beki and I looked at each other and I swear both our eyes are crossed…
On the left: 759 pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
On the right: one year of prescriptions for our five year old
Goodbye 2016! We are ready to party like its July 2017!!!!
Well, the chemo and steroid combination is a constant roller coaster of emotions and sickness. This is something that we share with all the kids going through Leukemia. You never know from one day to the next if school or church is an option. But, we can say that we are tremendously blessed. There are so many going through tragedy during these times. Tragedy that we cannot even imagine. We are thankful for our blessings and we pray for all those experiencing personal tragedy. “Together there is strength, together we can overcome.” Jonathan Brooks
Isaiah 40:31
…but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
What a difference a year makes!
We are so grateful.