November was a month full of doctor appointments for Josiah. In October, Josiah started complaining of pain in his neck area. It wasn’t consistent and he simply grabbed the side of his neck, said “owie” and then went right back to playing. The weekend before we planned to take him to get checked out, we […]
October 2014 Medical Update
I didn’t really have a reason to post a September medical update, since the only thing that happened was the MRI, which I had already written about. Time has also been an issue with getting some writing done. I was surprised at how challenging the months of September and beginning of October were for me. […]
MRI Day 9-3-14
Josiah had his MRI on September 3rd and everything looked great! We started the day a little after 5am in hopes that Josiah would eat a little something before the “no food or drink” rule. He did drink chocolate milk, but was adamant about not eating. He enjoyed getting water from the fridge, which is […]
August 2014 Medical Update
It has been a great month! Josiah has been doing great and we have been trying to settle into a new routine. He still has therapy coming to the house once or twice a week and does well with that. Sleeping has been better recently, which is very helpful for Nathan and I. Josiah’s favorite […]
July Medical Update
JULY MEDICAL UPDATE During the week of July 14th, we had noticed that Josiah was beginning to shake his head more to focus on what he was seeing/looking at. We also noticed more nystagmus (eye movement) in his eyes. We continued to see it as the week went on, and others noticed as well. This […]
What are you holding on to?
Last November I attended a ladies retreat, featuring the speaker Joanna Weaver, author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World. During one evening session, she talked about Mary pouring expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet and wiping it with her hair. She described in detail how this was a gift that showed extravagant sacrifice, extravagant boldness […]
Baskets of Blessings
I came home this afternoon to a house-full of laundry. I decided I’d start with the two baskets that were OVERFLOWING with towels. As I loaded up the washing machine, only half emptying one basket before the machine was full, I couldn’t help but smile. All these towels meant that we had a full house […]
Next Steps
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 We were hoping that today was going to be Josiah’s last chemo treatment. We were very disappointed to find out that his counts came back too low to receive treatment. Hopefully his counts will be up and next Monday can be his last treatment! The moment we walked into the clinic […]