Been A long Time....

Time…. It passes so quickly! I have been so busy and it is getting worse daily it seems. I have not blogged in forever; but I have become a Face Book junkie these days. I have gotten back in touch with some of my closest high school girlfriends. We actually have got together once for dinner and we are doing it again this Friday night.
Thomas finally got a “release” from the oncologist at the end of October. That is one place I hope we never have to visit again! The summer needless to say was not our “best” summer but it all worked out. I consider us very blessed.
Here is a quick update:
Thomas is doing great in the 3rd grade. He is in the highest reading and math class. He thinks his teacher is “hot” (so does my husband – she is really cute) and has a new “girl friend”.
Tyler is learning to read in school, and doing a pretty good job too. He has all of a sudden taken an interest in sounding out words so I am doing my best to encourage that. His little buddy Spencer is in his class – those two are a hoot.
Tanner is doing well in school too. It took him a little while to adjust to kindergarten. There was a “bully” (to put it politely) in his class that has finally been removed from the classroom. This little boy was pushing, kicking cussing and spitting – at Tanner, other students and the teacher too. Thank the Lord our Principle is getting this child the help he needs! Tanner is starting to blossom now!
The boys are ready for Christmas. They are all so excited! They went to see Santa and Thomas gave him directions to the Lego store. It was so stinking cute to see them in awe talking with Santa! I need to do some work on my blog to get it up to date. I hope you all are doing well and I can’t wait to catch up with you all!

Thomas Update

Thomas had his follow up this morning with the oncologist. Dr. Fuh just received test results from a couple of weeks ago and there was evidence that sometime Thomas has had Cat Scratch Disease. It can take months for any kind of signs to surface. He said that it was just a "test" and that might not be the cause. Since Thomas is allergic to cats, he not around them. After he examined Thomas, he said there was significant reduction in the swelling. He said if it were Lymphoma, the antibiotics would not have reduced the swelling. However, he still wants to have a CAT scan done so he can see the lymph nodes deep down that he can not feel. We will do the scan in a couple of weeks. After the doctor reviews the results, he will either prescribe another round of antibiotics, and monitor for a while or set us free!!
Thank-you all so much for your kind words and prayers. Words can not express how much it means to me.
Prayer is a POWERFUL thing.

For a Great Cause

As you all have probably read, Thomas has had some health issues over the past couple of weeks. We had a MRI done and test results suggested that there was great concern that he may have either Lymphoma or Leukemia. Initial test show that all is clear. I thank God for taking care of that. He is the only reason for the great results. Although we are still not completely out of the woods yet, things are looking WAY better that before.

With this in mind, I really would like you all to consider helping my friend J.B out. He is a co-worker of mine and he has really shown lots of support to me and my family during this time of concern for Thomas. There is another child that J.B. holds dear to his heart has been fighting (and winning) childhood cancer himself. Along with this child's father, J.B. is participating in a childhood fund raiser in connection with St. Baldrick's Foundation. On October 24th J.B., and a few others will be shaving their heads! All proceeds raised will go to the foundation for childhood cancer research in efforts that no more children will ever have to suffer from any type of childhood cancer.
What a great guy he is for stepping up for such a great cause. After reading up on St. Baldrick's Foundation, I urge all of you to make a donation to this foundation. Most of my readers have children of their own. It can happen at any minute to any of us. God uses doctors, and medicine to heal and sometimes He just chooses to heal it all himself. Please, please consider making a small (or large) donation to this foundation.
Here is the link to St. Baldrick's Foundation, and here is the link to J.B.'s page where you can make a donation to sponsor him.
I challenge all of my family,co-workers, friends, and blog buddies to make a $ 10.00 or more contribution. I would love to see J.B. hit his goal of $ 2,000.00!

Thanks to all of you for prayers for Thomas. We will be going back to the oncologist, on Friday. Hopefully there will be good results to report. I will keep you all posted!

P.S.
I will post some before and after pictures of J.B. Hope you all can show support!

Many thanks,
Tracey

Wordless Wednesday

My boys love the water. It is hard to believe summer is almost over....


Tanner LOVES the ocean. He had a blast last week-end.


Thomas just learned to dive. Pretty good huh?


Sometimes my boys do like each other. I love this one of Thomas and Tyler.

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Please remember to pray for Thomas. We go back to the oncologist on Friday. Pray the test results continue to be okay. For more details visit previous entries....

Thanks to all,

Tracey

Wordless Wednesday

Some beach pictures.

I just love my boys! You all just take the time each and every day to love on you family. You never know what tomorrow brings....

Tyler, Thomas and Tanner at the Aquarium.

Me and Frank - My BEST Friend!

Me and two of my boys Tyler and Thomas. Tanner wasn't in the mood! LOL

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Going Down....

The swelling is going down!!! The anit-biotics appear to be working. Just as the doctor predicted there is a noticeable decrease in the swelling. Thomas tells me yesterday "Look Mama! (as he pushing on himself) It doesn't even hurt anymore!". We still will follow up with the oncologist and probably do a CAT scan just to take another look at everything but it appears that he is going to be okay.

Thank-you all for so much support. Prayers have been lifted to God from all over the country. Some of you Twittered and blogged about my son. Thank-you for spreading the word. Every one's prayers were heard. Please Praise God for the miracle....

We took the boys to the beach yesterday for some "fun" time. I took alot of pictures so I will be posting them soon. I was "cleaning" my laptop up on Friday (while anxiously waiting for the doctor to call) and deleted some hardware from my machine. I can not get on line right now. As soon as I get it all strait I will post some pictures...

BTW... We got a new puppy... :0)

Update on Thomas - Praise the Lord

PRAISE GOD! Our prayers have been answered!

Just got a call from the doctor. We have good news. Although we are not entirely out of the woods we are close!
Thomas' chest X-ray's are clear. His white blood counts are good. The pathologist said there was a significant amount of tissue in the aspiration biopsy and he examined it all and everything looks normal!!! He could find nothing wrong!
The Oncologist feels strongly that this is a lymphatic response - basically an over reaction of his lymph nodes! PRAISE GOD!!

We are to keep Thomas on his anit-biotics for the next two weeks. We are to monitor the swelling. We should see a significant reduction in swelling over the next two days. Should there be more swelling we will see him immediately for addition testing (CAT scan and biopsy). He has cancelled the appointment with the surgeon for next week!

A mother can not express the emotions she feels when one of her children are sick. I want to say thank-you for all of your prayers and words of encouragement my family has recieved from you all over the past couple of days. I have received literally hundreds of emails from friends from work, face book, and blog buddies. Words can not express how your support help me manage to get through the last couple of days.

Most of all Praise God! The Lord above has his hands on my little Thomas. I KNOW with all my heart that HE is the reason we have good results! HE heard all of your prayers and has answered them! Thank-you Jesus! All the glory should go to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!

Update - No News

First thank-you so much for all your words of encouragement and your prayers. I never knew how much just a small thinking about you note could mean so much.
There really isn't much to say as far as an update goes. The doctor did not call today with any results. We will be calling him in the morning. Hopefully I will be updating you all with good news tomorrow....

Until then please continue to keep Thomas in your prayers. God is listening - I just know it!

Thanks again to you all!!