Rachael's Story

Welcome to Rachael's Story. This web page has been provided to keep friends and family updated about our child. On May 25, 2004 Rachael was diagnosed with leukemia following the biopsy of a lump on her head. After 19 days of chemotherapy and lots of prayers, her recent biopsy has shown 0% leukemia cells in her bone marrow. Our family is so grateful that this was God's will for Rachael and for us. We are also so totally grateful to the staff (everyone!) at St. Jude who were placed in our path when this disease came into our life. We thank everyone who has been praying for Rachael and our family and ask for your continued prayers. We still have a long road ahead, with 2 more years of chemotherapy and lots of tests, yucky medicines, occasional needlesticks, procedures, etc.; as well as smiles, hugs, silly faces and lots of daily happiness. ************************************************************************ Well, we hope our cancer treatment story ends here! Rachael recieved her last dose of chemo on Dec. 22, 2006, and was declared to be in remission the 28th of Dec. We pray this is how she stays FOREVER.




THE WEAVER
My life is but a weaving
Between my Lord and me
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.

Oftimes he weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.

Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the Weavers skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned
Author unknown

(this was given to me by my friends The Poor Clare Nuns here in Memphis who keep Rachael in their prayers. Thanks to them for their constant prayers and for their prayers to St. Clare in Rachael's name.)



You know you're the parent of a kid with cancer when....
Kids with hair look strange to you.
You can sleep anywhere and anything that reclines more than 15 degrees looks "comfy."
You don't realize the sharps container is on the kitchen table till half way through dinner.
You enjoy the trip to the hospital at 3 a.m. because there aren't any cars on the highway.
You hear a truck backing up and think it's the I.V. alarm beeping.
Med students ask to borrow your notes.
You wrap presents and packages with surgical tape.
Waiting for an hour doesn't seem a long time anymore compared to the wait at the doctor's appointments.
You have syringes in your cutlery rack in the dishwasher.
Every little thing can make you cry, but this list has you rolling on the floor! :-)

Journal

Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:42 PM CST

I'm a week or so late in updating this page. Sorry, I'm out of practice. (This is a great thing to be out of practice on) We went for Rachael's 3 yrs. off treatment check up. All is totally normal. She's still in remission, and growing like a weed! I can't believe she's been out of treatment 3 years. Now that Michael's here, and we've moved to a new house, it seems like a lifetime ago that we went through such trials. We still pray for the kids at St. Jude. We still treasure all of our own kids. I still feel like I learn lessons from our experience with leukemia, chemo, and St. Jude. I'll sign off for now, just know that no news is good news! See ya next year!

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