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BEAUTY FROM PAIN
MOMMY -LOVES- CODY
A TRUE RACER FALLS BEHIND, MAKING IT NECESSARY FOR HIM TO CATCH UP BEFORE HE CAN WIN!!!
I no longer believe in miracles, I rely on them.
CODY JAMES HOFFMAN
APRIL 14, 1996 - AUGUST 18, 2005
~~~THIS IS CODY'S STORY~~~
On October 30, 1999 at the age of 3, our son Cody was diagnosed with High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Cody underwent 2½ years of intense chemotherapy and completed his POG protocol on May 18, 2002. During a routine monthly check up on August 19, 2002 Cody was preliminarily diagnosed in Relapse, this was confirmed on August 30, 2002.
Cody's prognosis was minimal at best. He was placed in the National Bone Marrow Registry and 2 Unrelated Cord Blood matches were identified at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
On November 10, 2002, we left for Durham where we spent nearly a year. Cody underwent several rounds of total body radiation and then received his Bone Marrow Transplant on New Years Eve 2002.
In March of 2003, only three months post transplant, Cody suffered another relapse making it necessary for him to have surgery to remove the Leukemic mass...Cody did well with that and the med changes and the Leukemia did not return in full force.
In September of 2003, Cody suffered Electorlyte Renal Failure and was hospitalized in the PICU for several weeks after his release we returned to Duke to stay for another few months. We returned home and began post-transplant care at CHKD in Norfolk.
Cody had no major issues until March of 2005 when he started losing weight. He was hospitalized to treat the problem and was released after two weeks. Within two weeks we returned to the hospital where Cody was admited again...On June 8, 2005, Cody was released from the hospital once again, still fighting GvHD but from the comfort of his own home.
Unfortunately, his release was only good for 5 days before Cody had to be readmitted. Cody was fighting Parainfluenza 3 Pneumonia.
Regardless of the situation, Cody always continued to fight.
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED!!!
On July 31, 2005, Cody suffered a Pulmonary Hemmorage and was placed on Life Support...we truly thought he would recover, sadly, his body was unable to recover from all of it's issues and on August 18, 2005 at 4:23 p.m. Cody flew free into the arms of the ABBA FATHER.
Our lives are forever changed and our hearts will forever be broken...We are grateful for the time we had with our LITTLE MAN...
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at that the painful trial that you are suffering as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you are participating in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed."
1 Peter 4:12-13
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:23 AM CDT BEAUTY FROM PAIN By: Superchick
The lights go out all around me
one last candle to keep out the night
and then the darkness surrounds me
I know I’m alive but I feel like I’ve died
And all that’s left is to accept that its over
my dreams ran like sand through the fist that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I’m slipping away
After all this has passed, I still will remain
after I’ve cried my last, there will be beauty from pain
though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again
and there will be beauty from pain
you will bring beauty from my pain
My whole world is the pain inside me
the best I can do is just get through the day
when life before is only a memory
I wonder why god lets me walk through this place
And though I can’t understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back some day
and see how you’ve brought beauty from ashes
and made me as gold purified through these flames
After all this has passed, I still will remain
after I’ve cried my last, there will be beauty from pain
though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again
and there will be beauty from pain
you will bring beauty from my pain
Here I am at the end of me
trying to hold to what I can’t see
I forgot how to hope this nights been so long
I cling to your promise, there will be a dawn
After all this has passed, I still will remain
after I’ve cried my last, there will be beauty from pain
though it won’t be today, someday I’ll hope again
and thee will be beauty from pain
you will bring beauty from my pain
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Hospital Information: Patient Room: HEAVEN Completely Healed
In the Arm's of the ABBA FATHER
Mommy Misses Cody
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