Sorry for the delay in updates….it has been CRAZY around here! – But you have probably figured out by now that we are a little nuts J

Last Thursday night I had a bad night of severe leg cramps, so as much as I did not want to went to the ER on Friday afternoon – 4 ½ hours later we found that I did not have any blood clots in my legs.  That was a relieve and I was able to enjoy the rest of my holiday weekend but still in the back of my mind I worried a little about the echo cardiogram that was scheduled for today – good news is, my heart looks great!  No fluid around the heart and it is pumping away!  So I will still see Dr Robinson on the 22nd to see if we can figure out was is causing the severe swelling.  I think the heat and humidity is playing a big part in it, but we will see.  Please continue to pray for the swelling to stay down and we figure what is causing it.  I really don’t want to hear that it is another one of those things that I am “going to have to learn to live with” – this cancer has caused enough havic on my body.

This week is VBS at church and I have been busy gearing up for it and when it finally got here today, time just flew by.  It is so great to see the lil’ ones learn about God and be excited!  Pray that we can reach as many children as possible this week.  God is at work!!

I am posting a poem a mother wrote who’s child has cancer.  Please take the time to read this and then thank GOD for your healthy children, hug them too much and tell them you love them often –

Normal 

 Dear God, I want to be normal today.
To run and jump and laugh and play.
These pains, they hurt inside my head.
So all I do is lay in bed.
 I watch the world as it spins outside.
Under the pillow my head I hide.
My stomach aches, I wretch and vomit.
The doctors say they'll get right on it.
But day after day, the sun goes down
and no end in sight is to be found.

 I keep the faith, I wear a smile.
I know things will be better after awhile.

I know because my mommy told me so
The tears in her eyes I want to go.

 
We snuggle in my room day after day,
and we talk about about when we can get away.
We will go to places I've dreamt about,
But wait! If I promise not to pout
Can we go today, can we leave this place?
I'll put an even bigger smile on my face.

 
Is it my fault that I feel this way?
Why won't the yuckies go away?
Did I do something really bad?
Did I make mommy or daddy very sad?

 
I sit and watch other kids my age,
From a hospital room that feels like a cage.
They laugh and run having lots of fun
They get to feel warmth from the sun.
I want to go swimming and splash around
Or be a princess and wear a crown.

Someday soon, I will be free.
To run and laugh and play, you'll see.
Dear God, please take the cancer away.
I just want to be a normal kid today.
 
~Gina Jones, 2009