Treebywater

Hoping and praying for that appointment to be moved too. I'm sorry you are feeling so badly. Will pray.

Praying!!

If you need a place to find some HOPE, this is it... At least I have found that to be the case--not to mention, there are all these people who gird up for war and fight WITH you here. Pretty neat. I'm so sorry that you're dealing with this diagnosis... but don't lose HOPE. Like Peggy said, this is a fight worth fighting! ((((hugs)))) and prayers to you!

I'm so sorry, Addie!!!! Praying for you... Keep fighting!!! Blow those doctors away!!!! (((hugs))) to you.

Great news!!!

You are beautiful, Beth!!!! You will beat this!!!! You CAN DO THIS!!!

Prayers sent!!

Prayers sent!

GREAT!!!

Prayers sent.

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!

Have fun on that cruise! Relax and soak up some sun! Keep us posted on what you find out with the liver lesion. Good news about the stable lymph nodes!

I HATE to hear this for you... I am so sorry... You are going to be a champion member of the Stage IV Butt-kickers Club though... You are!!! Chill with the Xanex, process through this, and we'll all gear up to help you fight!!!

Triple post... *sigh*

Ack Double post!!!

I'm so glad she is having some better days! Yummm... I want to go to IHOP! I like their eggs too. Keep us posted on how she's doing!

((((Nell)))) I'm sorry you all got such lousy news. Keep the faith. Bob and you all are in my prayers.

Have you heard what the results were yet, Heidi?? Praying and hoping that good news is here!

Oh, I promise I do! I try to call every day, but sometimes she isn't up to talking so I delegate giving hugs and I love yous through Dad. I'm not tip-toeing so much that I'm not calling. Just miss being able to go, "How much salt goes in the ice cream recipe?" and calling knowing if she was there she's look through her books and laugh with her because the last time I got that recipe from her I put in WAY too much salt. Course I can still do the laughing part later on, too.

Just the teacher in me kicking in, but.... If she is having trouble with transition times... Maybe suggest to the teacher that she give Faith a little warning? Like--every time they are about to start a new task, say to Faith, or the whole class, "In five minutes we will stop playing with the clay, and start coloring our pictures." And then count down--give her warning at 3 minutes and then 1 minute. Or... "In five minutes it will be time to take a bathroom break." Maybe the abruptness of the change is throwing her off, and that could steady her some? Sometimes that can really help.

I LOVE your name too. Welcome!

Welcome! I hope we'll see you post more!

GREAT NEWS!!!

Great news!!! Woohoo for Hawaii!!!

Daddy wrote me a letter that I received today trying to pass on wisdom for us as we begin the journey of parenthood. It made me cry, and I sit here just feeling SO BLESSED at the parents I have, and so sad for the changes LC has already brought to our family. My folks are the type... who, no matter how far away I am, if something is important to me, they'll be there. I'm so lucky that way. They helped me through my first separation from my husband when he went to boot camp (was living in same town as them at the time). They helped me with my homework in school. They made every extra-curricular event that I had in school, and they just had to come visit at college every couple of months because they wanted to see me. I'm so lucky. I know that if circumstances were different, I could count on them coming to visit us wherever we were... even at duty stations in other countries, and even as far away as we are now... Just because they'd want to be with us. (Husband is in the Navy btw) I know that they desperately, desperately want to be here when the baby is born... That they want to hold her when she is still 'fresh from God.' That they want to hold my hand through the contractions, and if my husband isn't able to be here during the birth or has to leave soon after, that they want to be the ones to help me through the first days of 'new mommyhood.' And I hate that they can't. I hate that when I think of a recipe mom always made SOO well I can't just pick up the phone and call for her help with it because I know she might be sleeping or having a day when just talking on the phone takes sooo much energy. I hate that they can't decide to go to the riverboat and have a good time with friends just on a whim... that's too far to travel and mom rarely feels up to it. I believe Mom is going to have some better days. I really, really do. But it just seems like the cancer has taken so much from her already and it makes me mad and sad. And all this makes me grateful too for what I get to do this year... It will be hard to leave my husband while he is still on land to go and be near my folks after the baby gets here... but it's MY TURN to do the rearranging and to say YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT that I'm HERE. I'm so lucky and blessed to be able to do that. I thank God for the opportunity. There aren't many people in the world who I think would completely understand what I'm saying here... but I thought you all might.