Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry it's taken me so long to update things. I was holding out until Eli's next appt. which was today. Christmas around here was great! The boys got everything they wanted (Evan had to have a Chad Johnson jersey and Eli just wanted video games). Big Eli even got the one thing he wanted, but didn't actually ask for. Elijah loves the poem "Footprints In The Sand". It refers to a man questioning God about why, when he needed God the most, did he only see one set of footprints in the sand. God goes on to inform him that the set of prints in the sand are his own because he was in fact carrying the man during his time of need. Elijah knows that God is the one carrying him through this battle right now. Well I bought Elijah a poster with the poem on it years ago, but it was kinda cheesy. It was very difficult to find something nice, that would go with our house with the poem on it. When Elijah was hospitalized he kept saying he wanted to get someone to handwrite the poem for him so he could get it framed. So of course, that's what I had made for him for Christmas. I found a lady (Marie Adamson - writtentreasure.com) in Rockwall, TX, who did an absolutely fabulous job. I'll take a pic and post it when we get it framed. The smile it brought to his face was wonderful. He had to admit that it was exactly what he wanted.
I wasn't able to go with Elijah to his Dr. appt. today because I have a cold. I have yet to figure out with all the additional handwashing and hand sanitizing I've been doing how I caught this cold, but oh well. So I have to stay out of Eli's face because I don't want him getting sick from me again.
I typed up a long list of questions and things I needed the doctor to address, gave Eli's friend who took him to the appt. my notebook to take notes in and Eli took a little pocket recorder to tape record the appt. for me. So I just listened to the tape and it sounds like Eli is continuing to do well. We should know by the end of the week what his new M-spike number is. That's the number that measures the amount of myeloma in his system. Hopefully it would have gone down again. The plan is to prepare Elijah for a stem cell transplant, using his own cells. That procedure should help ensure that the myeloma is pushed further back into remission for a long time. He's still feeling tired, but that's just a side effect from the chemo. The recovery time for the transplant should be about 2-3 weeks. Prayerfully Mr. Man will be able to start getting back to normal pretty soon. My dad will come back to help out which is truly a blessing. He just left today after being here for a week. I was so glad that he was here because he was able to keep an eye on the boys and keep them entertained. I'm hoping he'll move here soon, but I'm going to have to keep working on him.
I'm going to run now because this cold is wearing me out. I just spoke to a friend of mine who said I need to go to the doctor in the morning, so I'm taking her advice.
PUH-LEEZ keep the prayers coming, but also keep our friends Matt and Jenny Stinchcomb, Eric and Danielle Beverly, Bobby and Cecilia Romanski as well as Tony Dungy and his family prayed up as well. Good night folks!
That's pic of Evan, age 7 and Elijah, age 10 - My mini-husbands.
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