Saturday, March 26, 2011
Deborah Faith Clark
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Change of Plans
Now there will be no spinal tap or PhD interview until next week because Anne is going to deliver the baby tonight! At her appointment today she was already dilated some and the baby is still breech with a foot hanging down low. The doctor doesn't want any chance of a breech delivery that could be dangerous, so we are going to the hospital tonight to try and turn the baby. If it works, they will induce Anne. If it doesn't, she will have a C-section.
We will keep you posted!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Prayer team
First, I wanted to share another blog of our trip to Sea World. Click Here to go to Heroes for Children's website to read the blog.
Second, I wanted to ask you to pray for Sarah on March 25th. She goes for another spinal tap and we've noticed they are harder for her emotionally and physically. So we wanted to depend on the only One who can give us the strength to endure. If you can pray for her starting at 8am C.S.T. to 12pm CST on the 25th that would be wonderful. She always likes to know people are praying for her so you can also email us back and she can be encouraged with your comments.
Third and final item is we have the D-Date or End Date. March 24th, 2012 will be the final day of Sarah's treatments. This means we are almost a year away! My personality loves to be able to count down to achieving a goal so I need to share a few numbers with you:)
5 more spinal taps: including one coming up on 25th of March.
12 more monthly visits for chemo
12 more monthly steroid dosages (4 days,every month)
379 more days of chemo pills.
There is starting be a light at the end of the tunnel in this process. We are trusting God that He will continue to keep the leukemia away and for complete healing of Sarah so we can finish the protocol.
While I am asking for prayer, we have another item or two. I will be traveling from the 15th to 24th of March. We originally thought this would give me plenty of time to return home before Deborah is born but with Anne's gestational diabetes and Deborah is breeched, they've moved the induction as early as the 29th of March. Please pray for our family especially the safety of Anne and Deborah Faith.
Blessings,
Second, I wanted to ask you to pray for Sarah on March 25th. She goes for another spinal tap and we've noticed they are harder for her emotionally and physically. So we wanted to depend on the only One who can give us the strength to endure. If you can pray for her starting at 8am C.S.T. to 12pm CST on the 25th that would be wonderful. She always likes to know people are praying for her so you can also email us back and she can be encouraged with your comments.
Third and final item is we have the D-Date or End Date. March 24th, 2012 will be the final day of Sarah's treatments. This means we are almost a year away! My personality loves to be able to count down to achieving a goal so I need to share a few numbers with you:)
5 more spinal taps: including one coming up on 25th of March.
12 more monthly visits for chemo
12 more monthly steroid dosages (4 days,every month)
379 more days of chemo pills.
There is starting be a light at the end of the tunnel in this process. We are trusting God that He will continue to keep the leukemia away and for complete healing of Sarah so we can finish the protocol.
While I am asking for prayer, we have another item or two. I will be traveling from the 15th to 24th of March. We originally thought this would give me plenty of time to return home before Deborah is born but with Anne's gestational diabetes and Deborah is breeched, they've moved the induction as early as the 29th of March. Please pray for our family especially the safety of Anne and Deborah Faith.
Blessings,
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
a day to remember
On the 19th of February, 2010, we anxiously made our way to the Hong Kong airport. We were hoping that our decision to return to the U.S. for Sarah's treatment was the right decision. Our family was finishing 5-6 weeks of great trials and personally I was concerned that the challenge of moving back across the Pacific could possibly be the pressure point that pushes us over the edge. The thought of being on a 12 hour flight with Sarah just finishing five weeks of intensive chemo was extremely scary to me.
As we boarded the flight, after being held for 15 minutes outside the gate because the pilot was mulling the decision to allow Sarah to board or not, we experienced another great hand of the Lord. Psalm 94:19 " When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." I really don't know how Anne and I stayed sane during those 12 hours but I must tell you when the plane landed in San Francisco I had a huge relief come over me. (I probably checked her temp 50 times during the flight. Her poor little ears were sore.)
Now looking back, we know it was the right decision and we praise God ,but it has been a year in the U.S. that was not planned. Previously we had moved over the Pacific three different times. They were all on our own plans and according to our wishes, but the fourth was not. It is like what Jesus told Peter in John 21, in your surrender to Him there are times you go places you don't want to go in a way you don't want to go. Of course, I am like Peter so I immediately start pointing to others and Jesus reminds me that my relationship is one on one with Him.
Here we are a year later and the story continues. I know we have not written in a long time because we are just tired. Not so much physically tired, but just tired of it. We are tired of the pills, tired of the doctor appointments, tired of the struggles. Yet once again we get to share a testimony of how our Father, who has unfailing love for us, answers our prayers.
Sunday night we attended a Valentine's event for Heroes for Children, http://www.heroesforchildren.org/. It was a wonderful event. The kids had fun in their part of Northwood Country Club and they had a "romantic" room set up for the parents. It was great. As you entered you saw all of the door prizes. The Clark Family won a Wii for our first door prize which was great, but they also had a "big prize". Guess what? We won. We are leaving on Monday for a three day trip to San Antonio to have a personal tour of Sea World. The girls will paint with the sea lions. (Daddy will try to get in on that one.) We will also stay at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. Most people say that alone is enough of a vacation.
Yet again, the Lord hears our prayers and gives us this wonderful gift so that we can take a few days to try to forget our current situation and be renewed for the journey ahead.
As we boarded the flight, after being held for 15 minutes outside the gate because the pilot was mulling the decision to allow Sarah to board or not, we experienced another great hand of the Lord. Psalm 94:19 " When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." I really don't know how Anne and I stayed sane during those 12 hours but I must tell you when the plane landed in San Francisco I had a huge relief come over me. (I probably checked her temp 50 times during the flight. Her poor little ears were sore.)
Now looking back, we know it was the right decision and we praise God ,but it has been a year in the U.S. that was not planned. Previously we had moved over the Pacific three different times. They were all on our own plans and according to our wishes, but the fourth was not. It is like what Jesus told Peter in John 21, in your surrender to Him there are times you go places you don't want to go in a way you don't want to go. Of course, I am like Peter so I immediately start pointing to others and Jesus reminds me that my relationship is one on one with Him.
Here we are a year later and the story continues. I know we have not written in a long time because we are just tired. Not so much physically tired, but just tired of it. We are tired of the pills, tired of the doctor appointments, tired of the struggles. Yet once again we get to share a testimony of how our Father, who has unfailing love for us, answers our prayers.
Sunday night we attended a Valentine's event for Heroes for Children, http://www.heroesforchildren.org/. It was a wonderful event. The kids had fun in their part of Northwood Country Club and they had a "romantic" room set up for the parents. It was great. As you entered you saw all of the door prizes. The Clark Family won a Wii for our first door prize which was great, but they also had a "big prize". Guess what? We won. We are leaving on Monday for a three day trip to San Antonio to have a personal tour of Sea World. The girls will paint with the sea lions. (Daddy will try to get in on that one.) We will also stay at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. Most people say that alone is enough of a vacation.
Yet again, the Lord hears our prayers and gives us this wonderful gift so that we can take a few days to try to forget our current situation and be renewed for the journey ahead.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Snacks for Kids with Cancer
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Thanks!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Daddy is home
Jay is back home, and we have had no more ER runs. Sarah is doing fine and has just had to go to the clinic for routine blood checks and chemo.
It is nice to have these normal days. Some might say boring, but we praise God for boring:)
Although, with three little girls and a jetlagged daddy, you might think our days are anything but normal. Just trying to get through the homeschool daily schedule, keep Rebekah from coloring on everything in sight(where does she get these writing instruments?), and trying to catch my breath as I carry my big belly from one room to the next, is enough to keep us busy.
Drop by if you'd like to visit. We would love to see you and take advantage of this lull in sickness at our house and ER visits.
We did have a fun outing to the bookstore tonight. When Sarah Grace was in-patient not too long ago, she was shocked that the library at Children's Medical Center in Plano didn't have any American Girl books. So she decided to buy some and give them to the hospital library. We went tonight and she took her money and my coupon (my new thing of not going anywhere without a coupon) and bought 8 books in all. She was so very happy!
