Yesterday Ed had chemo at the clinic. His counts were higher than optimal, so we are praying that we need not add more chemo to the mix to bring them down. Please pray with us.
After the clinic we met our friends at the American Swedish Institute for coffee and cardamom rolls. What a treat.
At 2:00 we had an appointment at the office of "Wishes & More" to receive the special gifts that make up Ed's "wish."
What wonderful people! Ed has looked forward to this ever since the "child-life" specialist at the hospital mentioned that leukemia patients qualify for a "wish" fulfillment.
Really, looking forward to something extraordinary is a big morale boost!
He originally wished for a trip, but practicality overruled, and he is getting something for school instead, via a "shopping spree" at the Mall of America.
We all get to go along!
So, next Tuesday Margaret, Cheri, Ed, my husband and I all get to ride in a limousine to the mall and enjoy a fun outing! Photos will follow, I think. Many thanks to "Wishes & More" for their generous and deeply appreciated service to kids who suffer life-threatening illnesses! What a wonderful thing they provide.
It was exactly a year ago tomorrow that Ed was diagnosed with leukemia. June 13. Friday.
What a lot has happened in these 12 months!
Change, healing, growth, learning. Twelve months that I would gladly never have lived, for Ed's sake, but still a time to see God's divine strength and love for us.
God is good, all the time.
Come soon, Lord Jesus. Maranatha!
We traveled to Oklahoma in May, but on the way home we stopped at the "Little House on the Prairie" site in southeastern Kansas. These roses were in full bloom, and everything was green with all the rain.
It was beautiful.
We are all Laura Ingalls Wilder fans. Are you?
After the clinic we met our friends at the American Swedish Institute for coffee and cardamom rolls. What a treat.
At 2:00 we had an appointment at the office of "Wishes & More" to receive the special gifts that make up Ed's "wish."
What wonderful people! Ed has looked forward to this ever since the "child-life" specialist at the hospital mentioned that leukemia patients qualify for a "wish" fulfillment.
Really, looking forward to something extraordinary is a big morale boost!
He originally wished for a trip, but practicality overruled, and he is getting something for school instead, via a "shopping spree" at the Mall of America.
We all get to go along!
So, next Tuesday Margaret, Cheri, Ed, my husband and I all get to ride in a limousine to the mall and enjoy a fun outing! Photos will follow, I think. Many thanks to "Wishes & More" for their generous and deeply appreciated service to kids who suffer life-threatening illnesses! What a wonderful thing they provide.
It was exactly a year ago tomorrow that Ed was diagnosed with leukemia. June 13. Friday.
What a lot has happened in these 12 months!
Change, healing, growth, learning. Twelve months that I would gladly never have lived, for Ed's sake, but still a time to see God's divine strength and love for us.
God is good, all the time.
Come soon, Lord Jesus. Maranatha!
We traveled to Oklahoma in May, but on the way home we stopped at the "Little House on the Prairie" site in southeastern Kansas. These roses were in full bloom, and everything was green with all the rain.
It was beautiful.
We are all Laura Ingalls Wilder fans. Are you?
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