Week 6! (we survived it!!!)

It's a New Day!!!!

A quick update! We arrived at McKay Dee Surgical center at 6:45 this morning Eastons tubes were done with no problems and we were headed home by 8:30. Made a quick kid trade at home and headed to Primary Children's Hospital with Carson. After 4 hours of meeting with many doctors, nurses and many other people, final decision is that they feel they got all of
the Lymphoma in surgery, however, there are still some areas of concern and they will watch them closely. They will re-scan in 6 weeks if these spots have grown they will start treatment at that time. If there is no change Carson will have follow up scans every 3 months for as long as possibly 2 years. We really appreciate all the prayers in behalf of Carson and our family we truly have felt them. This is not the end of the road but we couldn't have asked for better information at this time. Upon arriving home Mason just had a 24 hour bug and will return to school tomorrow. And thank heavens for Jaxon who managed so far to remain healthy. We love you all and are happy to have a very peaceful feeling in our home for the time being. Keep praying for Carson that nothing changes in the weeks to come, for tomorrow is a new day!

SERIOUSLY!!!!!

Life is great. Right? I am really trying to tell myself that, but as if Carson's diagnosis is not enough, we are still waiting for our appointment Thursday to get more details of what lies ahead. Easton is still fighting his ear infection and the Doctors want him healthy before we start any treatments Carson might need so they are doing tubes early Thursday Morning before we have to be to Primary Childrens Hospital. To top it all off, Call me mother of the year, yesterday Mason called me from school, as I was leaving the E.N.T. heading to the surgical center to pre-register Easton for his procedure, saying he didn't feel great so I reminded him that if he comes home from school the rules are, No friends, No T.V., We rest and can read, he quickly sounded better and assured me he was feeling better. I even received an E-mail from his teacher saying he was much better the rest of the day after talking to me. Well unfortunatly after dinner he started throwing up and still is doing so this morning. Really, I guess our extremely healthy winter has totally back fired. I just needed to vent to someone and so here you have it. I am really realizing it is not the good days that matter, it is the good minutes!

Week 5

Follow-Up on Carson

We recieved the final pathology reports back from Carson's surgery, you all remember the one that Doctors were sure there would be no recurring problems. Well we sure wish they were right in that, but unfortunatly they were wrong. Thank Heavens for all the "standard lab tests" they run on things. Carson recieved a diagnosis of Hodgkin Lymphoma on Tuesday. This was we believe, as big of shock for the doctor as it was for us. Carson has not shown any sighs, he is your typical active 9 year old. Of course looking back and knowing signs of it maybe there were a few signs but hindsight is always 20/20. He started his battle yesterday with a PET and CT scan. From there we meet with Primary Childrens next Thursday and should know the stage and plan of attack but for now it is just alot of unknown. Statistics for this are very encouraging. Carson is tough and is constantly saying "I am so lucky they caught it now", "It could be alot worse", "Now that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be". I am trying so hard to keep his attitude, but it is hard and for now I am so thankful for his little smile and I know without any, doubt Carson can do hard things. He is quickly learning what it means to battle a disease and I know he will fight hard. Please keep him in your prayers and leave a comment so I know if anyone really reads this blog, for now I will do my best to at least post updates weekly, more if time and my emotions allow.

Week 4

15 Months!!!!

15 months!!!! my baby is becoming a toddler!!! He is walking all over the place, Happy as can be and when I think he can't be any cutier just look at him, what is there not to love. Of course I am a little bias but the other day I was at lunch with a friend when a complete stranger comes up to me and said " I have been watching your baby and he is seriously the cutiest little boy I have ever seen" What does a mom say to that? I know he is of course but I try to be a little modest.

Another day our neighbor watched him for me while I went to an appointment, They loved him and wanted him to stay longer because they were having so much fun with him. But her poor little 4 year old realized Easton was taking some attention away from him. When I picked E up he just kept going back to our friend and would give her a hug then come back to me, later that night when our neighbors little 4 year old, Who also is the cutest thing ever as well, our boys love him, was saying his prayers, prayed that Easton wouldn't love his mommy so much.

We are so glad Easton brings so much joy to so many.

WE LOVE YOU E!

At 15 months Easton weighs 22lbs 4 oz and is 31 inches long.