I’m pretty tired tonight so this will be a short update.  Josiah had another day of chemo and even though it makes him pretty tired, he gets up and takes walks.  He’s such a trooper and I’m so proud of him!  He will probably get more tired as the days go by with his lowest point being sometime next week.  Pray that he remains healthy and strong.

I haven’t been on the computer all day because Ava was brought to visit this afternoon and I spent almost every moment with her.  It was such good medicine for all of us to see her smiling face and get her hugs and kisses and listen to her sweet voice…but it was hard saying good-bye again.  I know she is in great hands and is totally fine, but I miss her.  We took lots of walks down the hallways and had lots of good talks.  It was so weird walking the same halls with Ava that I used to walk alone when she was in the hospital.  Unfortunately it rained all day so we couldn’t go out and play on the play ground, but I did take her up to the PICU to see where she stayed when she was a baby and we were able to visit with some of her old nurses.  They are so sweet!

I’m going to go hit the sack.  Thank you for all of your encouraging words and prayers.

Josiah’s 1st chemo just got started a couple minutes ago.  I sat there and held his hand as they connected the line and pushed a few buttons…and that was it.  Somehow I thought something as big as starting chemo would have a little more fan-fare 🙂  He will be getting chemo every day for 5 days and then we should be able to go home.  This is a tough chemo, but hopefully it will be tough on the cancer and not on the rest of his body.  We will come back in three weeks and get new scans to see if the chemo had any effect on his tumors.  We are praying with confidence and hope because our God is ABLE (more than able really) to do even more that what we ask or think.  Above all we are praying that God would receive glory through this and that He would give us the strength we need for each new day.  Our kids are keeping us grounded.  You can’t fall apart when your baby is crying and needs you.  We are missing Ava, but are enjoying the one on one time with the little man.  He is such a joy and is making lots of new friends 🙂  We have really enjoyed reading your comments.  Thank you for your encouragement!  (As a side note, if you were wondering why your comments don’t show up right away, it’s because I have to approve of each one before they are posted).

Prayer requests:

*That Josiah would handle the chemo with ease and have very few to no side effects.

*That we would all remain healthy.  Josiah’s immune system will be very compromised.

*That our kids would be given a measure of wisdom and understanding beyond their years.

*That our testimony would remain strong!