Happy Birthday!

Well, I missed some birthdays. My brother in law Bill's - February 14. My brother in law Craig's - March 8 and my dad March 10. But I can't miss this one. Tomorrow, March 27 is the birthday of a very special little guy!!! 4 years ago tomorrow, it was Easter. Sunday morning my sister hadn't been feelin too well (past her due date) so they missed church. Sunday afternoon it became obvious someone was ready to join the outside world and Sunday evening Cameron Mark was born. At first I was "jealous" cuz I NEVER got to hold him!!! Someone else always had him!! Sedona was already a major "Mama's girl" and I wanted one of the kids to like me best. I know I probably shouldn't have felt or thought that way! Anyway as time passed it became obvious that Cam did prefer me over most everyone else! He would cry if mom or anyone (besides his mom and dad or course) held him. And I have to admit it made me feel pretty good. Now he's 4 years old (as of tomorrow) and we're still good buddies. He's a big brother now, but that doesn't take away from our relationship. Even though his little brother (and big sister) are pretty special too. Last year I was on gbs bandtour on Cam's birthday, so I took him out later just me and him. To Toys R Us, Sonic, Mall, etc. I think he had a lot of fun and enjoyed having time with just me away from Sedona and Brice. Tomorrow I'm going in and taking Cam out to lunch and to Toys R Us and lettin him pick out his own birthday present (since I haven't bought one yet). Then tomorrow night is his party. I'll post pics sometime of our outing and his party :-) so be looking for them!!!

Update on Zach!!!

For those of you who have prayed/been praying for Zach..THANK YOU!!!! Some of you heard this in church, but this is for the rest of you....

The doctor's told Zach he had lymphoma...like I said in my last post.... apparently sometime later on they said well... he MIGHT have lymphoma but he might also have this other disease called "sarcoidosis".... which is not curable but is treatable...they had to run a ton of tests .... they couldn't rule out cancer (lymphoma) for 2 weeks till all the tests were back.... well last Friday was the day they went and saw the surgeon...my aunt called on Saturday I think....she said that he has the sarcoidosis NOT LYMPHOMA!!!! she thanked us for all the prayers..... I was soo glad to hear this, I was having such a hard time dealing with this, and i really can't explain why...... anyways, the sarcoidosis is (according to one of my textbooks) "a chronic multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause that primarily affects the lungs"..... anyways hard to explain but it's a better diagnosis than lymphoma for sure.... THANK YOU ALL sooo much for praying for Zach & chrissy and please continue to pray for them.....he still is not feeling well, is tired & weak.... and of course now they have a rather large (i imagine) hospital bill to pay for. He was supposed to start on the treatment today i believe. The treatment for this disease is steroids...if they don't work (after a year i think) he'll have to have chemo. So, please keep them in your prayers! Thank God for hearing & answering prayers!!!

There is tons more i could say.... school is okay...i'm surviving.... barely...lol... my life is pretty much school..... They made all of us 1st year students change to a different parking garage (rather than the Christ Hospital employee garage)..it's the Baldwin garage way down Dorchester across the road from Eden park....it's not that far but it's kinda out of the way for me.... we started parking there today, my friend lalia rode with me since it was the first day and all.... I think it's a nuisance but we only have to put up with it till June ... cuz then we will be 2nd year and the new 1st years will have to park there next year!!!

Dad & Craig both celebrated birthdays last week (the 8th and 10th, respectively).... My uncle Pat's birthday is tomorrow (st. patrick's day)....

There were some videos from my camera I wanted to post from our last trip to West Virginia.....I never got around to it but hopefully i will sometime....

Well, that's all for now...this was meant to be an update on zach and nothing else, which is why it doesn't really update anything else much.... oh well...have a great week & great st. patrick's day...

Please Pray!

I'm writing this post for all of you who believe in the power of prayer! Those of you who I go to church with know some of this already, but not the details! We were visiting our family in West Virginia weekend before last and Sunday most of the family comes over for Sunday dinner. We hardly recognized my cousin, Chrissy's husband Zach! He had lost 80-100 pounds within a month or 2 w/o trying. He had been sick but they didn't know with what. They ran tests this week and found some problems, but weren't sure what exactly was wrong. Saturday they took him to a different hospital for more tests & a biopsy. We got the call around 8ish Saturday night. Lymphoma. Cancer of the Lymph Nodes. It was quite a blow to be honest, when mom got off the phone w/ my aunt & said "lymphoma" i just sank my head to the seat behind me (we were in the car) and let out a deep breath. Some people say this is an easy cancer to get rid of, some say it's BAD news! Zach is 24 years old, they just bought a house, have only been married 3 or 4 years, probably. My aunt is trying to get all the churches she can think of praying for Zach, so I am asking you all to pray as well, and if you want to pass this request along feel free. Pray for Chrissy as well as Zach, as this is very hard on her, having to work her job as well as go through this. I really just wish I could get the call saying he's cancer-free that a miracle happened, but I know God has a plan, and purpose for all this, after all there is a reason for everything. I hope that God's plan is to heal Zach, but I am praying for God's will to be done not mine. I hope you all will join me in this prayer.

(i took the pic from Chrissy's facebook, it was probably taken before they were married, but I thought it was a good pic of them)

Thanks for praying!