Whirlwind

Standing my ground in this whirlwind that I am in these days seems near impossible. However, with the support that my family & friends provide me, my legs are standing stronger everyday.

Last weekend, I was blessed to have my sister Caryl & niece Cheyann come & spend the night with me on Friday. We got some cleaning done around the house & Emma got to hang out with her idol, Cheyann. This was at about 10 Friday night & the recliner was full of some tired kiddos. (Ignore the red eyes, didnt feel like messing with photoshop tonight!)

From here we all headed outto Magnolia to visit Grandma & Grandpa Haught. Mom met us there & my cousin Amanda & her family came to visit as well. We had a super nice visit & it is always nice to put a smile on Grandma & Grandpa's face.
Sunday got the best of me though. I made myself a wreck with nerves with all the Gabriel stuff going on as well as some changes that were rumored to be taking place at work. On Tuesday the rumors were brought to reality, more on which I can go in to detail later. I am thankful that for now I have a job still to report to but sad for those who will not be taking place in the changes that are to come.

Thank you all for your continued prayers. I can feel myself so much being lifted by everyone from time to time. It seems like lately when I feel myself getting to the breaking point, I can take a deep breath & get through it without completely falling apart. There still have been a few breakdowns, but they are getting less & less.

I can't help too this week to be thinking so much about sweet Madi mentioned in the post below. Her mother sent me a picture this morning along with the lastest update which I will share with you below. PLEASE continue to pray for this girl & her family. Madison is the little girl in the purple dress.
From Madi's Mom, Kelli:

Thanks so much for the support and prayers. We need both desperately.

The game plan for tomorrow is that Madi will go through a radiation simulation. Basically they will sedate her and take precise measurements of her head, where the tumor is, etc. They will also fit her for a "mesh" mask that she'll have to wear when she does her radiation treatments. Radiation and Chemo are scheduled to start on Monday. It will be very aggressive and just the very beginning of our long tough road. So far we're holding strong (on the outside) for our little girl but on the inside we are falling completely apart. On the bright side, tomorrow after her "simulation" they will be releasing Madi to go home for the weekend. And of course we'll have to have her back to the hospital bright and early Monday morning to start her treatments. But at least this way she can have one last fun weekend hanging out with all her friends before she has to basically go into hibernation away from her friends due to the germs and her immune system being so low due to the treatments.

You have no idea how strong my precious little girl is being. She knows what is going on, she knows that she has cancer and she knows that its going to get worse before it gets better. She has already told me that she wants to go donate her hair to Locks of Love before she looses it due to the treatments. I couldn't believe my little girl was saying these words to me but it made me so proud. Her strength is making her dad and I stronger that's for sure.