The Ewing Adventures: Happy New Year

Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy New Year

Hello 2012, I wonder what you have in store for us.

Brady, Spencer and Cole sure did have fun New Year's Eve playing games.

I fell asleep on the couch at 10:30, as usual, and the boys woke me up at 11:30 so I could ring in the new year with them. I think we all finally went to bed around 2:30 a.m. and Spencer and I were up by 8:00. Sometimes, I wish our bodies would let us sleep late.

We were lazy all day yesterday but today begins "cleaning and packing" day. Time to clean up, pack up and get ready to hit the road for LA on Wednesday. Part of me is excited about all the possibilities in LA while another part of me is dreading leaving Brad, my family, friends and animals behind. However, I know that God has an exciting adventure awaiting us and I pray that He will guide our steps and that we please Him in all that we do.

I hope your new year is filled with exciting promise and you are blessed beyond measure.

"So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways."

~Proverbs 8:32

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Spencer's Story

In November 1999, when Spencer was three years old, he began experiencing headaches, vomiting and left sided paralysis. An MRI revealed a very large brain stem tumor that stretched from the bottom of his ponds down to C4 in his spinal cord. We flew to Beth Israel hospital in New York City where Dr. Fred Epstein performed the first of two resections (tumor removal). After the first surgery, Spencer woke up and was paralyzed from the neck down; he could blink once for yes and twice for no. The doctors placed a trach so that he could be placed on a ventilator, and a feeding tube in his stomach. After six weeks at Beth Israel, Spencer was transferred to Arkansas Children's Hospital for three months of rehabilitation.

After another tumor resection in June of 2000, two years of weekly chemo treatments and seven weeks of radiation, Spencer's tumor has been "stable" for the past 12 years.

At Spencer's time of prognosis, the doctor's told us that less than 10% of children with this type of brain tumor live past the age of five, but we know that God's plan trumps anyone's speculations.