The Ewing Adventures: Hiking and Hunger Games

Friday, March 30, 2012

Hiking and Hunger Games

I was so happy when I woke up this morning and it was 8:30! We NEVER sleep that late, especially Spencer. He is my early riser and I rarely have to set my alarm because I know he will be up by 7:30 at the latest. Guess we were all tired.

Instead of running today, Cole and I decided to hike Freyman Canyon with our friend Vickey Pearce. She and her son, Slade, have been coming to LA for the past 10 years for his acting career.

Luke (a new friend), Freya, Cole and Talton. We were so proud of Freya! Her first hike ever and she did great. We all made it 3.4 miles without having to call 911!

Tonight, we joined Coppelia and Freya for the Australian's in Film premiere of The Hunger Games.

Love my friend.

The kids loved the movie. I, however, did not. As a mom, there is something so disturbing about kids killing kids. As crazy as our world is today, this scenario almost doesn't seem as far-fetched as they make it out to be.

It's late so we're off to bed. Cole has an audition tomorrow for a national commercial (fingers crossed!). Hope you all had a great day.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see."

~Hebrews 11:1

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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.