The Ewing Adventures: Bragging

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Bragging

Today I will be bragging about my family so if you're not family, you may want to skip this post. ;)

I love surprises in the mail (not bills, but fun things!) so I LOVED that yesterday's mail brought me two very sweet cards made by niece and nephew.

Will and Allie, I love you and miss you so much!

Last week, I received a note from Spencer in the mail with these adorable earrings...

So thankful he loves his mama and wants her to represent the Hogs in California!

My mom sends me a "care" package every other week that has all kinds of Avon goodies. The guys that work at the post office want to adopt mom so she will send them something!

I have these notes beside my bed so I will see them before I fall asleep and as soon as I wake up...

Fills a mama's heart to the brim with joy.

Makes this girl better able to handle being so far away from my sweet family.

"Kind words are like honey - sweet to the soul and healthy for the body."

~Proverbs 16:24

1 comment:

AnonymousAugust 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Aww.. love the cards and notes and the earrings! Now try not to have too much fun there, ya hear?
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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.