March 20, 2009

Hello Everyone,

Gabriel's bone marrow results did not show clearly Gabriel is still remission. Gabriel will have another bone marrow in two weeks. This, they are hoping will give them definitive results. As of right now we have to put everything on hold (getting his port removed, monthly visits for labs, etc).

Gabriel's doctor will be praying this prayer which I am asking everyone to prayer with her. The prayer is the results of Gabriel's bone marrow will be seen clearly in two weeks.

We will still be celebrating Gabriel being off treatment the next two weeks. I am little jittery because I hadn't expected this news.

Thank you for your prayers.

March 15, 2009

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We made it. Gabriel is off treatment as of today. To celebrate we are going to Legoland. Nana (my mom)bought tickets for Gabe see Thomas Live next Saturday. The rest of the month we will be celebrating too (We'll keep the celebration going throughout the year lol) . Thank you everyone for following Gabriel through the past 3.5years.

We are thankful to God for giving us grace, endurance, strength, perservance, discernment,...throughout this time. Thank you to the doctors (Dr. Taub, Dr. Cavalier, Diane Dufour and Jeanie Spies), nurses (Jen, Cindy, Beth, Victoria, Dawn...)staff (Lindsay, Brenda, Joyce and Brooke) and all we have grown attached to in Michigan, South Carolina and here in California (I have a slideshow coming with pics of staff, etc. Oh... I can not forget our family therapists - Lindy, Jodi and Kelly - all of you were vital to my survival LOL.

Oma (Steve's mom)sent me a song her choir sang today which moved her to tears. I would like to share these words with everyone as a testimony. We could not have made it through any of this without God.

"At church our call to worship was (one of my favorites)
Psalm 121:1-8 It seemed so appropriate in recognition of today's special significance for your family:

I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
He will not let your foot slip-
He who watches over you will not slumber;
Indeed, He who watches over Israel
will neither slumber or sleep.
The LORD watches over you-
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
The sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from harm-
He will watch over your life;
The LORD will watch over your coming
and going both now and forevermore."

I invite everyone to celebrate this time with us. Thank you again for all your prayers.

Feburary 29. 2009

It's two weeks before Gabriel is off treatment. Since we hadn't been admitted at Rady's Hospital, I guess we needed to gave it a try. Gabriel had a bug this week for a day (Monday), with symptoms of a stomach flu. Wednesday, Steven and I caught it and Thursday Gabriel started again. Friday, we came in to get Gabriel's last round of chemo, unfortunately Gabriel's potassium was low and he was a little dehydrated.
We were admitted to boost his potassium.



For our first admission at Rady's we were unable to get a room in the Hematology/Oncology section. Instead, we stayed in medical surgery section. Gabe's potassium recovered over night, but he is still having episodes of vomiting and the runs. He's become more interested in eating, but he can't keep anything down long.



I started giving him bananas and Gatorade in the hospital. He wanted to be home, so I asked the attending hemoc. physician if we could take him home this morning because his potassium had recovered. Although the doctors were skeptical of sending him home, I was able to convince them I would be a good mom (LOL).


After enjoying the beautiful weather at the hospital, I was able to bring him home. Now I am giving him nausea medicine to keep the Gatorade and bananas in him.

Angela