Josh's surgeon just came in about 15mins ago. He said that everything went well. He lost some blood but that is common for this type of surgery. He is in recovery currently. Should be back up here to his room within the next 1/2 hr or so. Thank you for all of the prayers. Pray that recovery will be quick and he'll be able to go home sooner rather then later!

Josh was feeling good this AM when I talked to him he said he was going to talk witht his doc when he came in and see if he could go home and just take the laxatives there. Over the last few months Josh will be sleeping and just wake all of the sudden and jerk real hard. Well today when the doctor came in the opening of the door startled him he jerked. Well just that movement broke his left humerous. Long story short it was a clean break and the bone is thin which means the cancer is in the bone and weakened it cause the break. So he is currently in surgery. They are doing the same proceedure they did on his right femur. Rod and pins to stablize the bone. God is in control. And I know he is with the doctors doing the surgery. When it rains, it pours. But that's ok because we have God to give it to and we dont' have to "deal" with it!

UGH!

So because we increased Josh's pain meds he's been fighting constipation which is to be expected. We though we had it under control and then last night he started having sever abdominal pain. The feeling of needing to have a BM. His pain couldn't be controled and the stool softeners and laxative were no longer working. SO. I called the boys in blue about 12:00 last night and they went ahead and brought him to the hospital. We have now been here for about 7hrs. Blood work check, CT check, X-ray check, UA check. Kidney stone! Ouch. Been there done that. Josh remembers hearing this from his oncologist, but the CT showed that the tumor is in the bone of his pelvis which we new that but now it is showing there are fractures in the bones of the pelvis and lower spine. That is all the info we have at this time. Josh is going to be admitted for pain control and when that happens we will learn more about what is going to happen. So please continue to pray for Josh. That he will be pain free and able to sleep. Pray that the fractures that showed up on the CT was a mistake and they are not there, and that the stone will be able to pass easily. We don't have results back yet from the x-ray so pray that is doesn't show an obstruction of the colon/intestines. Just pray for ultimate healing! We've had ENOUGH of this and are ready to be "normal"(whatever that is ) :) Also keep the doctors in your prayers also, that they will have wisdom and be able to diagnose this situation

I was holding Joshy up so he wouldn't roll off of the table. Ya'd think they would have cut me out.


Lovin the dirty fet. Ha ha.

Lead me to the cross where your loved poured out....

That is the song that is playing on KLOVE right now. I love it. For all of you that still read our blog; Thank YOU for your prayers. I know I have not kept up very well with keeping everyone informed about what is going on. There hasn't been any big changes....

Last week we all went to the Josephine co. fair. Josh has been going every year since he was very little with his grandmother and didn't want to miss this year. So we went over on Wednesday. Saw Roy Clark...interesting man. Very talented and funny guy but he is getting there in age. :) We had a very nice time. For the first time since all of our crazy happenings we spent the night in a hotel. It was the first time Josh has slept in a "real" bed in 8mos. Needless to say he (we) didn't sleep that night. It was nice being able to roll over and he was there but it was just too uncomfortable for Josh. The hardest part was not have a trapeze bar above the bed for him to move himself around with. All in all we made it happen. Andrew stayed with us, he slept on the floor...started out by the T.V. in his sleeping bag and ended up over by the bathroom. It was cute. He asked if it was our new house. Huh, uh, huh huh...... or not. :)

On Thursday Josh had an appointment with his oncologist over there in Medford (that's why we spent the night). She wants him to stay on the Sutent for now. She said that it's still showing progress and until it stops he will keep taking it. I was pleased with that. Like I've said before, when he is on the chemo he feels "alive" feels good. He has been off of it for almost two weeks now. The time hasn't been great as far as pain and discomfort. We will be happy when Saturday (tomorrow) comes and he start his next round of the Sutent.

Andrew has been in Eugene all week. Spending time with Papa and Nana, Uncle Gregory and Auntie Jenn. And whoever else wants him :) He is making the rounds. Spoiled! I am jealous OK! He thinks he is Andrew Charles Buster... I wonder who put that idea into his head DAD! Or was it Uncle ROBB? It sounds like he is having a great time. He starts pre-school next week. He has been going all summer but now it's school time and not just play time. We are going to keep the same scheduled he has had. For now. There is a song that Josh and I made up for Andrew, it's starts off "have you seen the most beautiful boy in the world?" Every time Josh or I start to sing it Andrew smiles from ear to ear. He started singing "have you seen the most beautiful daddy in the world" It's kind of become they're song. It's oh so very sweet. Once I can video them singing I'll post it. But every time Andrew sees I have the camera he stops and says cheese and then just wants me to take pictures. He doesn't understand I am making a "movie" of him. Silly boy.

Mr Joshuah is going to be 9 months on the 5th. I can't believe how fast time goes. He is now holding his bottle on his own. Sitting up mostly by himself. That is until he tries to look at something that is to the side and then he falls over. He is now getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. It is so close to crawling! Over this time his brother has been gone he has become very verbal. He has found his voice! So much fun watching him grow. He is starting to wave. We will wave at him and then very slowly he will look at us, look at his hand and move his wrist around. The parade wave. :)

I have been keeping busy. Surprise. Bet you weren't expecting that one were ya? I am still at the clinic Friday afternoon's and Saturday mornings. It's a nice lil break from home life. However it is the end of the summer and everyone is just realizing that kids need physicals for school so now we are cramming them in wherever possible. It's all good though. I have made the commitment to keep my Mary Kay business going. I really enjoy the whole MK business. Meeting new people, parties, girl time, making women feel good about themselves. The opportunity is so great. I can work when I want. Have as many or few classes I want to hold. No one to tell me I HAVE to be somewhere. And I can go as far up in the business as I want. My long term goal right now is to earn the use of my first Mary Kay car by my 4th MK anniversary in June. Fun stuff I tell ya.

Things change everyday. I am excited to see what God has in store for us. He is our comfort. He has healing in mind I am sure. We just don't know what he is waiting for. All in God's timing. Right? We are so blessed to have one another, to have our family together almost 9 months later. We have a roof over our heads and food in our tummy's. It's a lot more then what some people have. I wish every was as blessed as I am! All glory to him!

It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Josh had his CT done and in the doctors words it shows that most of the tumors are stableized but some are growing. The tumors on his spine, in his abdomin and the linings of the lungs. Not horrible news but not the greatest. He is on round three of the Sutent (chemo). Bad days and good. Yesterday we had an open house (nobody showed) and therefore we couldn't be here for a couple of hours. We wend out to lunch with papa Chuck and gramma Eunice. It was nice to get out of the house. Today Josh got to sleep in a lil and we woke wanting Denny's for breakfast/lunch so two days in a row we all got out of the house for awhile. He now sleeps. :)
Andrew came down with a cold a couple of weeks ago. Gave it to me and one of us gave it to Joshy. Andrew got over it pretty quick. Still has a bit of a cough. I went to the doc twice first time everything was fine and the second time I was diagnosed with HIB (look it up) :) Got on a antibiotic and am feeling much better. Joshy however has been on two different abx and today for the first time is actually starting to act like himeself again. His cough sounds HORRIBLE and he dosn't sleep very well at night. I hope that this week is the start of health and happy boys and LOTS of sleep!!!
Josh has an appt with Dr. Kohler in Medford on the 20th pray that we will find the car we want before then!

We praise him in the storm!