Everyone Say a Prayer for James

I have a favor to ask of all of you. Please say a prayer for James. It looks like he is starting to get sick again. We’re hoping this isn’t a repeat of the end of November when he spent six days in the hospital because of respiratory distress. So…

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One Last Christmas

If you read yesterday’s post, it was a feel-good story. Today I wanted to share a feel-good, but also sad story. It’s about a little boy named Dax who was born in June of 2007. When he was just over a year old, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia…

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Angels Are All Around Us

Stacy found a nice article that I wanted to pass on. There is a 4-month-old boy, Seth, who was diagnosed with Complete DiGeorge Syndrome, which is a rare and fatal condition that inhibits the body’s immune system. There is a potentially lifesaving surgery that Medicaid will not cover, because they…

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A Little Chilly in the House Today

We have a little bit of a heating issue in our condo. It’s not a problem with our furnace…it’s the way that our condo was designed. When we first bought our condo, one of the things we fell in love with was the vaulted ceiling in the living room and…

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Date Night (or Date Day)

Stacy and I had a rare opportunity to get out of the house for a bit without James this afternoon. Since it wasn’t night time, we can’t really call it a date night, but date day doesn’t sound right, does it? The daughter of the pastor that married us is…

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James’ New Blanket

For those of you that don’t know Stacy that well, she likes to sew. Instead of throwing out or donating James’ old outfits, she decided to cut them up and turn them into a blanket. With everything going on with James lately, I don’t know how she found the time…

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James Totally Needs an iPad

James had vision therapy today and the therapist brought an iPad. One of the apps installed on the iPad is called something like “Talking Hippo”. It’s basically a hippo that listens to what you say and repeats it with its own voice. Simple, yet so cool. Stacy said that at…

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