How amazing have the last three weeks been?! Unbelievably!!
-We received wonderful news about Addie's MRI!
-Addie didn't get a fever and we have been home since last discharge... Even with us all coming down with terrible colds and her having a UTI!! Praise The Lord!!
-Addie is feeling good and didn't lose any weight this round! She hardly threw up!!
-Her counts are up which means no more shots!! She can resume a "normal" but not so normal life :) We of course went straight to HuHot (Thank you Brad and Marie for the gift card... So sweet and the perfect gift for Addie!)
-We were able to go to Clear Lake for the first time this summer!! That is typically our summer getaway and with everything that has been going on we haven't been there at all!! It is extra special for Addie... She was up there four days after she was born and basically every weekend after!! It is our home away from home and it was nice to be able to go and enjoy!!
-We were blessed with the amazing Kris Walters' Golf Tournament... Marie you truly are an amazing woman and I can't thank you enough for what you did for our family! A special thanks to Melissa and Heather and all others involved in organizing and funding the tournament!! Also thank you to all who participated in honour of Addie! We are truly blessed, our hearts overflow!!
-We received the funds raised at the Pleasantville benefit... Unbelievable!! I can't believe that my little home town of Pleasantville, IA was able to raise that amount of money!! Thank you to all who donated and gave money to our Addie Bean!! Thank you for supporting our family through this with your love and prayers! I am so proud to have been raised with such kind and generous people! Go Trojans!!
-We were again blessed by two little sweethearts that had a bake sale for Team Addie!! A big thank you to Ella and Audrey for all your hard work at the bake sale and for your sweet hearts for wanting to support Addie!! That is the second bake sale in Addie's honour... Jake and Zach were the first, sweetest boys in town!!
I am once again overwhelmed at the outpouring of love we continue to receive! We are so incredibly thankful for everyone's generosity and support!!! I want to thank everyone who has fed us over the past three months... The meals have been such a blessing and so delicious!!! I continue to be in awe of how giving and kind people have been to our family!!! Thank you... XOXO
We have a lot of things coming up in the near future! Unfortunately, we enter reality once again on September 8, when Addie has her surgery! The surgeon is hoping for a minimally invasive procedure and feels confident he will be able to remove all of Addie's primary tumor!! It is likely a minimum of three days in the hospital and that all depends on the outcome of surgery and how Addie is feeling! Her hemoglobin and platelets as of Monday were low, so it is still unclear if her body will be 100% ready for surgery on Monday.
As usual I have quite a few prayer requests and I appreciate all who continue to pray for Addie!! I believe that our prayers and faith in our Heavenly Father is the sole reason Addie has tolerated treatment so well and her cancer has responded so positively!! Please Jesus let this continue!! I pray daily that His will for her is to LIVE and to grow!!! I pray that glory is brought to Him through her battle and victory over cancer!!
-please pray that her body produces plenty of hemoglobin and platelets and come surgery day she is healthy and her body is prepared to mend itself!
-please pray that surgery is minimal and that there are no complications!! Pray for our surgeon, Dr. Potter.
-pray that all of the tumor is removed and that it is dead, no live cells remain or are present!
-pray for a quick and speedy recovery!! No infections and no pain!
-pray that after round 6 of chemo she is cancer free and her scans all show a "normal," healthy 3 year old... No evidence of disease!!! Those are the four words I want to hear for the next 8 years until it is changed to, she is CURED!
-pray that we can go straight to stem cell transplant following round 6 and Addie will never fall off of protocol!! Pray that her cancer always responds to treatment and no resistant cells remain and no new cells develop!!
-as always... Pray for complete Healing!!! And pray that He breaths strength into her body and shields it from any damage!!
Thank you everyone!!!
Go Team Addie
She has been very into dresses lately... The fancier the better and she adores her rain boots, even if it is 100 degrees outside!
Ella and Audrey at the bake sale.
Motorcycle ride with PapaCycle!!
Playing school with her big sister! She loves to right her name and then tries to write others!!
Wearing her hat like Buckwheat... She just loves Little Rascals!