My name is Cassie. Wife to Alex. Mom to Sam.

When Sam was 4 months old he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. This blog became my outlet to share, vent, keep people informed, and document our lives throughout his treatment.

When Sam finished treatment this project sort of fell to the wayside. I'm making an effort revive this space and to start documenting those everyday moments again!

We love God.
We love each other.

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August 1, 2011

Wheee!

Since I last posted, Sam's ANC has come back up! Thank you for the prayers. We are looking forward to getting our last scheduled admission over with next week! Also, since I last posted there have been several changes in Keegan's plan. Please remember to pray for him, too.

I finally got Sam's room cleaned up and now I'm trying to get the hubs to hang some more things on the walls.
On the wall above the cubbies I plan to hang some artwork. :)
The middle is something I painted for a patient art exhibition when Sam was first diagnosed. For the little ones I put blue tape on the canvas, let Sam paint over it and then peeled the tape off once it was dry.

This one was a finger painting that Sam did in the hospital last year. It was used in another patient art exhibition and it was given back to me in the frame.
For this corner we plan on doing this... (my mom can get us a great deal)
...unless of course we decide to turn Alex's office into a playroom. That might change things. His office has chair railing around the entire room and I'd like to paint the bottom half of at least one of the walls with chalkboard paint. We'll see.

Meanwhile, Sam is blissfully unaware of all of his momma's remodeling schemes.

And he's happy that we finally put together his train table! Thanks Wise Family! :)

7 comments:

Brianna C. said...

I'm glad to hear his ANC came back up! Prayer does work. Keep smiling, Sam!

jwhalen1 said...

yay! so happy the ANC went up!!! <3

I love his little voice and the "wheee" lol <3

ambf51087 said...

What a DOLL!!! Glad to hear his counts are back up, and thinking of you all!!!

Child of God said...

Praise God, Sam's ANC levels are up!

Looks like you have been busy cleaning and redecorating. :) I am sure it will be wonderful when you are finished.

Praying and praying,
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Laura said...

So glad to hear the good news! Love that idea with the planters! I'll have to file it away to use someday.

Laura

Smilen Champ said...

Hi
My name is Jenna and i came across your site. Sam is an amazing, courageous, strong and determined fighter. He is a brave warrior a smilen champ and an inspirational hero. I was born with a rare life threatening disease, and i love it when people sign my guestbook. Sam and your family are in my thoughts. www.miraclechamp.webs.com

nsees said...

Yay!

His room is looking great..can't wait to see the finished products!

Thanks for sharing that video...too cute!