Monday, October 27, 2008

Pumpkin Carving!!











On Sunday night, Syd and Chad came over and we carved pumpkins.  It is messing, time consuming and well worth it.  We had such a good time.  After that we wanted to download the pictures from Syd's camera to mine but it wouldn't work so we just played on the Photo Booth for awhile.  All I can say is that we were laughing so hard that we were "wheezing!"

Saturday, October 11, 2008

More Chan Update

Ok, We got some REALLY great news today.  They had to do another spinal tap and ct scan yesterday.  They said that they can not find one cancer cell in all of Chandler's body!!  AMAZING!  I filled with so much joy right now.  They said that this isn't something that was expected but that it is also not unlikely.  The doc said that the chemo doesn't normally work this quickly.  We all know why this worked so fast; prayer, fasting, priesthood blessings.  This is one of those times that all you can do is drop to your knees and thank our Heavenly Father for all of the blessings in our lives.  Thank you for all of the prayers and love!  Chan still has to finish 2 more rounds of chemo because the cancer cells can be microscopic but at the same time, such a huge sadness has been lifted from our family.  He is feeling pretty sick right now, but it is worth the end result.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

New Update on Chandler

Things are going better than we could have ever thought.  He is a little tired, a little moody, a little sore and a  little sick.  All of that being said he is still doing very well.  He lost his first "clump" of hair last week.  I thought that he would be a little more upset about it, but it just happened to be the day that Bret Ratliff from the New York Jets and U of U came to visit him at football practice.  Somehow, Brett found out about Chandler and when U of U played Oregon last week he came to visit Chandler and also gave him a New York Jets football, signed by the whole team.  Even Brett Favre!  He was thrilled.  They even did another news shot on Fox 13.  They have been very good to him!  Ryan, my brother, also got a call saying that someone wanted to open an account for Chandler to help with the medical expenses.  Right now all I have to say is "People are amazing!"  Thursday is when Chandler goes back into the hospital for his 3rd chemo treatment.  In the beginning they were hoping to only have to do 5 treatments so that means that we are half way there.  AMAZING!  They said theselast treatments are going to be the worst on him so I will for sure keep everyone posted.  Thank you for all of the love and prayers!