July 18th

Today marks a year since Seth's diagnosis. Sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday and other times it seems like forever since I saw Seth just being our crazy Seth. How we are so thankful to the Lord for helping Seth get to the one year mark. I anticipated this summer to be hard but so far it has been better then we all could have expected. There are times that my hearts desire is to see Seth running everywhere and climbing trees (I would even love to see him climbing out of our bathroom window again!!). But I have to believe that this is a season and seasons change. We praise God for all the answered prayers and the strength that He has given Seth, Todd and me as parents, and also Shane, Sarah and Laura as the siblings. Tuesday we will be taking Seth to Johns Hopkins for a routine MRI. Please be praying for a clear scan!!! Also remember me as it seems these are challenging on me. I tend to be anxious about each test and I usually dread the waiting process. Seth seems to be at peace and thinks it is just something that needs to be done. Wednesday Seth will be getting blood work done at our home doctors to see where his counts are at (so far Seth did not need any transfusions). If all goes well his next chemo will be the middle of August which will be session #8. Yeah!!! 2 more session of chemo to go. I will keep you posted with the results. By the way... Thankyou to everyone who has sent Seth cards this past year, he saved everyone of them. He told me he counted 225 cards today. What a blessing to have so much support! The picture above is of Seth and his siblings Shane, Sarah and Laura, also his friends Nathaniel, Nicolas, and Noah.