Winnin' with Quinlan...and he will

I visited with Quinlan and his dad after school today at Levine's.  Quinlan is there for the week for session two of chemo.  What a beautiful place.  Beautiful yet so sad to me.  Walking by all those rooms I just imagined what must be behind those doors.  My heart breaks for those babies.  When I arrived outside Quinlan's room, he and his dad were not there.  I peeked in and saw the blanket I had made him across the bed so I knew it was the right room.  I just assumed they were somewhere close by so I just waited in the hall.  In a few minutes a couple doctors came and entered the adjacent room.  Not that I would ever eavesdrop, but I couldn't help overhearing the doctor give the family good news.  The spinal fluid was negative.  Then I heard (what sounded like) joy and excitement. I was so excited for these strangers.  I just looked to heaven and praised my God.  What wonderful news.  I saw a couple other children this time.  On my past visits, I never saw another child.  I think God knew I wasn't ready for that.  I guess I was today.  Both the other children seemed happy and were full of life.  They were both bald but precious to see.  May God bless them and heal them.

In a moment the doctors entered Quinlan's room and turned to leave.  I asked if they knew where he might be and they escorted me to the "teen room".  Yep, there they were. All smiles and looking like twins.  They both have shaved heads now and just look precious.  Quinlan looked amazing and today had been a day filled with heavy drugs.  His dad said he was more interested in getting out of his room this time.  Praise be to God.

He is doing great.  I hope this session goes as well as the last.  He will probably be there until Friday.  According to the schedule, he will have another PET scan on April 1st.  I can't wait.  I know the results will be amazing, even miraculous.

Please continue to pray for Quinlan and his family.  His mom is back in Texas and I know it must be terribly hard for her to be away.  Pray for Quinlan's dad as he stays by his side day and night.  What an amazing twosome they are.  Pray for the doctors as they treat this precious child.  Pray they know what to do to rid his young body of this terrible desease. 

I firmly believe this cancer will soon be gone and Quinlan will be back to his normal self. 

Love to you all.

Winnin' With Quinlan..and he will

WOW.  As you all know, I am now considered a "walker".  I walk every day that I can.  And yesterday I walked with dialated eyes.  Yes, it's true, I did. No. I couldn't really see where I was going but fortunately knew the way.  Sometimes I walk with friends (when they have time for me) but most of the time I walk alone.  On my "alone" walks I have an hour and 15 minutes to think, pray, dream, wonder and even cry. Yesterday my eyes were watering, but not from crying this trip.  But it was an amazing experience. It was so amazing I thought I was going to have to sit down on the side of the road just to regain my composure.  It was one of those times when the presence of my God was so overwhelming, I could barely pick up my feet.  It was like He was walking right beside me.  I could feel His presence so strongly.  WOW. 

I started wondering if I was the only person who ever felt this way.  I know I'm not and maybe other people feel God's presence more often.  Maybe other people are more receptive to 'God's presence than I am. Someone told me tonight that God wants to bless us all the time.  I know this is true.  I know He blesses me every minute of every day. Even in the hard times.  Praise be to God.  

We had an amazing event at schol today for Quinlan.  We had a spaghetti supper that went beyond my expectations.  It was a lot of work but we all came toghether and it was over the top.  Yesterday while walking I was thinking of all that had to be done and all that others, even stranges had done.  I can not begin to list all the people who donated money, time and items for our supper.  It was amazing.  We had parents of other students go over the top with their help in donating items, running errands and helping us out tonight,  Not to mention all the teachers and administrators that stayed after school ON A FIDAY to help. My teammates have all been brought to tears this week by the kindness of others.  I think that is why I felt so blessed yesterday and knew my God was at the head of the endeavor.  Thank you God. 

Quinlan is doing great! He and his family were able to be with us tonight.  His parents, his grandparents, his uncle and friends and neighbors joined us.  We had kids on our team stay after school and help us with everything.  We have some amazing kids on our team.  In this day and time when the world seems to be in chaos, I am reminded that it ain't all bad!!!  There is love in kids and they want to love others.

Quinlan goes back for round 2 of chemo in a little over a week.  Please keep him in your prayers.  I strongly believe he will beat this cancer and be a stronger person for it.  Please continue to pray for his precious family as they deal with a sick child.  I know what that's like and it is a horrible helpless feeling.  Pray hard. Pray for the doctors and caregivers to know what to do to get this disase out of his precious body.  

God is good.  I pray He will make His presence known to me or better yet, that I will be more receptive of the constant presence I know is there.