One Step at a Time

Our month has been a long one. We have had family emergencies, sick family members, we took a short trip to Portland, and we are coming to the end of a school year. We did manage to stop in and get a quick family picture taken. It sure is hard to get 4 kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time! Oh well it was all fun.

Our dog Emerald got sick this month. She had cancer in all of her reproductive organs including mammory tumors. She is home after surgery and only time will tell how well removing the cancer has done to improve her life. A few people in the family have been sick including my dad, so far he is at home and hasn't gone back to the hospital in about six months. He continues to visit his oncologist every couple months to have his blood checked.

We took Xander to the children's hospital in Portland this last week. This is our first time meeting with this new doctor. He feels the diagnosis of Sandifer's sydrome may be incorrect and he's requested a long list of new tests. We had some done while we were there but we will continue to have lab work and some xrays done in the next few weeks. He will then decide if surgery is the best option for Xander. This isn't what we expected but knowing someone is interested in solving this mystery is a huge relief.

We are at the end of this years tee ball season, both kids had fun and can't wait for next year. It is the last two weeks of school for us all and we are excited for summer break to get here. Now if it would stop raining we'd all be happy!

We will continue taking each day as it comes and trying to keep us all happy and healthy to enjoy each other~