Saturday, November 9, 2013
Bone Marrow Biopsy Day
This is a video I put together from pictures and videos from my boys' bone marrow biopsy day- it's got some fun stuff, but has graphic bone marrow biopsy pics at the end. As of 2013, each of my boys has had over 25 BMBs each.
Bone Marrow Donor Drive
I like to share this video now and then. Back in 2006, my son almost went to transplant. We did a donor search and he did not have a match in the bone marrow donor registry, so we held a bone marrow donor drive. This is a video I created from the event:
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Pray for Couples with Chronically Ill Kids
Please
offer a prayer for married couples with chronically ill kids. Pray that
they find God's grace and draw strength from the sacrament of marriage
to face the daily challenges of raising special needs kids. Pray that
God gives them peace and comfort through the sacrament of marriage and
the courage to work on the problems they face together with God at the
center.
It is SO hard to work on a marriage when life seems to revolve around one medical challenge, surgery or illness after another. Often times, we keep our heads down dealing with the medical crisis at hand and forget to think about our marriage. Sometimes, we forget to place God at the center.
On my Catholic Tea Party Hippie blog, I just wrote about a family who lost their health insurance because of Obamacare. I cannot imagine it, though the reality scares me. I'm offering an extra prayer for those folks today- we know there are thousands of people losing their insurance, many with chronically ill kids. Pray for their situation to improve, but also pray for their marriages. The stress can be unbearable.
It is SO hard to work on a marriage when life seems to revolve around one medical challenge, surgery or illness after another. Often times, we keep our heads down dealing with the medical crisis at hand and forget to think about our marriage. Sometimes, we forget to place God at the center.
On my Catholic Tea Party Hippie blog, I just wrote about a family who lost their health insurance because of Obamacare. I cannot imagine it, though the reality scares me. I'm offering an extra prayer for those folks today- we know there are thousands of people losing their insurance, many with chronically ill kids. Pray for their situation to improve, but also pray for their marriages. The stress can be unbearable.
Monday, September 9, 2013
NC Right to Life 40th Anniversary Banquet
We need two more people to fill our table at the 40th Anniversary
banquet! If you'd like to join us, please register and let me know so I
can add you to our table list. You can register here:
http://ncrtl.org/online-registration-for-40th-anniversary-banquet/
The banquet is in Greensboro, NC the evening of September 28, 2013 at the Embassy Suites near the airport. We'd be glad to have you at our table! Lt. Gov Dan Forest will be there!
The banquet is in Greensboro, NC the evening of September 28, 2013 at the Embassy Suites near the airport. We'd be glad to have you at our table! Lt. Gov Dan Forest will be there!