Prayers and Praises...

 Quick updates and prayer requests:  so many have asked how Andrew is doing... thank you for your prayers and concern!

Prayer request- Grace has a cardiologist appointment TODAY. Long before we experienced scanxiety with Andrew, we knew echoxiety all too intimately.  you see, Grace has had 6 open heart surgeries to date (4 out of the 6 were at Boston Childrens Hospital). We have walked into an appointment thinking things were ok and walked out either scheduling surgery or being admitted directly to the hospital which led to an emergency surgery, so we never feel like Cardiology appointments are just “routine” visits. Although, it’s a great opportunity to reflect back on ALL that the Lord has so graciously brought us through.... especially the fact that we were blessed to celebrate Grace’s 8th birthday last week!!!  Will you please pray that Grace’s heart looks healthy and there are no surprises at her appointment today? 

Grace started virtual school and David gets the award for the best 2nd grade teacher EVER! We continue to watch the covid trends and pray that Grace can go to face to face school in a couple weeks (assuming trends stay reasonable). She’s SO eager to get back to face to face school and I think the best 2nd grade teacher ever could use a break too🤣!

Praise the Lord, Andrew has felt great since day 6 or 7 after treatment and here’s the miraculous part... his hair is still hanging on. Y’all, I’m in absolute disbelief! I can tell his hair is breaking off some, but he hasn’t really noticed and unless you look closely you wouldn’t even be able to tell that it’s “different.” I’m certain this is absolutely an answer to prayer! Now, it could still certainly fall out in the days and weeks to come and on subsequent treatments, but for today... we rejoice! Andrew is loving school and he’s been more motivated than I’ve ever seen him to get his homework done everyday, study, etc. Another huge praise.  Will you please pray he can stay up to speed with school since he will miss a week + of school every couple months for scans and treatments? His next scan is on Sept 30th and treatment is scheduled for Oct 1st. Please pray the scans reveal awesome results, that we can better manage his nausea this time around, and that we all weather the separation well. 

1st color out day at Poly Ryon Middle School!

Abby is loving Logo’s (the private school she goes to) and we love that she’s still home with us two days a week. She’s a happy camper and so are we that soccer games are back in full swing. It’s a sense of “normal” that our whole family enjoys. 

Thanks so much for your prayers!!!  Please keep me coming!!! #butGod #fightlikeaRoss #hopeon 💚