Category Archives: GooseStrong

2 am…not time.  3 am…roll over again.  4 am…Isabelle woke up, toss her in bed for the last hour.  4:50…time to go!  Isabelle rolled off our bed with more energy than appropriate for such an hour. Barking and dancing she bounced while we packed. 5:15 I love driving on freeways before 6 am! The trafficContinue reading “Surgery”

Isabelle rests sleeping as she waits port surgery tomorrow. I sit indian style preparing for bed. I hope and I trust tomorrow will turn out well. We get up in 6 hours. Tonight we stay with Ashley’s newly wedded brother. Talking marriage I realize how much I’ve learned (and haven’t) in 9 years. I hopeContinue reading “Faith”

Racing into kitchen I found a floor flooded with hot water. Christy and Isabelle sat perched on chairs staring under the kitchen sink. Rushing out again I shoved the valve shut and grabbed every towel in the house. With all the water in the house out of commission and my feet soaked from the floodContinue reading “Plumbing and Insurance–Fearful Topics”

Several hours ago we tore through the house packing to take Isabelle to the ER. Initially we set out for Riley children’s hospital but quickly diverted to a local ER out of fears about her breathing. Checked in, blood drawn (from her neck), and x-rays taken we enter the hardest part. We long to escapeContinue reading “The Pain of Uncertainty”

“Hi I’m here to sell you snake oil and invite you to join a cult.”  I said walking up to a couple men cleaning a minivan in our neighborhood. With that I began a powerful conversation and wrapped up a long day. Nine hours earlier Christy began her first day of preschool 2017 Immediately afterContinue reading “What I did after a day at the hospital.”

With a jerk,  Isabelle looked up at Ashley and I wide eyed, and fell limp. Handing her inert form to nurses, Ashley and I wound our way through tubes and wires out of the room. Waiting for her to wake up later inspired prayers and trust in God.  Yesterday marked the beginning of a renewed,Continue reading “Life with leukemia”

2:20 this morning we were finally released from the emergency room. We spent 4 1/2 hours trying to fix a fever! The day did not stop there. When your child has leukemia fevers mean ER visits. Leukemia and the chemotherapy treatment for it makes your immune system incredibly weak. So, when you have a fever thatContinue reading “Life with the Leukemia and other things”