Mikey Update

Thank you to all you have already encouraged Mikey. He called me today and is deeply touched by the messages that were left. Thank you, thank you, thank you and if I could ask you to please continue to comment that would be great.

UPDATE... I will give you the short version. Mikey's surgery got posponed due to an illness he is currently experiencing. A little later that day Mikey received a phone call from the surgeon who had just talked with some other doctors and they don't think it is a tumor!!!! Hooray!!! Praise God!

They think what they see is actually a tangled mass of blood vessels in the spinal chord. He still has to have surgery and of course it is still risky... BUT..., this means that it is for sure not cancerous and the urgency to have surgery is not as great.

Just wanted to update you, but please continue to comment. Mikey has really been touched. He doesn't understand how people that don't even know him can encourage him so much. Thank you so much.

Comments Needed

This is our friend Mikey. Mikey has been around for all the major events in Curt and my lives. He was the first friend of Curt's I met. He stood in our wedding. He helped us move to Illinois. He helped us move back to Oregon. He was there when we found out we were pregnant with Erin. He has always been a great friend and a steady force in our lives.

It is now time for us to be there for Mikey. Thursday Mikey goes in for major surgery on his back. He has a tumor in, yes in, his spinal chord. He will go in for surgery where hopefully they can remove the whole tumor. The doctors don't know for sure until they are in there and can see with there own eyes what the tumor is doing.

So, I am asking for your help. I would like to encourage Mikey before his surgery and am asking you to write him a little note or a prayer he could read in the comment section. (He tells me he reads this blog.) It doesn't matter if you know him or not, I KNOW he would love the support.

I will update soon with how the surgery went. In the mean time thank you for your comments.

Ultra Sound

Well, we had our 20 week ultra sound. It was so amazing. The baby is healthy and everything looked great. And wanted you all to know... it's a BOY!! He was not at all shy about showing off his boyhood...hmmm, who could that be like? Hope everyone out there is well. If I could scan in a picture I would, but our scanner kicked it.

HOPE Friday

I work at a Radio station called HOPE Radio. There was a decision made to not play any commercials, sponsorships, weather, news etc. today. Because it is Good Friday. Or as my new employer called it on the radio today HOPE Friday. They wanted to give people a chance to focus on the music and to challenge as to what this day meant to them.

So, not having taken a challenge in a LONG time, I decided what the hay... I will reflect. And so I read the story of the crucifixtion stopping before the resurrection since that doesn't happen for a couple of days. I focused on Christ's death.

What I came up with. Someone died for me. What would I do if I were a friend of Jack Bauers (I had to think of someone willing to do this and really cool) and he gave up his life for me? On purpose. So I could live. I think I would feel compelled to live life to the fullest. Someone gave their own life for mine. Aren't I obligated to now live this life BIG?!

This made me think of one of my favorite quotes. So here it is.

"And I want my everyday to make God bellylaugh. Glad that he gave life to someone who knows the difference between life and half-life."--Shauna Neiquist

That sums it up for me. That is what I want to do. That is what I came up with on this HOPE Friday.