we.beat.the.snot.out.of.cancer.

For those of you following my life, we just got the test results from my dad’s latest biopsy and he is officially CANCER FREE!!!!

We are so happy this is over!!!!!

noah.update.4.29.09

Noah’s Road is up and running so I’ll probably stop posting updates after this in the hopes that you will follow their story there. I did want to pass along this last bit from Noah’s dad:

“It is with a sad heart that I have to report we are no longer able to give status updates on Noah’s condition. It was brought to our attention that anything we say can be used by the defense of the daycare provider. We PLEASE ask that you continue to visit noahsroad.com and support us and Noah. I’m sorry we’re not able to write about his progress but I hope you all understand. Please pray and we look forward to seeing there.”

Again, I ask that you please visit their website and continue to pray for the family…for a miracle healing for Noah, for strength and peace for his parents and family, and for wisdom for Noah’s doctors.

Thank you for taking such an interest in this family. Nearly 1500 of you have read about him over the last few days. I am truly amazed and inspired by the outpouring of support. God bless you all.

noah’s.road.

Hi everyone,

Noah’s dad just posted an update and it looks like the website is up!

“We have friends building Noahsroad.com and the only page completed is the about page that Erin wrote which tells his story thus far (www.noahsroad.com). We’re waiting until we can start putting pictures and stories up shortly. He was awake this morning for about 1.5 hours and showed great signs of movement. Today will be a BIG day, please pray it’s a good day. Thanks again and we appreciate the continued prayers more than you know.”

Go. Pray. Leave them a message of hope!!

Noah’s Road

They have also started a Flickr page with the most adorable pictures I’ve ever seen. Go check it out!

noah.update.4.28.09

More good news from Noah’s dad:

“We are taking Noah off some of the meds today since he’s been seizure free for about 48 hours (thank God) and taking his breathing tube out. If all goes well, maybe tomorrow we’ll be able to see our sons eyes and hear him cry. Thank you and his wesite is almost ready: noahsroad.com. We love you all.”

-Mike

Thanks to everyone who has been praying and spreading the word. Please continue to pray for the whole family: Mike, Erin & Noah.

*It looks like their blog is now up (www.noahsroad.com) but they have not started posting just yet. Until it’s complete, I’ll continue to post Mike’s updates from Facebook here so you can follow baby Noah’s progress. Once the site is ready, I really encourage anyone who’s been following the story here to leave their family some words of comfort. I think they would be amazed at the number of people who are supporting them and praying for them during this ordeal.

noah.update.4.26.09

Here’s the latest on little Noah:

“Noah has been seizure free for over 30+ hours (great news). They have started to reduce the amount of meds in order to begin the slow process of waking him up. They’ll continue to do this and make sure he doesn’t seize. If he does, they’ll put him back under and wait another day or two. He’s already woken up twice and had to be put back under. He’s strong…

Our fiends are building a website currently to document his journey and my wife will blog every day on his status. They are building the site now and it should be up shortly. I believe it’s going to be www.noahsroad.com.  We will document this journey and our sons fight. I am so proud of him… he is my hero. He is the strongest person I have ever meet in my life.

Please continue to pray and please ask everyone you know to ask everyone they know and everyone they know to pray for our son. Please hug and kiss your children as I can not wait to hold and kiss my child again.

I thank you all for your posts and emails on here and please understand if I don’t respond to them. This continues to be the most difficult experience of my life and for those that know me… that’s saying a lot. It makes it difficult to write back but know that I love you all and appreciate the words of comfort.”

noah.update.

Here’s the latest from Noah’s dad:

They haven’t been able to stop him from seizing and decided to place him back into a coma and place the breathing tube back in. Now he won’t go back to sleep. He has sooooooooo much drugs in his system but refuses to go under. He still is seizing and they keep increasing the dosage. We’re starting to worry about the amount of drugs and side effects but dont have a choice but to continue.

Noah needs more prayers than I can begin to tell you. Please contact everyone you know and please ask them to ask everyone they know to pray for our son. He is our world and I feel our world is slipping away. I’m placing him in God’s hands and would like everyone to speak to God and ask him to heal our little boy. He didn’t ask for this nor did he deserve what happened to him.

I’m trying to balance the rage in my heart with the fight and the strength for my son. He’s fighting EVERYTHING we try and do and I just hope he will take a break, rest for a while and THEN continue to fight at the RIGHT time. Thank you for all of your prayers and please keep them coming.

Spread the word.

friends.in.need.

Last weekend at our church, my father-in-law and pastor began a series called Facebook. The series is about friendships and our innate need to be relational, and he started last week’s message off talking about the debate on whether or not online social networking sites satisfy this need or not. Although there’s nothing like sitting around and really connecting with a good friend, I am of the opinion that networking sites like Facebook and Twitter can be used to deepen friendships and to reconnect people who may have lost touch over the years. Many people disagree. I also think that they’re a wonderful tool for spreading news quickly, particularly when someone is in need.

Meet precious Noah.

Noah is the 4 month old son of an old friend of mine from high school. Earlier this week, Noah was deliberately shaken by his daycare provider and has been in the hospital since. Noah has a subdural hematoma, retinal damage (the extent is not yet known), and has been having continuous seizures.  They believe the cause of the seizures is swelling in his brain, and because they have not stopped, they are now are considering putting his breathing tube back in and placing him into an induced coma.

Noah’s parents, Mike & Erin, have been continuously posting updates on their Facebook pages and the outpouring of love and prayer I have seen is simply amazing. So I’m posting this to ask for more prayer on their behalf, because I believe that even though you may not know this family, your prayer for them matters. Mike, Erin and Noah need all the prayer they can get right now.