Happy Summer!
It’s been four months since I have blogged. Many reasons.
On March 4, my youngest daughter, was diagnosed with
osteosarcoma. Anyone who has gone
through something like this would understand the devastation we felt. For 19 days, we went through many tests to
determine the extent of the cancer. The
first CT and x-ray showed a spot in her lung.
That was the worst news and the worst case scenario for us. The tumour ate through her humerus until it was so thin, it broke.
From the onset, I knew prayer was the only
answer. I held a prayer service at my
house, had one at church, and had many, many, many people praying for her all
over the world. Prayers for Ella God listened to these prayers, and on March
23, we were told that she did not have cancer.
She did have an aneurysmal bone cyst.
She had to have ~4 inches of her humerus taken out and a donor bone put in. They put a steel plate in her arm, secured
with screws, to support the bone. She
had the surgery mid-April and has been doing well since. It will take about 2 years for the arm to
fully heal. She was very fortunate that
there was no nerve damage during surgery.
She now has full motion of her arm, but cannot do any weight
bearing/lifting. The x-rays show new ‘fluffy’
bone growth. God is good!
Ella has always wanted a small dog. Because of this traumatic event (she wasn't able to go to school anymore and would be home all the time), I bought her a puppy. Bennett is a Schnauz-tzu. He is keeping us very busy in a positive way. This is our first dog. We have always been cat people. :)
So the remainder of my school year was quite hectic between Ella's ordeal, training a pup and working.
Yesterday, I got a call that I have a position at a new
school. I am very excited about it. I will have a straight grade 1 class of
20! I am very sad to be leaving my
current school. Good friendships were
made there and after my experience this year, they are like family to me. The support I felt from them was
immense! It is a small school which
helps to create that feel of community with the staff, students, and families. My new school is more than double the size,
but it is closer to home. I am looking
forward to the new adventure and planning on blogging more regularly. Please follow to keep up-to-date, help me get
points for my WBT certification, and to share your own thoughts.
Now, to start planning for my new school/class/year!!! J
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