true miracles, that only God Himself can achieve?
those are just coincidences, right?
don't be silly!
WE ALL DO. sometimes it takes a little effort and creative thinking, but WE ALL DO.
every time i look at my son, i know he is a miracle and truly a gift from God because without God's involvement, baby j would not exist. period. [i'll save the whole story for another post, perhaps an upcoming 1st birthday post :) ]
snowflakes that fall and quickly pile up to be a beautiful white blanket on the earth and the silence and stillness that comes with snow falling.
flowers that pop out of trees that look dead and recently frozen
other miracles? near misses on the roadways...we have all been there. where a wreck is so narrowly avoided you KNOW angels were involved.
i want to share an ongoing miracle in our family. i saw my youngest nephew born nine and a half years ago. A-MAZING. when kameron started kindergarten he was sick A LOT, and through that we learned he was scientifically rotten from the inside out :) (I say that with all the love in the world, but it is figuratively and factually true!) on august 6, 2007 he received brand new bone marrow from a complete stranger. more than 2 years later we learn that stranger was from germany, so very very far away but a strong enough match to give kameron new life!
the National Institute of Health (NIH) studied kameron's case and initially determined only 1 other person ever experienced the disease kameron had...then we find out that other person had something different. what kameron has, no one has ever dealt with before. he is truly 1 in 6 billion. but with God's miracles he eventually became 100% donor marrow!
currently, kameron is at cincinnati children's hospital due to a set-back with this disease. his bone marrow was destroyed with chemo before his transplant in 2007. despite all efforts to eradicate his marrow, a few cells survived (boo!) and began to overtake the new marrow. at one point (in october 2010) he was 51% donor cells and 49% kameron's old cells. this was not good news. kameron's donor was contacted by the A-MAZING staff at cincy children's and was asked to give more cells to help kameron battle this set-back. he said he would do whatever was needed to help kameron get better again. an angel. an angel none of us has ever met face-to-face.
just a few months into this, and the latest update being today, kameron has 85% donor cells and 15% old yucky kameron cells and the trend is upward for donor cells! the results for this test came in today but the study was actually done on tuesday, my sister/kameron's mom's birthday. merely coincidence? nah.
he has gone from this:
august 4, 2007, 2 days before BMT (bone marrow transplant) day
to this:
august 6, 2008, 1 year post-transplant
to this:
Christmas day, 2010 with baby j
2 miracles in 1 camera shot
coincidence. nah. thank you God for your never-ending miracles!
4 comments:
Beautiful post Jody! I didn't know all the specifics of Kameron's disease, so thank you for sharing and for sharing God's amazing faithfulness! I am so happy that we serve such a loving God that is still performing miracles! And baby J is such a little cutie!!
So glad you are blogging Jody and love the update on Kameron. We should all stop and appreciate the miracles in our lives, right?
Kameron really is a miracle child. Wow. I remember the hardship when your fam was in the midst of his treatment. And you know how I feel about your son. He even laughs at my stupid faces and animal noises. What more could a girl ask for:)?
Wow, awesome post, Jody! Kameron is a miracle and such an inspiration! (Actually, your entire family's faithfullness during everything Kameron has been through is an inspiration.) I wondered where he was yesterday ;) I believe God puts special people on this earth with special circumstances to use them as living proof of HIS power and love. Kameron is defintely one of those special people! We will be praying for him!
Love ya!
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