Surgery is on the schedule again this is on caring bridge, but need want all the thoughts and prayers to keep coming. Andy Simpkins has had an incredible attitude and I praise God for that, please keep praying..... Andy, just left for his second to last chemo treatment before they begin to do the scans to see how much of the cancer has been killed. There has been so, so many prayers for him. God is the great physician, and when we begins the scans next week, praying, praying for the best possible outcome. I am amazed at Andy and his attitude toward all of this, he has remained calm. carried on with his activities as much as the doctors will let him. Probably the biggest thing for him, was not being able to get in water. But, God has allowed him to tolerate the chemo as much or more than could have been expected, giving the intensity of chemo he has received. Dr. VanTine, his oncologist, who only deals with Ewings sarcoma treated his body as aggressively as he would if his body were 10. Even a year older and he may have not done this. Time marches on, Rods back at school, the kids start Monday and for whatever reason, summer being over is rather heart breaking. I have always hated endings, dont get me wrong, I am glad we are pushing ahead with Andy, but Andy is not our only child and I hate that school starts so much earlier than it used to. One big praise that came out of the summer is that Rod was able to paint a house and in return they basically gave us their car. My car, which I loving referred to as the hood mobile, bit the dust. We were not sure what we were going to do, but God had a plan. I am now driving a 2006 Volvo station wagon. It actually has a radio and it also has air. Two luxuries that I have been without for a couple of years. The bad news about our car situation is that the transmission went on the Suburban, another hurdle we have to cross, but it is slated to be fixed in the next week or so. Right now it looks as if surgery will be on the 26th of August. There are lots of unknowns and lots of things that we will be finding out in the weeks to come. Pray for us, our family, and pray for me. This entire thing has just torn me up inside. Andy is is good hands, the best ones being Jesus. As the song goes, Jesus, Jesus, just say Jesus. When you dont know what to say, just say Jesus. We love all of you who have been reading and following along. Please keep reading because we are just closing in on the first third of the marathon, this entire process will probably go all the way through May, which makes me want to throw up. But God is in charge. And I am thankful, so thankful for the support that Andy has received. There are lots of little details that still need to fall into place, but I have to rest and be assured that God is in charge. My heart feels broken, but I do know that they are not going to risk leaving any of those cancer cells in his body. They will remove what is left taking absolutely no risk of cutting into it because this would cause it to spread and that is not what we want. And after they are going to put him through chemo again to make sure there are no cancer cells left in his body. After that they will monitor him for the next several years. It is so, so hard to watch your child suffer...Andy is an athlete, he loves to run, he plays or played soccer on a scholarship, and he is very active. His goal is to do the tough mudder as soon as he has the ok. He was actually supposed to do this a week after we found the cancer, praise God he didnt. The risk of him breaking his femor bone was very high and this race may have been what caused that. All that being said, having a hip replacement at 21, well,.....not ideal. But, he is doing well, he knows this may happen and he seems to be at peace about it. God is in control...Keep praying Blessings to everyone today. Much love....
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:31:15 +0000
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