I didn't know quite where to post this, but wanted to share my life for the last week. I have a little girl that is 14 months old, and she has her daddy's heart in the palm of her hand. She has been sick with a cold/flu since before Thanksgiving, we have taken her back and forth to Doctors and ER visits since then, will little to no improvement. Well this past Monday while my family was together eating dinner, my mother noticed a small lump behind my daughters ear. I felt it at it was hard as a rock, I was a little concerned and told my wife to keep an eye on it, if it didn't go away in a day or so we would take her to here Primary Physician. Two days pass, no difference, so we went to her Doctor. He examines her, we show him the bump and he immediately wants to us to undress her. He examines her groin and finds that her lymph nodes in her groin area are swollen, this happened over night. I then start to really get worried. The Doctor looks at me and my wife and tells us that these are signs of a very severe infection, or worse yet LEUKEMIA. My heart fell to my feet, I was immediately sick...... He prescribes us a High powered antibiotic and tells us to give it three or four days, and see if the swelling goes down, If not we need to have blood work done to determine whether she has Leukemia or not. Well I waited for 24 hours as a nervous wreck and couldn't take it anymore. So we went back to the Doctors and told him we had to know if our little girl was sick, he agreed and sent us to the ER to have a blood panel done. The ER Doctors where fantastic, and tried to calm us, and my little girl was a champ, she had four vile's of blood drawn and didn't even cry. Daddy couldn't watch. Well the next hour and a half where the longest in my life. Finally the Doctor comes back and shuts the down behind her, and I again start feeling sick, and prepared my heart for the worst, she smiles and said the most wonderful words I have heard "YOUR LITTLE GIRL IS OK". I'm 6'2 and 350 played football all my life, rough and tumble kind of guy, and I cried like a baby, while I held my Gift form God tightly in my arms. God has bless my family one more time.
Just wanted to share hope some one getting encouragement from it.
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Sgt. Jason Amores
Jan. 21 2011 R.I.P
Ephes. 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Having had a son who went through an increibly diffcult time, my heart goes out and jumps for you at both ends of this. Thank God he is fone, but there's nothinh to describe what you went through.
Thanks for sharing 925. No matter how many years with her, she'll never get too old for her not to be your baby anymore. I say this from the opposite viewpoint. When I was 26 I was referred to an Oncology department due to symptoms of Leukemia. I was by far the youngest patient in the waiting room, and about the only one not looking like I was ready to pass away. When thankfully the tests came back negative, I called my Dad in the parking lot of the hospital and he cried.
Most inspirational story and I really thank you for writing it for us. I too have lived thru both sides of that fence. Myself, my children, good and bad. Life has these special ways of treating us to appreciate the good, and all the moments and trying to make the best of them. It is a most humbling teacher. Glad all is well with you and your working to appreciate all the moments and love of your kids. Have fun and enjoy. They're all just more of the blessings.
Thank you all for your comments, words fall short of the feelings, the peeks and valleys that my wife and I shared in the past few days. I have been through the lose of cancer with my grandfather, and couldn't imagine facing that again, although God's grace is sufficient for all things. I believe this little girl has been given to us by God to keep her daddy close to HIM. I love both my children deeply, as any father would, but we had another scare with this same little girl while my wife was carrying. I can't really explain it, but there is a special bond between her and I that I can't put into words.
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Sgt. Jason Amores
Jan. 21 2011 R.I.P
Ephes. 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
The can do it in a time of joy and in a time of sorrow.
You may be under the impression that your job is to help her grow and that impression is correct.
At the same she has a job too. That job is to continue your growth.
Please take note of how you grew during the bad times and the good times with your children. In either situation your growth benefits everyone near and dear to you.
Thank you all for your comments, words fall short of the feelings, the peeks and valleys that my wife and I shared in the past few days. I have been through the lose of cancer with my grandfather, and couldn't imagine facing that again, although God's grace is sufficient for all things. I believe this little girl has been given to us by God to keep her daddy close to HIM. I love both my children deeply, as any father would, but we had another scare with this same little girl while my wife was carrying. I can't really explain it, but there is a special bond between her and I that I can't put into words.
God Bless and keep you all. What wonderful news.
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"Hear no evil, speak no evil, you will never be invited to a party"
My daughter is now 19 and is STILL my baby girl. Always has been and always will be. I know exactly the feeling of waiting for 'news' when something isn't quite right about her.
My wife and I got ours back when our daughter was 18 months old....we got the diagnosis of our girl being autistic. Not the same as a terminal health issue-thank God--but a lifelong issue we will all be living with. The waiting to find out what was wrong was the hardest part. When we learned the news...Valentines Day 1995....it was a crush. But then, when we look around and see how lucky we are compared to so many others---we feel blessed, so we know those tears of joy as well.
But again I have to say...she is STILL my baby girl. Something about a daughter does that to a dad.
So happy this ended well. I continue to marvel at how powerful love is. I have 3 grown daughters. Each is healthy, each is happy. I still worry after them every day. Always have, always will. It's a blessing.
I lost my aged father 6 months ago. He was not only my Dad, he was also my hero. I intend to talk about him here on GC (start a thread) about him someday. As of right now, it's still too soon.
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