Our CRAZY Summer!!!

Okay friends and family...I'm trying to give everyone a "quick" update on how our summer has been!!! We spent a chunk of time (and $$$) playing baseball! Jesse's Westside team went very far this year! He actually got to be on ESPN!!! Sadly, they got beaten by a very good Florida team one game short of making it to the World Series! It was their first loss ever as a team. ANYWAY, below is a photo of Jesse in his (stinky)dorm room at regionals in St Petersburg!





Here is a photo of Chloe with our Westside (Alabama) team in the background. Notice anything "different" about her? Yep, the pink monster! She broke her arm the first day of Jesse's state tournament while we were in Sheffield, Alabama. She had surgery a day or two later. To make things a little crazier...the day after the broken arm visit to the ER, Wesley, my 16 year old, injured his ankle! We went BACK to the ER for xrays. He ended up in an aircast and on crutches!!! (Wish we took a pic of them together!)




We've GOT to give a shout out here to the Tennessee team for "bearng it all" to support Alabama at regionals! This team had some super boys that were really pulling for us to beat Florida! We actually had several different state teams there supporting us. Says something about the character of the kids on Jesse's team.



And here is a pic of me and Wesley, my oldest...he actually just turned 16 - SCARY!!!! He got a super cool new cell phone and will get his dad's car after he finishes his driver's ed course and gets his liscense!!! Happy bday Wes!


And finally....an update on our health...God is a good God. I had to come to this realization no matter what the outcome in our family. I've shared with most everyone about the scripture I have clung onto all summer - John 16:33. "I have told you these things so that you will know in ME you will find peace. For in this world, there will be trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world!"

Jesse is a christian. He told me this summer he was not afraid to die. Kinda hard for a mom to have to listen to her son need to say this. He told me he was sure he was going to heaven, he just may get there sooner than us! But, I have also told everyone that would listen that CF is not in control of his life, and neither are the doctors. God is in control of my baby. He will not leave this earth one second before God's will for his life is done. THIS IS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE OUR LAST DOCTOR'S VISIT!!!

This past week, we had a LOT of news. Jesse's genetic screening came in. He has NOT ONE genetic marker out of the 1500 they are able to screen with any Cystic Fibrosis!!! Our doc wanted us to do another sweat test. His last, as many of you know, he failed with a 61. He was in the diagnosis range for CF...THIS test came back only 40 - one point above normal!!! CRAZY! - Our doctor said that with all the testing and observations, he was backtracking on what he said earlier this summer!!! He said he now has determined that Jesse does not have CF!!! He thinks Jesse has something odd with his sweat chloride levels that does not include cystic fibrosis. God is a Good God - with the good or the bad. His own son was put to death for me and my children. I will thank him for the good and bad because all that He does is used for eternal good - whether I understand it or not. PLEASE continue to pray for my sister Karen. Her oldest 2 boys, Cole (5)and Conner (3), both have genetic markers that have shown up with genes for CF. We will know more about what this means for them in the next few weeks. Thanks to all for the prayers!