We Danced!

Although the Relay for Life event in Rexburg is a few weeks away, we were a little more organized this year and actually raised funds before the week of it! Imagine that! Thanks to EVERYONE involved in making our Zumbathon a HUGE success! We actually had a packed gym with nearly 100 dancers, and we are so excited to donate ALL of the proceeds from our fun night to the American Cancer Society.

 

Jace and Hayden were a hit too, as they lead the crowd in a warm-up and cool-down song. I fought tears as I felt the support and energy from the crowd of friends, family members, and even people I didn’t know, and I couldn’t stop smiling as my boys once again proved what COURAGE looks like. (I wish I had a picture to post, but unfortunately, I don’t! I forgot to take my camera.)

 

This week Jace faces another chemo treatment starting bright and early Thursday with an LP at the Surgical Center. This particularly tough treatment is only every third month, but he’s already decided it isn’t going to get him down. This morning he asked Matt and me if he could play in his baseball game Thursday night. I reminded him that the LP is like a surgery as he goes completely under anesthesia to receive the chemo treatment to his spinal fluid and brain. Then after he wakes up, he has his regular chemo through his port; he usually feels pretty crumby by the end of these brutal treatments. As I finished my best ‘mother’s warning explanation’… he looked at me to make sure I was finished. Then he persisted, “Well? Can I play in my game?”

 

COURAGE has many faces …
COURAGE this week wears a red and white baseball cap and swings a bat with force. 
COURAGE slides into 2nd base after running for his life to hear the ump call him, “SAFE!” 
COURAGE ignores his often sick stomach, the virus on his face that his body can’t fight, and his all too sensitive chemo skin that burns in the sunlight way too quickly. 
COURAGE is still fighting cancer…and HE is amazing.:)