Praying

**Update...The baby was a boy and his name is Colton River Moore**


I received an email today at work regarding a women, Brittany Tidwell who is expecting her first child. I don't have many details as of yet, but I do know she is due any day--had a doctor's appt this morning and they could not find a heart beat.

Please lift this family up as they face the road ahead.

Coleman

Please pray for Coleman...his counts were way down...and there's been some weird stuff going on like numbness in his hands, headaches, confusion, etc. Please pray pray pray....

Maddie

**Update 11/05/08...the doctors performed some tests on Maddie and this past week they recieved the results showing she is 100% in remisson!!**

I am so excited to be updating the blog with this post...you may remember little Maddie who is 9 months old and fighting leukemia....well, I am so pleased to report that her treatment for the bone marrow transplant has been very successful and the improvement in her health is even better than they had imagined it could be. The doctors are very pleased!! The are still in Portland, they've actually gotten a condo there and are out of the hospital right now...so that's great! They are hoping to be home with Maddie by Christmas.

At one point Maddie's parents were facing the decision of whether to end treatments and now look at the turn of events! It's just great...

Please continue to keep Maddie in your prayers., though...because the fight is not over yet.

The Craig Family

A while back I had posted regarding Lillian Craig, who was 2 years old and had lost her battle to cancer.



Tomorrow would be Lillian's 3rd birthday...and what would have been an exciting day for the Craig family is instead going to be extremely difficult. When you think of this family, please send up a prayer for them.



I'm praying that we are able to intercede on their behalf when they cannot find the words to say. I'm praying for what I always do...peace beyond understanding. Thank you for joining with me and lifting this family up to the One who still holds our lives in His hands...to the One who is not thrown off guard by the ugliness of this horrible disease...and also the One who sheds tears alongside of us as we try to grasp the incomprehensible.

Isaac

One of the families I have been following and will be sending a bracelet out to this week is Stacy, Spencer and Isaac Delisle.

Isaac Timothy Delisle was born this morning and his parents got to spend 16 precious minutes with him. This story was so close to my heart because Isaac started off with a cystic hygroma...the same condition Hayden had been diagnosed with when we were pregnant with him. Isaac had many other problems as well, but I was hoping for a miracle...and I know every child, every moment is a miracle...but I was hoping that they would have the same results we had with Hayden. My heart is broken for this sweet family. I know God is in control...and we see just a glimpse of the whole picture...that is the Hope we cling to. And that this is not the end of Isaac's story but just the beginning.

You can visit their blog at www.sgirl79.blogspot.com

Please pray for them. The coming days, weeks and months as our lives continue on...their's will remain in slow motion.

Team Larson

I had blogged awhile back about a pretty cool little dude--Coleman Scott...who is a 4 year old twin brother to Caden...the Larsons are a family that I admire so much because of their faith and strength. Its easy to say we have faith in God when things are going good...it's easy to praise God when most everything is pretty smooth in our lives...but when your child is battling a deadly disease and the future is unknown...that's when the rubber meets the road--I think true faith is played out in those moments...and that is why I admire so much the witness this family lives. Coleman has cancer...I can't tell you all of the details because I can't remember all the specifics and it would take me an hour to type, but I encourage you to check out their webpage on care pages...you may have already...if not go to this link:

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/ColemanScott/updates/1750559

You may have to set up an account, but you won't be sorry...the things these boys say and do are hilarious...but the reason I am adding this post to The Common Bond is because they found out today the cancer has spread in Coleman's brain and spine over the last month since he'd been checked. They are in New York City for a treatment, and from what I understand it's a one shot kind of thing...they are unable to do the treatment as planned because of this new development...and on top of that they are having to put him on some sort of medication but they are unsure if insurance is going to pay for it.

Please pray for Coleman and also his precious family...his parents names are Scott and Peggy...and of course, Caden. These children will melt your heart. I had sent a Faith, Hope and Love bracelet to Peggy and she sent me a card this past week saying that the boys thought the package was something for them...they were so excited...and then when she opened it and they saw it was a bracelet Caden said, "Mommy, I'm glad you got a gift this time..." I thought how sweet is that?

Just keep praying...I guess this would be another 'beat down the doors of heaven plea. I'm hoping we get to witness a God-sized miracle.