Welcome to our family blog. We have set this up to keep you informed of our families happenings and events. As many of you may know we recently found out that Devin has been re-diagnosed with cancer. On Monday, November 9th, I took Devin to the doctor to get his H1N1 flu shot. Before we left the house, his mobility aide, Jalayne, mentioned that he was walking funny and to check his leg. While at the Dr. we looked at his legs and noticed he had a swollen right knee. We didn't think it was a big deal because it really hadn't been bothering him much. The doctor did seem concerned though because it was 3" bigger than the other one. They took an X-ray, and then knocked us off our feet when they told us it was cancer.
The very next day we were at Primary Children's doing a CT, getting bloodwork, and doing a MRI on his knee. The bloodwork results came back very good, which was encouraging.
On Wednesday Devin got a full body scan and an echo on his heart. At this time we were told they found cancerous spots on his lungs as well.
We are scheduled to do a biopsy on his knee on Friday, November 13th as well as put in a PICC line for the chemo that we will be starting next week. We are still waiting for the results of the echo and the body scan.


Things are moving very quickly right now and nothing is certain. We wish we could have called everyone personally to talk about all that is happening, but it is just not possible with the limited time each day provides. We will use this site to keep everyone updated. We cannot always return calls right away, but please know how grateful we are for your thoughts, prayers, and concerns. This has been a challenge for the whole family and some moments are harder than others, but for the most part we are holding up well and are moving ahead.

We love you all. Please keep our whole family in your prayers.