Category: family

To the goofiest 11 year old I know!  Happy Birthday.  May all your dreams come true (if it’s going home from the hospital today, sorry but your “dreams” need to wait until your numbers are UP) and the most kindest hearted person I’ve ever met-and I know ALOT of people!

You are a true miracle, the child who changed my life for the better, the one who gave me hope and reason to get up each morning, even on those days I didn’t want to.  The only doll I got to dress up and make pretty each morning and enjoyed doing so – haha, I knew you’d love to hear that.  You still are and always will be my Favorite Daughter!!

Love you, Mom.

KATU -Kids at Doernbeckers (click to watch)

This is starting to take a toll on us and it’s showing by the fact that we are getting sick. It all started with the sniffles, then coughing. Devon and I have been sofa surfing together the past couple days which puts the entire burden of the hospital on Bill. He’s handling it very well, Danielle is very blessed to have such an incredible father, but I need to get better to relieve him so he can sleep in his own bed soon. 

I’ve been worrying all day (I know that’s wasted energy but it’s hard not to) that Danielle was exposed to this creeping crud that we are fighting off before we knew we were sick. Bill said she’s coughed a few times and for her to get sick right now – is extremely bad! Please gather your positive energy and prayers for our little girl and for her to come home to us soon.

So Danielle has finished her last chemo and her last blue liquidy stuff (don’t ask me to spell it) but she is still peeing blue which is so cool I may add. Aunt Cindy calls it smurf pee and Danielle thinks that is pretty awesome! I noticed today it looks as though she’s wearing eye liner…when I look closer its because her eyelashes are growing back-SUPER thick and black! I don’t know if the new growth will fall out in a week or two, but its promising seeing her body doing normal things like grow hair and such. :0

Danielle doesn’t seem too upset about missing the first day of school, but I think she is excited to get back eventually. We are hoping to be done with Doernbechers for good early to mid October. Things are getting tougher, this is going to be the longest recovery time we have discovered yet and we have worn out all of our help so Bill and I are splitting all our time up either here or at home with Devon. It was nice having the weekends off, but I understand other people have lives and it is wearing sitting up here for hours on end-let alone an entire weekend!!
Please pray for no complications and that we’ll all be home soon doing normal Deisz stuff and if you know us, that’s weird stuff to you regular peeps!! 😉 Love you all and keep your loved ones close and tell them how much you appreciate them every chance you get.