Monday, December 15, 2008

Tis the season....

We continue to get excited about Christmas around the Ryan house. James is doing much better with his sleeping(thanks for your prayers) and he has almost completed his 10 days of antibiotic. His Christmas party at school is Wednesday and he will start steroids that day too. We will head to MDA on Thursday for his spinal tap with chemo, chemo through his port, antibiotic through his port, and continue with steroids and his daily dose of chemo. I am thankful that the steroids fall before Christmas so that they should be out of his system by the time we go to TN. Please continue to pray for his health. He has now developed a cough I think due to the drastic changes in our weather. Thank you so much for your continued faithfulness and support. Here are some pictures before church. If you wonder why they are off centered and not posed-its because my kids are the most uncooperative when it comes to taking their pictures.

I think Greg put in an earlier post about prayer time with James. Every time we start to pray he starts immediately saying "Get outta here kemia". So I have decided that this statement is going to be The Ryan family motto...

Get outta here leukemia,

Greg, Joy, James, and Adrianne

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two cuter children there never were! Get out of here "kemia" is the motto of all the Ryans and all who are praying for James..
Granny

Anonymous said...

Hey - it's been so long since we've connected, but please know that this blog is still part of the Vaughns' regular routine. We will keep praying for baby (big boy) James and your whole family. Get outta here kemia, indeed. We wish you a blessed holiday season in TN with family. So much to be thankful for.
Love - Jon, Leslie, Henry & Jack

sarah watson said...

Great motto!! Hope the MDA visit goes well...

Love,
Sarah

Lorren Says... said...

I have tears in my eyes thinking of James saying that. You all are such a great famliy.