24 Stitches Later

So, today, Tim was scheduled to go in for a long round of chemo. The hospital called this morning and informed us that all of Tim's counts were too low for chemo :( I don't know if that was a good thing or bad thing. Probably a little of both. Good because we get to stay home a couple more days. Bad because it puts us behind a couple more days! It's a win-loose situation!
Tim and I still made the trip up to the hospital to meet with Dr. J. Tim's very cool cast was removed to reveal this:

Yep, it's a little hard to look at, but it actually looks great compared to just 2 weeks ago! That big bump on the left is actually where Tim's knee use to be:) Now the bump is where all his blood vessels and nerves are wound up, covered by his calf muscle! AMAZING!! Eventually, everything will blend together nicely as Tim starts to use that leg.
After Dr. J looked over the leg/foot (I am still not sure what to call it!) He removed the outer stitches. Twenty-four in all. Then he jokingly laughed that there is another 80-100 inside the limb! I think Tim has had the most stitches in the family-even with the rest of us added together:)

(Tim's 24 stitches!)
Tim got another blue cast put on-one of many to come we learned. And we headed home with hopes of visiting again this Friday for chemo! If not, it will not be until next Wednesday :( We are hoping for Friday, so keep your fingers crossed for us :)

(Jr, Tim and ?)

What a Friday!

So, we started Memorial Day Weekend off with a bang! Friday morning, Cory and I took Tim to BYU to meet with Chad Lewis and Bronco Mendenhall. I had sent Chad the link to Tim's KSL story and Chad was so excited about the piece that he wanted to come visit Tim at the house, and possibly bring Bronco along. To make a long story short, Cory and I took Tim down there as Bronco is getting ready for the first football game this fall.
Once we arrived at the set location, we met up with Chad and made our way up to the football floor. We ran into a new assistant coach for the basketball team who was very impressed with Tim and said if Tim ever changes sports, there would be a place for him on the team :) We also ran into Jake Heaps, quarter back for BYU. Then, Bronco left his meeting with the Defense Coaches and chatted with Tim, in his office, for about 20 minutes!

(Bronco signing Tim's cast! He wrote, "Bleeding Blue, how about you? Bronco Mendenhall")

(Tim showing Bronco how "Jr" waves at everyone!)

Bronco wants to get Tim's prosthesis a custom paint job by the guy who custom painted his Harley! How cool would that be?
Bronco needed to get back to his meeting, so Chad took us out into a hall so Tim could read some quotes on the wall that had to do with the team's theme this year, "Impossible?" Bronco wanted to know what Tim's favorite quote was.

(Tim and Chad in the hall next to the "Impossible?" sign.)
Chad just got back from climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. He brought Tim back a rock from the top and signed it for him. Check out Chad's story here.

(Tim's favorite quote on the wall is by Muhammad Ali-"Impossible is not a declaration, it is a dare.")
Then we walked around campus and ate at the Wilk. We were waiting from a call that Jimmer was on campus and that we could meet him. He was a no-show though :( On campus, Tim was getting a few stares from some of the students. So, Tim decided that the next girl that walked by, he would wave "Jr" at her. And so, the next girl that walked by happened to be pretty cute and Tim had "Jr" wave at her. She did a double take and smiled :)

Thanks Chad and Bronco for making Tim's day! You guys are just one of many amazing people who do so much for the community and are great examples of integrity, honesty and love! Your selfless acts of charity and support have meant so much to our family, especially to Tim. We look forward to seeing you again soon:)

Eye Lashes, Eyebrows and Singing?

Tim made an announcement the other day, "I am loosing my eye lashes!" So, I looked, and sure enough, he had no more bottom eye lashes and the top ones were thinning out! The next day, I noticed that his beautiful, thick eyebrows were very thin. I secretly hoped that he would not loose these things, but I knew eventually he would loose them :(

(This is Tim at the "Head Shaving Party" we had for him back in January. Notice his thick eyebrows and long eye lashes.)

(This is Tim just a couple of days ago. Tim has very few eye lashes and his eyebrows are very thin.)
But on a happy note, Kelli and Katie had their 1st grade singing program the other day. It was so cute! They sang songs and recited poems that they had learned throughout the year. I can't believe that they are just about done with 1st grade. This school year has gone by so fast :)

(Cute Kelli-bean in her lime-green class shirt!)

(Katie and friend Lucy in their blue class shirts.)

Thank You

I can't say a big enough THANK YOU to all of you who helped out with this past weekend's garage sale! Organizers, donators, sorters, buyers, and cleaner-uppers! We could not have done it without each and every one of you! Also, thank you to those of you who supported the kids' lemonade stand after the garage sale! They did very well :)

Here we are after the garage sale and lemonade stand! (Shirts are for sale on our auction site or available the day of the walk! www.nofearhereauction.blogspot.com)

Check out the sale! We had so much stuff! WOW!! We actually made a small dent in it by the time things slowed down around 1pm. But, it still took us the back of two trucks, a trailer and the back of a small SUV to get it all to DI!

KSL Story

Here it is, Tim's story on KSL! Just click on the below link :)

"Reversed ankle replaces boy's knee - ksl.com"