Wow - what an amazing response we have recieved in response to our CHOC food packs...i am totally overwhelmed.
My love -you have the hugest heart - thank you for all the items you so lovingly purchased for these families - the coffee, mealie meal,soap, jam, rice, two minute noodles, packet of soup & sugar - thank you so much My love - you know how much this will help all of these families - you are always the first person to step in to help when anyone needs it and I know Deqlan is also going to inherit this amazing trait from you. Deqlan and I are so proud of you and so grateful for all you do for us, and others, we love you so so very much!
Dearest Karen, you where one of the 1st people to answer our call for help. I feel so Blessed that we have remained friends and in contact you are such a special person and Im Blessed to know you and your family - thank you very very much for the Ensure, cans of food and coffee and tea, from the bottom of my heart thank you
Wendy, Ryan and the rest of the family - wow - thank you to you and your company Wendy for donating 10 of everything on our list! You already have helped 10 families have the most memorable Christmas ever! I cant wait for you to meet Deqlan so he can say thank you personally. I am humbled at your generosity and giving spirit - thank you very very very much.
Wes and Elriza and all the people at your work , thank you for arranging so many donations of noodles , toilet rolls, deodorant and all the tins of food - these are going to help more people then you know - thank you to for always posting such beautiful messages on our site - i am so glad we crossed paths and proud to call you friends, you are going to make fatastic parents, thank you so much.
Kev, Debs and Josh, what a stunning surprise to see the huge amount of washing powder ,clothes and nappies you have contributed. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this - i know that this cause is especially close to your hearts and I thank you for taking the time and effort to help others, thank you
James and Elizabeth - you guys where actually the first to drop off 1 of every single item on the list - you started the ball rolling and it hasnt stopped since! Thank you for being so very very generous, for opening your hearts and helping our cause - you have brought happiness to so many families , thank you so very much
Claire my dear friend thank you again for all the mealie meal, sugar, tea, bully beef and other tins of food. Thank you to for always spoiling Deqlan rotten, especially with your gift today of a bubble machine which he loves so so much! You know how much bubbles mean to us and we shall treasure this gift alway - thank you for putting these families into your list of priorities for Christmas, we are so grateful, thank you!
Tanie Lia and Uncle Wouter thank you so much for your wonderful contribution of tea and tins of food - i cant thank you enough for opening your hearts to this cause and for always checking in on us and above all for your continued prayers for our beautiful Deqlan, thank you from the bottom of our hearts
Thank you Megs for driving around going to collect all the items and for arranging this drive, you have a huge and giving heart and each year you strive to help others - you always have a project and way we can help those in need and I know how passionate you are about CHOC and I know you will do anything to help Deqlan and those other children and families in need - i am so proud of you Megs, great things come to great people, I love you so very much!
No matter if 1 or 100 items are donated to the CHOC families this Christmas, please know that I am so grateful for every item for every second you took in putting your donation together, for getting other people involved, for your continued support, love, encouragement and prayers for our beautiful Deqlan - if he could talk he would thank you each personally and tell you how much he appreciates you are doing for us and his friends, he would!
God Bless you all , you are amazing people and we are priviliged to have you as our family and friends and part of Deqlans army to fight this cancer, we love you all dearly
Good night and Bless you
Lots of love
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Update on Kate!
We recieved the fantastic news that Kate is NED - NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE!
Congrats Kate and the whole Jacobs family - what wonderful news, we are so pleased for you!
Good Luck for tommorows surgery to remove the remainder of the tumor - we will be with you every second in prayer and our thoughts will be with you throughout the day!
Good Luck for tommorows surgery to remove the remainder of the tumor - we will be with you every second in prayer and our thoughts will be with you throughout the day!
May Our Lord continue to keep you all safely in his arms- he is working his miracle in our kids and I know Kate will come out of surgery smiling! Keep your heads up, keep your amazing fighting spirit and continue to always follow The Lord
I saw a butterfly as i arrived at my Moms house this morning and smiled knowing that she is going to be just perfect - Thanks for your message on our blog about the bracelet - i wear it with pride for Kate every single day!
God Bless you all - Everything is possible to those who believe! Mark 9:23
Also, today , Ren leaves for the UK - my dear friend - i wish you all the love and happiness in the world, all the adventure you have ever dreamed of , to reach every star you possibly can. Please be safe and have the time of your life - i am going to miss you more then you will know, but i want you to go and have a ball ALL MY LOVE TO YOU, SAMMY
Monday, October 8, 2007
SOME NEW PICS
ME AND MY DAD
THE LAST MINUTE OF OUR IN HOSPITAL CHEMO
THIS CHEMO HAS TO BE PROTECTED FROM LIGHT THAT COULD DAMAGE IT
MY MAMA IS SO HAPPY THIS WAS OUR LAST IN HOSPITAL STAY
I LOVE BEING TICKLED AND PLAYIN PEEK A BOO, LOOK AT ALL MY TEETH!
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK!Sunday, October 7, 2007
Sunday, the 7th October 2007
Hi All
Hope you had a stunning weekend with your loved ones !
Because Deqlans 9th round went so well and Doc was happy with him, Friday night we went out for Renes surprise farewell and Birthday celebration - it was the first time we have seen our friends in 5 months and was really lovely to catch up with them. Ren as i said in my previous blog we are going to miss you madly but know that this is going to be such an amazing adventure for you - so grab it and have the time of your life with Grant. Happy Birthday for yesterday my friend, i just know that this is the year you have been waiting for. We love you lots and we are going to miss you!
Saturday we spent in doors as it rained ..again...Deqlan took another 3 steps all by himself, and not even 2 minutes later i recieved an sms from my Mom saying that my gran had taken 3 steps by herself to! What a miracle! For those of you who dont know Nan has been in a wheelchair for quite some time now as she is to weak to walk - well, well what a lovely surprise to hear that she took some steps - how exciting - i pray you continue to get stronger every day Nan and that by the time Deqlan can come and visit you again you are both walking full force! We love and miss you so much Darling Nan, im so proud of you!
Great Grandad, Nanna, Meggie and I went to church Saturday night and enjoyed a very inspirational service about Faith and that even if you faith is a big as a mustard seed it can do miraculous things ! We also chatted about how being a Christian is hard work - it is not just something we pray about its something we take action in every second of the day. The mission starts at or church the next two weeks and we are trying to arrange for one of the Mission Fathers to come to Nannas house in the week to do a very special Blessing for Deqlan - that should be lovely for Father Scott to pop in on his rounds to do this Blessing!
Got home from church and a huge storm arrived - luckily we had just enough time to boil the kettle for Deqlans bottles , have a bite to eat and then the power went off....for two hours!!!! Mark was not impressed as he missed most of the rugby between New Zealand and France. What a schock for the power to come back on and to discover New Zealand out of the world cup!
Sunday the Sun came out! I was very exicted to take Deqlan for a walk in the pram as we havent done this in over a week because of all the rain! He sat eating his cheese puffs as we walked down the drive way enjoying the birds and plants! The power went off AGAIN - so Mark missed the Argentina vs Scotland game!
We Hope that the power stays on especially for the semi finals next weekend South Africa- Argentina!
Deqlan is walking and running around (holding one of our hands)at such a speed! His confidence is really picking up and im sure any day now we will have a little walking soldier on our hands, hooray! What a milestone!
Have a lovely week, thank you for your continued prayers, support, encouragement and for always checking in on us!
Please continue to pray for all our friends - especially Kate today, as she recieves the results of her bone marrow test - so far everything has shown fantastic results - praying for you all Kate and Jacobs family!
God Bless and please stay in touch and let us know how all of you are!
Lots of Love
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
By Jesus Stripes Deqlan is healed!
Hope you had a stunning weekend with your loved ones !
Because Deqlans 9th round went so well and Doc was happy with him, Friday night we went out for Renes surprise farewell and Birthday celebration - it was the first time we have seen our friends in 5 months and was really lovely to catch up with them. Ren as i said in my previous blog we are going to miss you madly but know that this is going to be such an amazing adventure for you - so grab it and have the time of your life with Grant. Happy Birthday for yesterday my friend, i just know that this is the year you have been waiting for. We love you lots and we are going to miss you!
Saturday we spent in doors as it rained ..again...Deqlan took another 3 steps all by himself, and not even 2 minutes later i recieved an sms from my Mom saying that my gran had taken 3 steps by herself to! What a miracle! For those of you who dont know Nan has been in a wheelchair for quite some time now as she is to weak to walk - well, well what a lovely surprise to hear that she took some steps - how exciting - i pray you continue to get stronger every day Nan and that by the time Deqlan can come and visit you again you are both walking full force! We love and miss you so much Darling Nan, im so proud of you!
Great Grandad, Nanna, Meggie and I went to church Saturday night and enjoyed a very inspirational service about Faith and that even if you faith is a big as a mustard seed it can do miraculous things ! We also chatted about how being a Christian is hard work - it is not just something we pray about its something we take action in every second of the day. The mission starts at or church the next two weeks and we are trying to arrange for one of the Mission Fathers to come to Nannas house in the week to do a very special Blessing for Deqlan - that should be lovely for Father Scott to pop in on his rounds to do this Blessing!
Got home from church and a huge storm arrived - luckily we had just enough time to boil the kettle for Deqlans bottles , have a bite to eat and then the power went off....for two hours!!!! Mark was not impressed as he missed most of the rugby between New Zealand and France. What a schock for the power to come back on and to discover New Zealand out of the world cup!
Sunday the Sun came out! I was very exicted to take Deqlan for a walk in the pram as we havent done this in over a week because of all the rain! He sat eating his cheese puffs as we walked down the drive way enjoying the birds and plants! The power went off AGAIN - so Mark missed the Argentina vs Scotland game!
We Hope that the power stays on especially for the semi finals next weekend South Africa- Argentina!
Deqlan is walking and running around (holding one of our hands)at such a speed! His confidence is really picking up and im sure any day now we will have a little walking soldier on our hands, hooray! What a milestone!
Have a lovely week, thank you for your continued prayers, support, encouragement and for always checking in on us!
Please continue to pray for all our friends - especially Kate today, as she recieves the results of her bone marrow test - so far everything has shown fantastic results - praying for you all Kate and Jacobs family!
God Bless and please stay in touch and let us know how all of you are!
Lots of Love
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
By Jesus Stripes Deqlan is healed!
Friday, October 5, 2007
Round 9 down!
What a star patient Deqlan was today - again, not even a tear or moan as sister Suzette inserted the needle into the porto cath. He enjoyed eating some flings and watching his beloved May May on dvd. Nanna and I each held a hand to keep him from discovering the needle and then trying to pull it out! He was really the best patient i have ever seen! It took only about half an hour for the vincristine to run in and the line to be flushed and then Dr De Jager did a full check up - he is very pleased with Deqlan ! His weight stable at 10.3kg and all else looks great
We go for the 10th round 15th October, exactly the same procedure as today
11th round on 25th October where blood tests and urine tests will be done in the build up to the final re assesment
We then go back for ct and mri scans 31 October - scans will be done of the pelvis, chest, abdomen
First part of MIBG scan will be done 7 November, second part 8 Novemeber and the same day we will sit down with Doctor to discuss the results and where to from there!
On the whole Doc seems very happy and very positive today - thank you Dear Lord, music to my ears!
Thanks so much for your prayers for today and for Deqlans total and permanent healing - I know Our Lord is listening, he always does! Please continue to keep all of our friends in your thoughts and prayers - especially Kate as the Jacobs family await the results of all the tests they have this week!
God Bless have a stunning weekend and remain the amazing loyal strong comforting encouraging army you are
We love you all
Thank you Dear Lord that round 9 is down and only 2 to go, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS US
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
We go for the 10th round 15th October, exactly the same procedure as today
11th round on 25th October where blood tests and urine tests will be done in the build up to the final re assesment
We then go back for ct and mri scans 31 October - scans will be done of the pelvis, chest, abdomen
First part of MIBG scan will be done 7 November, second part 8 Novemeber and the same day we will sit down with Doctor to discuss the results and where to from there!
On the whole Doc seems very happy and very positive today - thank you Dear Lord, music to my ears!
Thanks so much for your prayers for today and for Deqlans total and permanent healing - I know Our Lord is listening, he always does! Please continue to keep all of our friends in your thoughts and prayers - especially Kate as the Jacobs family await the results of all the tests they have this week!
God Bless have a stunning weekend and remain the amazing loyal strong comforting encouraging army you are
We love you all
Thank you Dear Lord that round 9 is down and only 2 to go, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS US
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Deqlan takes 2 steps
I love Meggies Sunglasses!
I love helping Mama with the washing
I love helping Mama with the washing
Had to write a blog tonight to let you know that Deqlan tooks his first two steps all my himself! Mark and I looked at eah other and burst out laughing! My heart is beaming with pride - what an amazing sight,we so priviliged to have seen it first! Thank you Lord for an amazing mile stone Deqlan has reached - we are so proud! SO im sure its around the corner that my little baby shall be running around hooray, my how the time has flown
Deqlan is still recieving Birthday presents! He recieved a set of sports balls from Claire, Stephan and Hannah today - a football, basketball and soccer ball - he loves them thanks so much guys!Thank you to Claire for my stunning gifts and one of the mosty beautiful cards i have ever seen, your words touched me and I shall read the card each time i feel i need a lift, thank you for being such a special friend
Thank you to Claire for your fantastic contribution towards the Choc food packs!They are going to help so many families, thank you. Thank you to all that have contributed so much so far - i cant wait to thank each and every single one of you personally - thank you for doing this for Deqlan and for all the other families fighting paediatric cancer, God Bless you all for opening your hearts to this worthy cause
We got great news from our friends in Minnesota - Kates scans are showing great results and improvements! Thank you Lord - please continue to pray that the remainder of the tests continue to go as well and that we are soon saying Kate is NED - no evidence of disease!
My dear dear friend Ren and her boyfriend Grant are off to the UK for 2 years - they leave 10 October -i am going to miss you like mad Ren - i wish we had more time together these last few months - but i know you where with us in prayer and spirit - i know you of all people understand what Deqlan is going through - i salute you my friend for beating this 3 times -you are an inspiration to me and to Deqlan - go and have a ball in the UK - go and spread your wings and have the time of your life- I know you and Grant are going to be so happy together and the experience is going to be one of the best times of your life. I will miss you my dear friend, we love you very much. God Bless and be safe and cant wait to see you in March again!
Please pray for our little soldiers 9th round of chemo on Friday - please pray that his blood counts are great, that he handles this round just as well and that the chemo continues to kill and destroy any cancer cells Please pray that his immune system continues to strengthen and that he continues to do so very well
Have posted some new pics of Deqlan ( some of him doing the washing with me ha ha ha)- enjoy , he is doing so great, Praise Our Heavenly Father
Sleep tight, God Bless
Mark, Samm & Deqlan
We can do all things through Christ we strengthens us!
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