Mommy & Baby Jeremiah Forever!
My sweet love - 3 months old.

My only son Jeremiah was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in the Summer of '94. He was 3 years old at that time. He relapsed in the fall of '95 with A.L.L. in the CNS fluid. He underwent his bone marrow transplant shortly after and made it to 100 days out of transplant when he relapsed again. After high dose chemo and tons of radiation, he had an Omayan Resevoir placed, which is a special port that is placed in the central brain cavity to directly administer chemo. This was a "last resort" effort to make sure the chemo would hit the "bad" cells directly and not have any trouble crossing the blood/brain barrier...which had been the problem.


Jereimiah 3 1/2 yrs old & 3 months into his Chemo
Celebrating our wedding Dec. 1995



Daddy & Jer's - 4 years old.



Jeremiah & his favorite playpal & story teller - Nana (his grandma)1996

Jeremiah was so brave and so strong and held through so much, I was amazed! he was my hero! After this surgery the Omayan Reservoir worked well for a while, but in May '97 Jeremiah relapsed again, same place, same situation. We went to Texas Childrens, and MD Anderson to try some experimental drugs, but that did not take either. We went back to conventional chemotherapy, as well as differernt holistic medicine and natural therapies. We took Jeremiah home in July '97...we had an awesome summer! We did anything and everything! We broke all the rules of the house, and played ball inside, had water fights inside, ate cookies in bed and made sure there was lots of crumbs everywhere!

We sat outside on warm summer nights, just counting stars and talking about how much we loved each other. We talked about going to heaven, we talked about seeing Jesus, we talked. By late August '97 Jeremiah was on hospice care, he had lost control of all bodily functions and was not eating or drinking anything. We kept watch over him day and night. September 9th he was taken by ambulance back to the hospital, to be made more comfortable and to give everyone a chance to say goodbye. He was surrounded by so much love and prayer and song. It was overwhelming! On September 11, 1997 I held him in my arms for the last time. I laid in bed next to him and kissed his little face whispering I love you's in his ear as he took his last breath...he was free, finally free! He was not bound by his earthly body any longer, but was now free to live! I love you my sweet Jer-Bear! I love you!


In memory of Jeremiah Michael...2-21-91~9-11-97...

"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the heavens claim your limbs, then you shall truly dance!"
from the works of Kahil Gilbran

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"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" From the Movie Cinderella
 

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