PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!!

The best news we have ever received..........John Michael's lymph nodes are negative....NO CANCER!!!!! God is absolutely AMAZING!!!! We will get a final report on all of the testing from the surgery next week but that was the biggest one!!! Gosh....we can't thank everyone enough for their prayers and God for answering them right away.  As of right now we will be scheduling his cat scans for every three months.  If there are other lymph nodes that still show inflammation on the next scan then they will more than likely be biopsied....it's always nice to know for sure than to wait.  But what a relief this news is!!!!!  Once we get the final results back I will update the blog again! John Michael is doing great from his surgery! Miranda is such an AWESOME big sister....she takes such good care of him!!!! We are just so BEYOND happy!    

Doing Great!

We are waiting on the doctors to come in and be released this morning! The nurses said they can't believe he is that active for just being out of surgery! He was already trying to jump in his hospital crib! Hahaha! He is a trooper! So now is the waiting period again! Please pray for negative cancer results in the lymph nodes! Thank you again for all the support and prays for our little bundle of joy!!

Also Miranda came up to visit last night and she was GREAT!!! She gave him a big and kiss right away and he LOVED it! The monkey in the picture was from his sister! They are so close and a great support for him! He just glows when he sees her!
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Final surgery update

What a long day it has been! John Michael is amazing and all the support from Family and Friends has been more than we could ever ask for! We are truly lucky! John Michaels surgery lasted about 2.5 hours and they made an inscision in the neck and removed 3 sets of lymph nodes which the surgeon said were still large. Not the news we wanted but we will have to wait another week for those results. The leasion on his eye was removed successfully. They did not have to cut into the muscle! YAY!!!! We did have to stay at Riley tonight so they could keep an eye on his incisions and manage his pain levels. We will more than likely be leaving in the morning! He is doing great! He was definetly hungry and drinking well!!!! The doctors, nurses, and Riley have been wonderful!!! I will continue to keep updating as he progresses and we get results back. I could not thank everyone enough for the prayers and support! God is so powerful!!!!!
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Surgery Update 1

John Michael went back to surgery around 12:30pm and did good! He wanted Mommy and Daddy this time when the nurse took him but we know he is in great hands! When we talked to the doctor prior to surgery he informed us that he will be removing the cancer on the left of his eye (which we knew) but there has been more research and doctors looking at his pet ct since it is very rare and decided they needed to make an insicion in his neck to remove a couple lynph nodes! We were not expecting this at all! He will be staying overnight at Riley to make sure everything is okay before he goes home! Please pray that he has no cancer in his lymph nodes! He will be in surgery about 3 hours. The nurse just came and said that he did great being put on the anesthesia and getting the IV's put in. She said they were just getting him situated to start the surgery so we will know an exact time when she comes back to update us! Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the prayers and support!
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Before Surgery

Getting ready to go back to surgery! He is doing great and will post again when we get an update!
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Surgery Preperation

It is finally here.  We got the call to confirm John Michael's surgery to be at 11:00am tomorrow morning.  I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my life.  I know it is the best thing that could ever happen but as a mother I just never imagined this for my children.  I know he will do great......if he is as ornery tomorrow as he is today.....I know he will be just fine....hahahaha!!! He is a firecracker..that's for sure.  Please keep John Michael and the doctors/Nurses in your prayers.  This is going to be a BIG day for us.  I will try and update periodically throughout the day.

Our Father in Heaven, we thank you for our lives and our health. We love you Father and we love John Michael Bledsoe III. We are grateful he is in our lives. We are offering a prayer before surgery so that John Michael may feel your love and our love. And Father, please bless John Michael to be comforted and free from worry or stress at this time.  We are grateful for the skilled surgeons and medical staff that are all around us now. We ask you to bless the doctors that will attend to John Michael that they will be inspired by you, that their skills be made strong, hands be made steady and sure and that the operation will go smoothly and be a success.  Please send angels and your love. We invite you to attend and direct the surgery.  Please, Father, bless the surgery recovery time to be pleasant, free from illness, infection and stress. Please bless John Michael's body to respond well to the surgery and all the medications. Please bless the healing after surgery to be rapid and perfect. Bless John Michael to return to normal life and responsibilities as soon as possible. Give him strength that he will use his health to love and serve you as you have loved and served him.  Please bless the doctors for their skills and education; and for being able and willing to help us all at this time.  We thank you for all you have given us, and ask for these blessings on all, especially John Michael Bledsoe III. This is our prayer. All of this we ask for; if it be it will, in Jesus Christ's name, Amen.

John Michael Bledsoe III Lymphoma Fund

There has been a fund set up on behalf of John Michael Bledsoe III.  All of the information is on the blog. You can donate at any Key Bank location or through PayPal which can be accessed through the blog.  If you choose to send a check it can be sent to:

Key Bank
Attn: Susan Fruits
John Michael Bledsoe III Lymphoma Fund
1305 East 86th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240

John Michael III continues to accrue medical bills & have co-pays associated with doctors, hospitals and procedures. These expenses will continue until he is cancer free. Your donations will help our family, for which we are beyond thankful. Any gifts you feel led to give are very much appreciated & needed for the bills now and yet to come! Any financial support given will not be considered a charitable donation but can be claimed as a gift on your taxes. Funds will be used solely for expenses relating to John Michael III's road to recovery. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts for your gift and love offering.

2 days till surgery!

Well it seems like John Michael's fever has finally went away so we are set to go for Thursday at 8:30am.  We have to be at Riley at 6:30am.  It has been a long wait but hopefully everything goes as planned and the cancer will be GONE! I will update everyone periodically through the day on Thursday! Please keep John Michael, the doctors, and all of his nurses in your prayers! Thanks so much for the continuous prayers as well!!!!!!    

Relay For Life

What a GREAT event!!!! We were glad to join everyone for the survivor walk!!!! My little fighter had a blast!!!
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Change in plans!

The surgery has been postponed until next Thursday May 19th at 8:30am.  Last night John Michael started running a temp of about 103 degrees and still had one this morning of 102 degrees.  With his fever they would rather not do surgery with the risk of getting pneumonia or anything else with his immune system being down.  He's a tough little guy though.......last night poor thing couldn't hardly keep his eyes open trying to eat his crackers! So eating and drinking fluids is not an issue for him.  Today he has been pretty active. So we will just wait this out another week to get him all better again.  We cannot wait for this all to be over with! The prayers and support are SO much appreciated! Thank You...we couldn't do this without a great support system! I will update again in a few days to give an update on him.  Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend and hopefully this nice weather will continue!

Surgery Scheduled!!!

Today we met with the surgeon and we have surgery scheduled for Friday May 13th, 2011.  The surgeon is very positive about being able to remove all the cancer at that time.  Since some of the cancer is down in the muscle he will have to remove part of the muscle and stitch it back up which he said will heal and re-grow.  It will not affect any of his vision or eye growth or movement as he grows.....which is AWESOME!!! He will have a scar about an inch long next to his eye but we will take a scar any day!!! Thank you again for everyone's continuous prayers and support.  We are very thankful for all of the people who have included John Michael on their prayer list at their church.  Prayer is so powerful!!! I will update everyone again after John Michael's surgery next week.  It will be outpatient but an all day event.  The surgery will take approximately an hour and a half.  The rest is just preparation and recovery. Also big sister is doing GREAT!!! She knows brother has a boo-boo and it's going to get fixed but being 3 she still doesn't understand.  She has loved staying with family and friends during our Riley visits.  I think she is getting spoiled by all of this.....HAHAHA!!! We are so thankful to have such caring family and friends to be there for us.  Hopefully this surgery will be the last thing we have to do to cure John Michael besides the scans every 3 months to make sure it is gone and STAYS GONE! Miranda has done very well and soon our life will be back on our daily routine!!! I feel like we have been to the hospital like every other day for the last month.....hahaha!!!! Hope everyone is dong GREAT and will update everyone soon!