What a week!

After driving from Claremont to Dartmouth in a snowstorm for my PET scan on Mon. morning, we decided to hit the road for home after lunch on Mon. afternoon, as that snowstorm had ended, but there was another set to begin sometime on Tue. (New Year's Day) and continue into Wed. when we had originally planned to come home. We had rather clear driving considering the 4-5 inches of new snow that had fallen that morning, and made several stops - for dinner, some groceries, and Lisa wanted to get a few things at the after-Christmas sale at Target (Jilli calls it "circle shopping!).
We were about 5 miles from home, and had just crossed the Waldoboro town line when JJ said "my tummy doesn't feel good", and withing 30 seconds proceeded to vomit all over the car - all over himself, into his cowboy boots, into the bags of groceries, and all over several items packed around him in his seat. We limped home and left the kids in the car while Lisa and I shovelled a path to our door through the 12-14 inches of new snow we'd gotten in Waldoboro! Welcome home! We then spent the next several hours bathing JJ, cleaning up stuff, and getting the worst out of the car. We were up with him until midnight with "repeat performances", and then put him to bed, and he proceeded to "frook out" (Jilli's word for it) several more times through the night. The washer machine was literally running all night. New Year's Day dawned all too early after the busy night, and we tackled cleaning the van and then I drove out to get some "sickie" items at Hannaford. The rest of Tue. was rather uneventful, for which we were glad, and we thought we were back to normal on Wed., so we all went to church last night for dinner, worship team rehearsal, and I went to a meeting. Soon after getting home and going to bed, both Lisa and I began an all-night marathon of "Frooking out" and other stomach issues, and Jilli even joined in the fun sometime around 3am.
Lisa had made plans for a friend to watch the kids while I went to get some more of my pre-transplant tests done, but we cancelled that first thing this morning, as her son was home sick with the same thing. I also called and cancelled my tests for today, and we've spent the rest of the day dozing in the living room, nursing ginger ale and crackers, while the kids have watched videos. They both just went down for naps, and I am going to follow suit shortly, but wanted to blog on this first.

As for transplant related news, we found out yesterday afternoon that my "perfect donor" will not be able to donate due to something found in his medical workup. My 2 backup donors are being contacted today to go for further medical workup, and we'll see how quickly all of this can happen. It is likely, though not certain, at this point, that my transplant date will be postponed, so we have begun a "holding pattern".

Here's how you can best pray with us right now:
1) That we would all get over this stomach bug that is going around our church and community, and quickly!
2) That the 2 backup donors would be able to do their medical workups as soon as possible, and that one of them would prove to be just as good a match as my original donor.
3) That my transplant would not be delayed by this recent turn of events. Too much delay could force us to consider other treatment options.
4) That we would have peace in the midst of all of this, and be strengthened by God's power and overwhelmed by His mercy.

Thanks for continuing to check in, and for your continued prayers, support and encouragement!