Day 100...

Today marks the 100th day of Cooper battling and kicking cancers ass!

(yes we now cuss a little, ha!)

For those of you still here and alongside us on day 100... THANK YOU!!!! It's heavy, it's a lot and yet you are still here. Still praying, still checking in, still showing up... You don't have to, yet you are choosing to and that is the greatest gift to us. God is using each one of you to weave this awful story into something beautiful.

This week we had our big appointment. Both Cooper and I were feeling all the things on a bit more of an intense scale. The logical part of my brain says this should get easier each time, yet it seems to be having the opposite effect.

I've learned how to embrace the tears as they come. They came a LOT that morning... While I was getting ready, when I got a text from my friend, seeing Coop laying on the bed in the surgery room, sitting in the waiting room... I don't quite understand why and when it hits me either but it was a hard day.

Long story short, surgery was a success!

And the BEST NEWS EVER.... His bone marrow came back 100% clear of any detectable cancer cells!!!! Thank you Jesus!!! That is exactly what we were hoping for and in that moment, I felt a huge weight fall off my shoulders. I didn't realize how much I had been tensing them until that tension was released. For reference, when he initially had his bone marrow tested, 80% of it had leukemia blasts in it and now it's 0%!!! So, we are on the right track!

Cooper is super smart and has caught on to a lot of the medical terms and knowledge around his cancer. Yet, he's still quite innocent. When we got the 0% bone marrow results in, I of course ran into his room and told him. His response, "that's good right?" ... Yes buddy, that's EXACTLY what we were praying for!

We also found out Cooper's official end of treatment date!!

🧡 February 21, 2027 🧡

That will be a GOOD DAY!! For ALL of us!!

I'll never know the full capacity of how God is using Cooper's story but I trust that He is doing BIG things with it. God and I have had several conversations around that, ha! I do know, these 3 incredible sisters he has are forever changed. Their bond has deepened so beautifully.

Cooper, I hope someday when you read this as a healthy adult you are SO dang proud (and have a ton of compassion and grace) for your 9 year old self and what he was able to endure. You are already incredible and I know God is continuing to mold and shape you through every step of this tough journey.

A few tangible things Coop has conquered in the last 100 days:

-440 pills swallowed

-42 shots received

-port accessed 10 times

-received 17 IV chemo's

-4 surgeries

-13 blood draws

-6 spinal taps

-3 bone marrow aspirations

(yes, I track ALL. THE. THINGS.)

100 days ago, Cooper didn't even know what cancer was. It's all so surreal.

Please keep praying for protection over Cooper's body as he processes these harsh drugs. Pray that as we prepare for a tough phase of treatment where those dang steroids come back that his blood sugars don't go so crazy again and his counts recover strong. Pray for the chains of fear to be broken from our hearts and spirits so we can embrace the life and moments we do have. Pray for wisdom for David and I as we continue to navigate decisions on all levels. And always, please continue to pray for 100% healing for my boy!!

Much Love 🧡