Need prayers for an urgent matter!!!

Very Disappointed!
Cassidy is very disappointed!
We need all your prayers in this matter.

As you all know, Cassidy has been soooooooo looking forward to return to her own school "Cliffwood". All the love and support from her principal, teachers and friends at Cliffwood was what kept her fighting strong all these months. But we have just found out in the last few days that there may be a problem for Cassidy to return to Cliffwood !!??!!

And it's not something Cassidy or any of us can do to help it. We were told that due to some complicated school board budget and issues, Cliffwood might not be able to take Cassidy back despite all the things done by the school, the medical specialists and the social workers team all working together hoping to soon bring Cassidy back to Cliffwood to be with her friends.

I remember when CaCa was in ICU after her 15 hours surgery, she was crying and saying "I just want my life back". And we told her to stay strong and fight hard so she can be back to her normal life sooner. And to our little princess, her life = her school, her friends, her home and church.

Now that she has fought the battle and at the victory over all her chemotherapies and getting a hang at her physiotherapies, when it's time she's looking at the light at the end of this long tunnel, when she's seeing she's getting so close back to Cliffwood and all her cheering teachers and friends, some heartbreaking school board and admin issues came up to kill the dreams that a little girl has worked so hard to catch. A kind-spirited little girl who went through bone cancer; endured big surgeries; suffered amputation; tormented by harsh chemotherapies; worked so hard at painful physiotherapies just to be able to stand up tall again on her own leg and prothesis and still having to take many more needles and scans and medical tests for the rest of her life,
all she asks for is to be able to come home to her brother and parents
and
be back at her own school where she was taken from by cancer in April of 2007.

Cassidy's heart is so broken now by this news, and so are ours. There has to be something someone can do?! The principal, teachers and kids at Cliffwood are all supportive of Cassidy's return and have been so looking forward to the day. The school is limited by some budget issues that they cannot hire personal worker to help Cassidy at school but Mommy Carmen is ready to volunteer 100% of the time that Cassidy is at school. CaCa is saying "I just want to go back to school and live a normal life! I lost my leg and a lot of time, I gotta go back to school to catch up with my friends!"

Would you please pray really really hard for God to show us the way and bring to us someone who can help Cassidy to return to Cliffwood? Would you, whoever reading this blog, pray that those who have power and authority to make a difference in this to have a heart to care and to understand how much this means to Cassidy.

When you are 7 years old, your friends and your school are your world besides your family. Cliffwood and all the teachers and friends are the whole world and life for Cassidy, they are what kept her going during the darkest time in her life, the thought of being back at Cliffwood one day is what kept our little princess fighting so hard all along. The love and support from Cliffwood is all her emotional support all these month.

Please don't rob this from our little girl who already endured and suffered some much in life! Please don't let some human-intercedable issue kill the dreams and future of a girl who's willing to work hard to make a difference in people's life despite her own disability.

Please pray for God to mend the broken heart in Cassidy.
Please help!
Please do something!

Packing Up Soon!!!

Praise the Lord!! Cassidy has been doing well over the week and was home to enjoy a nice long weekend with GorGor Aaron. Such a nice idea to have a Family Day holiday that encourages everyone to spend time with the family. God brings people into our lives and families to love us and also for us to love them so we all learn to love with the love of God. Remember? We love because God first loved us, even when we have sinned and fall short of the glory of God! What a wonderful God we have in heaven! It's such a blessing to be the children of God and it is awesome to become family with God and all the people who loves our Lord Jesus Christ!

CaCa has returned to Bloorview just Monday night and according to schedules, CaCa should be released from Bloorview this Friday and change into day patient. That means she would have to get up very very early in the morning to catch the Bloorview bus at 7:30am. Please remember to continue to pray for CaCa's health and strength to be able to withstand this new stress of having to get up early and pray for God to show us if there is another alternative within His will. Also, pray for mommy and daddy to also have the health and strength and endurance to also adapt to this new daily routines as getting up early; waking Cassidy up early; preparing Cassidy to leave the house early and packing things needed throughout a day at Bloorview early in the morning are way much more stressful than staying at Bloorview with Cassidy. So as we joyfully celebrate the coming home of Cassidy, let us continue to support the whole family by prayers that they also smoothly morph into this new challenging daily routines. Pray also for CaCa to continue to do well in her physiotherapy and her mobility with the new prothesis, so that she may finish up all treatments sooner.

There will be a MRI scan this Thursday for Cassidy, please pray for a smooth procedure and for God to give wisdom to doctors to have a good and thorough study of the MRI reports so they can see clearly the most current condition of CaCa's health.

We are so looking forward to a big party to celebrate Cassidy's progress with you all. Stay tuned and we'll keep you all posted on our big party plan! Cheers!

Some updates!

Hello Everyone, you must be wondering where Cassidy is lately. Well, we've been busy with Chinese New Year celebrations and then back to SickKids doing some scans so we lost track of times. After a cold cold windy weekend, Cassidy was back at SickKids yesterday for CT Scan and Bone Scan in the morning and then has gone back to Bloorview last night. There will be an MRI next week at SickKids and then perhaps by next Friday, CaCa will be discharged from Bloorview and change into Day Patient status.

CaCa was supposed to be discharged this Friday but there are a few more things to be sorted out and CaCa has to learn to use the washroom independently before she goes home. So let us pray for Cassidy to have strength to work hard at handling her prosthesis and moving around when using the washroom. Also pray for God to prepare her both physically and emotionally to adapt well back home and for Mommy, Daddy and GorGor Aaron to have wisdom from God to make the home safe and comfy for CaCa.

The nurses were telling Mommy that CaCa's leg will begin to feel pain as the nerves start to work and CaCa is recently feeling the pain in her leg. Nurses said it will help if the leg is often touched but CaCa is mostly afraid of touching her leg. So please pray for God to give courage to CaCa to feel around her leg more to help the nerves learn the new feelings in the skin to make the "pain" feeling go away. And pray that God will comfort CaCa whenever the leg hurts again and help her to be joyful about it as it is a good sign of the new nerves working. Pray also for all doctors and nurses to have wisdom from God to continue to give the best treatment and care to our little princess.

As CaCa gets discharged from Bloorview and change to Day Patient, she will then need to get up really really early everyday to take the Bloorview Bus to go to Bloorview for school and rehab, and we are worrying that this would create new stresses for CaCa as well as the rest of the family. Please pray for God to work things out for CaCa that we can either find a better alternative to dragging her out of bed so early to catch the bus or for CaCa to have the strength and health to adapt to this harsh schedule.

There will be many changes in the weeks and months to come, CaCa can't wait to go home and celebrate her new life with everyone. Furthermore, we are in the planning for our trip to Disney Florida this July. So pray for God to guide us all through the coming months and also pray for God to reveal His plan for us all.

A whole Ocean Animal Series

Thanks to Heidi Jei Jei, CaCa has collected a whole series of the Ocean Animal Pooh. The Jelly Fish and the Star Fish is Dr. Jesse's favorite and CaCa loves all of them. We also added a Turtle Pooh from another series to enlarge this Ocean Series, remember to ask CaCa to show you her whole new Pooh series next time you visit her.

CaCa is doing well in this cold weekend, but Mommy Carmen is feeling a little soar throat. So please pray that Mommy gets well and that CaCa doesn't get sick from anyone neither. We should be going in to SickKids for some test throughout the next week or so, so stay tuned for the updates!

Once again, Cassidy did well in clearing off her chemo this time and is already back at Bloorview today. Good girl Ca, we are proud of you for being so good in drinking lots to clear the chemo. You are now OFFICIALLY DONE!

We'll just be at Bloorview briefly and then going home tomorrow to celebrate a fun filled weekend of Chinese New Year! CaCa wishes to greet everyone a happy healthy joyous and blessed year of 2008. May God our Father blesses you all and may His Holy Spirit fill all your hearts so that we all live another worshipful year with thanksgiving to our Lord Jesus Christ.

CaCa can't wait to see you all and play with you all! Drive safe and don't get stuck in the white stuff!!

Done! Done! and Done!

Thanks to all your prayers, Cassidy was called back to SickKids on Monday morning, and after waited almost the whole day, they finally started the hydration drips around midnight and by Tuesday morning, all the chemo drips are done and over. We are just waiting for CaCa's body to clear up the chemo drugs and then she can be released back to Bloorview.

That's all for the chemo rounds and we'll just have to wait for the final big scan coming up. So let's continue to pray for Cassidy's body to stay strong and pray for God to take away any side effects. CaCa was not eating too well lately so we need to pray for God to help her with her appetite so she would feel to eat more healthy and yummy food.

Cassidy got a very nice Butterfly Bouquet and a Chocolate Bouquet to cheer her on as she completes up all her chemo rounds. It is another big big step she took since chemo started in May of last year. In celebrating such great achievement, we are planning to bring Cassidy to a shopping trip in Marchbreak. Nothing is confirmed yet, so please pray for God's guidance on this, would ya?!

Yeah! Ca! You've made it! Praise the Lord! No more chemo! Yeah!!!

Waiting for a bed!!

Cassidy was back at SickKids on Thursday getting all ready for her very very last chemo, but....... there was no bed for our little princess!?! Well, that's not too too bad as CaCa then gets to sneak home for a weekend of fun with GorGor Aaron. We're now on call to take CaCa in as soon as they have bed and we are all hoping that CaCa gets done and gets out of SickKids for the big Chinese New Year. So please pray for God's best timing for CaCa's very last chemo and if it is His will, to let CaCa get done in time to celebrate Chinese New Year.

On behalf of CaCa, Aaron, Mommy and Daddy, Dr. Jesse wishes everyone a healthy and blessed Chinese New Year! Cheeeeers!