One more to go!

CaCa has done great in this round of Chemo and her body clears off very quickly that it didn't even need all 72 hours to clear off the chemo drug. She is now just released by SickKids and waiting for Daddy to come pick her up and bring her back to Bloorview. Then according to the schedule, if CaCa's blood levels are good and all goes well, she would be back at SickKids again this Thursday for her very very LAST round of chemotherapy. Praise God for CaCa's great progress and let us continue to pray for CaCa's body to stay strong and well throughout all the rest of treatments.

CaCa will then be having a full big scan in February as a check up after the completion of all chemotherapy and that would mark another beginning of CaCa's life as she becomes cancer free and gradually adapting back to normal life. Although she would still be having her physiotherapy at Bloorview as a day patient, but she can stay home all the time with GorGor Aaron and to play with him all the time. And once she gets a good hang on walking more stable with her prosthesis, she can then start to try coming back to Cliffwood, her own school, and be able to catch up with all her friends at school. She can also then start to come back to church and worship God with all her brothers and sisters in the family of God.

CaCa is so exciting about completing all treatments and be able to go anywhere she likes and do all different things with GorGor Aaron. She is so looking forward to seeing all her friends and school and church and she is so longing to be able to go on a trip to Disney. CaCa's got a long list of things she wants to do when she's done with all treatments and be able to move on in life. Let us all pray for CaCa to stay well and healthy, pray for her good appetite to eat all yummy meals to make her body strong, pray for God to provide all needed arrangements to make CaCa's transition to go back to home and school, pray for CaCa to grow up with wisdom from God to be able to help others with her experience in cancer and pray for CaCa to continue to shine the lights of God's hope onto people and glorifying God by sharing the love of God with many more.

CaCa's big ministry.

CaCa was back at SickKids on Thursday as scheduled for her 2nd last chemo round. When she got there at SickKids, the doctor asked her to help out with his other patient who is a teenage boy who also has Osteosarcoma exactly at the same location as Cassidy. He had already had a limb salvage surgery some time ago but his cancer has came back and he was facing the decision to have an amputation. So CaCa went on a mission to meet with this teenage boy to show him her leg and to talk with him. CaCa was a little hesitant at first but when she realized that this boy and his family is going through a very hard time making the decision, she felt that she might be able to help them by showing them her leg and how she can still live a very fun and happy life. We believe that the joy and hope that CaCa has in God is revealed to this boy and his family and let us pray for this boy for his strength, and that they may find comfort and peace as they take this big step.

This was also a big step for Cassidy as she has always been hesitant in showing her leg to anyone. We praise God that CaCa finds strength and confidence about her amputation and her joy and hope in God despite her difference. By the grace and love of God, CaCa has turned what seems to be a curse into great blessings. She has become such a blessing to all of us throughout the journey and is now becoming much greater blessings to those whom we don't know but are going through struggles in life. By the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we proclaim victory over pains and sufferings in life, and by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we defeat all evil and all evil schemes . And in the Name of God, we pray that Cassidy grows up to become a great minister to all others as well as great blessings to others as she shares her journey of cancer to all those who God brings along her life's way.

A Cheerful Busy Day!

Cassidy enjoyed another great weekend at home and attending the long anticipated wedding. She enjoyed the great party much except she was not allowed to eat most of the food that she wanted at the banquet so she was a upset and cried. But nevertheless, CaCa had a great time at the wedding.

As CaCa has gone back to Bloorview, today was an exceptional busy day for her. Specialists and her case manager have gone to do a thorough school visit with CaCa and Mama Carmen this morning at Cliffwood so they can complete an accurate report on CaCa's need when she becomes ready to return to school. The healthcare resource is scarced so let us pray that CaCa's case got approved for personal worker to be granted to care for her when it's time for her to return to regular school so we don't have to worry about her going up and down the stairs and accessing the classrooms and washrooms. CaCa was so glad to see all her friends, teachers and her principal again!

CaCa got a little dizzy from travelling all around this morning and made it back to Bloorview for a very late lunch. According to the schedules, CaCa is due back to SickKids on Thursday for another round of Chemo. Please keep CaCa in our prayers that she stays strong and healthy so that she does well in this round of chemo as we count down to her chemo completion day.

CaCa Jue, you've done great! You're almost done! We'll keep cheering on for you!

Enjoying rest from chemo this week at Bloorview

Cassidy is enjoying her first of the 2 weeks break from chemo at Bloorview. She was home to enjoy playtime with GorGor Aaron and being home with mommy and daddy over the weekend and has already returned to Bloorview to continue her classes and physiotherapies. CaCa was so looking forward to swim at Bloorview and she finally had the chance to go for a dip last night and had so much fun. She is now struggling between the choices of the Baking Class and swimming on Wednesday nights because she also loves baking on every Wednesday nights but she also wants to swim as much as she can since swimming is only available on Monday and Wednesday nights. Oh..... our little princess just have to learn to make some important life choices. But Dr. Jesse says go for baking coz the cookies are yummy yummy....hehe ; p

Mommy says CaCa's doing well and she's feeling fine these last few days, praise God for keeping CaCa well since her last chemo, let's pray that her blood counts stay at a good level and that she remains strong and healthy all the way through her treatments. There is a wedding of a relative this Saturday and CaCa is so looking forward to it. Let's pray that God gives CaCa extra strength this weekend so she gets to enjoy seeing all the relatives who haven't seen her for long and that God would protect her from any sickness even being around so many people. Pray that CaCa and GorGor stick together and have lots of fun at the wedding, and Aaron can help take care of CaCa when mommy and daddy might get busy at times. Aaron, you are such a hero to CaCa, CaCa is so lucky to have a big brother like you.

According to the schedule, CaCa should be back at SickKids next Thursday for the next round of chemo. It is so nice to count down on just 2 more rounds for CaCa.

Keep up the good work Princess, we're cheering for you all the way!

Another one done!!

Praise The Lord! Cassidy has made it through another round of chemo smoothly and has returned to Bloorview yesterday afternoon. There will be 2 weeks of rest from chemo and then 2 more rounds and we're done!!! Way to go girl!

Cassidy is doing well at Bloorview and was enjoying play at Bloorview's play program last night. According to her treatment schedule, the doctors are planning to let her come home hopfully sometime in February and only return as a day patient for her rehab program, then perhaps in March or April, Cassidy can gradually return to her regular school.

Let us all pray hard for Cassidy to remain strong and healthy so she can finish up all her chemo as scheduled. Then pray that she does well in her rehab treatment when she becomes an outpatient in the next month. Also pray for God's guidance on CaCa's returning to regular school especially about how she can adapt to the stairs at Cliffwood. Mama Carmen and Papa Andy needs all the wisdom from God to plan for the best for Cassidy. And most importantly, pray for GorGor Aaron to enjoy the company of Cassidy again as she can soon return home to stay. Pray that Aaron and CaCa invent more fun play and cherishable moments together and that Aaron can help mommy and daddy out in taking care of our little princess. A loving big brother is such a great gift from God to all little girls. Cheers!

Almost Done!

Happy New Year again everyone! We're all back to school today, Dr. Jesse wishes everyone a fun learning day at school and prays that everyone gets back into a hardworking mode quickly and easily after a great long holiday.

Princess Cassidy had a great great great Christmas filled with lots of presents and parties and friends and love. We praise God for blessing her with so many friends, uncles and aunties and for so much love and support, we are so thankful to God for all of you and we cannot thank you all enough for showing us the love that cannot have came from anywhere else but from our heavenly Father.

Cassidy's blood level was not quite high enough for chemo last week so they gave her another week of rest from treatment and just called her back to SickKids yesterday afternoon to start the next round of chemo. According to the schedule, CaCa has only 3 rounds of chemo left and she'll be done. Way to go! CaCa! Let us pray that Cassidy responds well in this round of chemo as well as the rest of them, pray that God would again minimize the side effects of these last rounds of chemo that Cassidy can still sleep and eat well during these times. Pray for the chemo drug to work well to eliminate all tumor cells in Cassidy's body so that she remains strong, healthy and cancer free.

CaCa has been working hard on getting used to her prosthesis, let us also remember to pray for her progress so that she can be up and running around soon. Cassidy likes to go places and she would be thrilled when she's all trained up to go all places without the wheelchair and walker. Cassidy, keep up the good work and let's go all over the world to share the love of God to all people as Jesus told all of us to do. We'll cheer on for you!

At the beginning of a new year, let us all pray that this year would be overflowing of love and blessings from God above. Let us dedicate this year 2008 to our Lord Jesus Christ that we commit our lives to Him to love others and to become a blessing to others around us.

A Great New Year to Everyone!

It has been a great Christmas for Cassidy as she was able to come home and see her friends and family over this holiday week. She has been blessed by so many friends from both school and church. Friends from the BTBC Joshua fellowship had thrown a party for her, then the Wismer church friends also thrown her a surprised party. Then there were many more parties and many more visited her at home in the last few days. CaCa is so happy to be home this Christmas and she can't wait till all treatments are over and she can be home with GorGor Aaron more often.

As some of you knew already, CaCa has gone back for her treatments and just a few more weeks, she will be done her chemotherapy. Praise God for keeping CaCa well throughout her chemo treatment and thank God for all the love and support from all who loves her much. Let us continue to pray for Cassidy's recovery and especially her physiotherapies as she learns to walk better with her prosthesis. May we also remember to pray for CaCa to continue to adapt well to all new adjustments of her prosthesis as she continue to grow and learn to walk well.

As we count down to a brand new year, let us count all our heavenly blessings that God has poured onto us all in this past year and let us give our thanksgiving to our heavenly Father for keeping and blessing us throughout 2007. May we all grow spiritually and love God ever more in the coming new year that we live a more God glorifying life pleasing to our Lord Jesus Christ.

On behalf of our princess Cassidy, our prince Aaron, Mama Carmen and Papa Andy, Dr. Jesse wishes everyone a great, happy and healthy new year of 2008. May God's blessings be continue pouring onto you all and that our love for God and all others be overflowing all year through.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Praise The Lord! The Cliffwood Cookie Bash was a great success, thanks to many helps we got from great aunties, we got just enough cookies for everyone at Cliffwood and Mama Carmen joyfully brought them all to Cliffwood on Friday afternoon and joined the Cliffwood troops in their Christmas Concert. When everyone at Cliffwood heard that Mama Carmen brought homemade cookies for the whole school, every child applauded and cheered with glee. And we all sang We Wish You A Merry Christmas together to wish Cassidy and everyone in the world a Happy and Blessed Christmas. Cassidy's best friends from Cliffwood also presented to Mama Carmen a stack of Christmas cards her grade 2 class made for Cassidy and Cassidy was so thrilled to receive them when we brought them back to Bloorview for her. Cassidy also made a stack of Christmas cards for everyone in her grade 2 class but Mommy was too busy making sure about the cookies and forgot to bring Cassidy's cards to school. But she promised to put them by the door so she will remember to bring them the next time she visits Cliffwood in the New Year. Here are some pictures of the Cookies we brought to Cliffwood and Cassidy reading the nice Christmas Cards from her grade 2 friends.

Cassidy was surprised by a big party on Friday night at Bloorview. Just when she was getting ready to go home for Christmas, her friends and aunties and uncles from the Joshua fellowship came with pots and pans of yummy food to throw her a big Christmas party at Bloorview. She enjoyed the party so much and then so happily went home to spend Christmas with GorGor Aaron and Mommy and Daddy. Cassidy say Thank You to everyone who planned this big party for her, it makes a happy start for her Christmas week.

CaCa is now home to take a break from all treatments and needles. But she still has to practice on her own everyday wearing her new prosthesis. Let us pray for a few things in specific for Cassidy during this Christmas week. First, let us pray that Cassidy's body stays healthy and her blood level stays at good level so that she can fight off any minor germs that might get her sick.
Second, let us pray that Cassidy has a good appetite at home so that she gets to eat lots and lots of yummy treats and build up a much stronger body.
Third, let us pray for God to protect Cassidy and everyone around her from any bits of virus or sickness so that everyone can enjoy a great holiday with Cassidy.
Fourth, pray that Cassidy and everyone around her get to share the love and joy and peace from our God in heaven during this Christmas season so that everyone is reminded of the greatest love of eternal life God has prepared as gifts to everyone of us.

Cassidy says she can't wait to more parties next week, and she is especially excited about the surprised ones because it is fun not knowing when her friends will show up with cheers and food. And CaCa reminds everyone to remember to wear enough clothes so no one catches a cold and end up with a runny nose like she is. And she reminds every uncle and auntie to drive safely when they go to and from places in this holiday.

On behalf of CaCa, Aaron, Carmen and Andy, Dr. Jesse prays that may all blessings of Joy, Love and Peace from heaven above be poured onto you all and all your loved ones this Holy Christmas Season and Forever and ever. Amen.

Cliffwood...here we come!

Thanks to all your prayers, Cassidy was so happy yesterday that she could rush back in time for the afternoon Bloorview concert where she was one of the singers in the choir. CaCa says it was the best concert ever and Mama Carmen was very touched by the many kids who sang together in the choir. Both Cassidy and Mommy felt that although we had to suffer together over Cassidy's cancer, but we are so blessed that we still can move around, use our voice to sing, and stretch our arms to hug our mommies when there are so many kids who can only move with the help of a machine or they use all their strength but still cannot utter a sound to sing. Mama Carmen says we should all treasure all the gifts and our life that God has blessed us with and use them to glorify God. And we should also learn to love and appreciate the hard works of these children with disabilities. It may be easy to love them and care for them now when they are small children, but soon enough they will be grown ups and they will have to face high schools, universities and the working world on their own but there are the places where people neglect them and look down on them. Cassidy is praying that all kids will now learn to love people with disabilities and so they will grow up to be buddies with big people also with disabilities. May God bless the hearts of those who have a willing heart to love and care for people with special needs.

Cassidy has almost finished all the Thank You Cards and Christmas Cards and some of her gifts and cards have been delivered last night. Cassidy sends big Thanks to the Wismer Church, the BTBC English Congregation and the BTBC Choir who showed her so much love, sent her so much gifts and cards, visited her and prayed ever faithfully for her all these time. Cassidy says she wishes to see everybody soon when she's all better and can come to church again.

As we told you before, Mama Carmen is getting busy with making cookies for the troops at Cliffwood to thank them for their love and support to Cassidy and their family in the last many months. And also thanks to many nice ladies who offered to help with this big mission. As of the time we go to bed last night, we have finally finished all the cookie batches and are putting them in nice boxes to bring to Cliffwood with the DVD we made to celebrate the progress of Cassidy's battle with cancer. So Cliffwood, hang in there, we'll see you in a bit!

What a storm.

As you all know Cassidy gone back to SickKids last Thursday for pre-chemo check ups but because there was no bed, she was sent home to wait and that's when she could sneak in some quality time to play with GorGor and rest at home. Dr. Jesse saw Aaron and Cassidy playing the DS together where Aaron's hands were on the control but the screen is facing CaCa, how nice is that for GorGor Aaron to keep CaCa so happily entertained staying at such awkward position, I pray that Aaron's back does not hurt after a couple days of doing that. GorGor, you are such a hero! You oughtta be awarded the Best Super Bro Award!

CaCa braved the snowstorm yesterday and has gone back to SickKids for another round of Chemo. CaCa is very anxious about finishing and clearing off this round of chemo and hoping to make it back to Bloorview on Thursday for the Christmas Party where she joins the school choir to sing. So let us pray for her chemo to go well and that her body clears off quick enough so that she can be back at Bloorview in time. And let us not forget to pray for God to protect CaCa during this round of chemo and minimize the side effect on CaCa's body.

Dr. Jesse also urges you all to pray for GorGor Aaron as he goes to schools and from places to places in the snow. Also please pray for Mama Carmen and Papa Andy as they drive back and forth on the snowy roads to SickKids to care for Cassidy.

Mama Carmen is busy baking up many dozens of cookies to bring to Cliffwood this week to thank all Cassidy's friends and teachers for supporting and loving her in these long months. Let us cheer for Mama Carmen as she tries her best to get all those cookies ready. And thanks to all the ladies who are helping. Keep up the good work! And keep the yummy cookies coming!!

As Christmas is just around the corner, let us also pray that CaCa's chemo schedule works out that she can be home for Christmas to spend more time with Aaron. CaCa enjoyed so much this last weekend that she and GorGor had so much fun time together. She can't wait till all her chemo and treatments are done in a couple more months then she can be home all the time with Aaron.

CaCa is still busy making her Thank You Cards and Christmas Cards for everyone. She is so thrilled to have received so many presents from everyone. Her Christmas wish is to receive at least 1 card from everybody she knows so that she can read the love and greetings and the names of everybody so she can think of everyone's face when she reads them. So don't worry if you don't know what to get CaCa for Christmas, CaCa says she rather just get cards than presents from you all. Mama Carmen also thanks everyone for the many presents they received and Cassidy is sending a lot of extras to other children who are in need. So in lieu of presents, we ask that everyone writes cards, many many cards, to Cassidy to tell her about the fun and loving things so that she can share your joy in life. And our princess reminds everyone to please NOT write in cursive so she can read your message and your name. She gets frustrated when she cannot read who's writing her the cards and she will go on for days to try to read the writings until she gets dizzy. What a silly girl!

Love Overflows.

Just before Cassidy goes back to SickKids for another round of Chemo, she was visited by so many friends and was thrilled by the many Christmas presents that came pouring in. CaCa says she will be very busy now because she has tons of Thank You Cards to make to thank everybody.

CaCa says she first need to thank everyone at Cliffwood. Mme Rapson has visited her at Bloorview and brought her a whole bunch of presents and a big loving card. CaCa says she misses everyone at school and can't wait to January when she might be able to pay a visit to Cliffwood to see her teachers and friends. Mama Carmen says she can't thank the school enough for the great support in the last few months. She is so grateful for the fundraising campaign the whole school did for Cassidy and she thanks Mme Rapson for also personally delivering the cheque to her at Bloorview. Her heart is greatly touched by the love they received from Cliffwood. Cassidy says she is so happy to see Mme Rapson and enjoyed the time she spent at Bloorview helping her with French homeworks.

Aunties, Uncles, GorGor's and JeiJei's from church also brought so much love and presents to Cassidy in the last few days. She got lots of early Christmas presents from the Elijah and Joel fellowships, and also from the John and Joshua Fellowships. Cassidy says she can't wait till she can come to church to see everyone and thank every person one by one, even everyone she may not know because there are just so many people who love her and are praying for her all along.

Cassidy says she will go through all her presents one by one so she can try to remember who to thank when she sees them. And then she will select some duplicated or excess ones to give to the "Giving Tree" at Bloorview. That is a program for people to donate the presents to be given to other less fortunate kids. CaCa says she's got so many nice presents but she knows some other kids might not be as lucky as her so she wants to help these kids as she was helped by so many people around her.

God is Love and Love is contagious. When you love someone, you enable someone to love and extend your love further. Thank you for loving our little princess and we are amazed by her loving gestures to others. Love can change lives, your love has surely changed the live of little Cassidy and the whole Sheng family.

Love never fails. Where there is faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is LOVE.

Cassidy is due back to SickKids this morning for her check ups then if there is bed, she will start another round of Chemo. Please continue to pray for Cassidy's body to stay strong for this round of treatment and for God to minimize the side effects. Let us also pray that her treatment schedule works out that Cassidy can be home for Christmas.

CaCa prays that everyone enjoys a joyful Christmas and that everyone is loving to everybody to make this world full of love that it's like living in heaven on earth. And every people of God says AMEN.

Home Sweet Home.

As some of you might know already, CaCa did great last week at Bloorview and she has gone home on Friday evening. However she is having a little cough so to be safe, Dr. Jesse did not make the visit to her just yet. But Dr. Jesse's skin problem is pretty much healed and just waiting for a new nice coat of fur to grow back.

CaCa might return to Bloorview first later on Sunday night or Monday morning, then she's due back at SickKids by Thursday for her pre-chemo check up and if everything is good and if there is bed, she will have her next round of chemo Thursday evening.

Mama Carmen is busy with Christmas decorations and shopping, CaCa is enjoying helping with all the Christmas doings and cherrishes her home time with GorGor Aaron. CaCa is thinking about a very very special gift for her hero GorGor and she is not telling anyone what it is. It will be a surprise, so you guys, hush hush!!

And to everyone, Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. When Jesus was born 2000+ years ago in Bethelem, there was no room for Him and He had to be born in a stable by a hillside on a cold winter night. He had no bed for His crib and no downy pillows but He is willing to come to earth to give us love. Would you make room in your heart for baby Jesus this Christmas? Receive this blessing from God today and say to Jesus "Yes, I've got room for You".

The week just swished by!

Just as Cassidy was still enjoying her swim sessions on last Monday, she was already called back to SickKids last Tuesday for check up and then began another round of Chemo on Wednesday, everything went well and CaCa has already finished her Chemo and went home last night. She is doing great and she misses Dr. Jesse because Dr. Jesse is having some skin infection and has to stay away from CaCa until it's healed. CaCa says she'll have to draw a get-well card for Dr. Jesse, ooh...how lovely!!

Cassidy's next round of Chemo is scheduled for Dec 13 so she'll be at Bloorview most of the time during the week and be home on weekends. We praise God for another good week for Cassidy as she completed another cycle of treatment, and let us continue to pray that God protects her from any kind of sickness so that she remains strong and healthy to go through the rest of her chemo treatments. Let us not forget that it is very easy for Cassidy to pick up germs and viruses as her body is weakened by the chemo drugs and she can become neutropenia very easily. So we also need to pray that God would give good health to GorGor Aaron, mommy and daddy so that the whole family is protected from any sickness that may affect CaCa at a great degree. Especially when the air becomes very cold lately, it is very easy to catch a cold too. So CaCa and Dr. Jesse pray that everyone will stay warm and healthy this winter and be able to come play with Cassidy from time to time.

The doctors were saying that they are hoping to let CaCa return to school around March/April. As long as CaCa is doing good with the rest of her chemo and rehab treatment, there is a very good chance that she can come back to Cliffwood to all her dear friends and teachers. So let us keep our fingers crossed while we pray for God's perfect timing and guidance in this matter. CaCa can't wait to be in class with all her friends at Cliffwood again.

Christmas is coming up and it is time we have parties to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Stay tuned and we'll notify you if we can schedule a big party to celebrate Jesus' birthday and also to give thanks to God for so many angels like GorGor Aaron, loving uncles and aunties, great doctors and nurses and many many more who walked through a big half of this year with Cassidy.

A Big New Step!!

Hurray!!! Caca is having so much fun swimming as part of her rehab program. She was home for the weekend, although Dr. Jesse missed seeing her again this weekend, but is so happy for CaCa that her leg has finally healed all over that she can now swim. Let us praise God as we all celebrate this new big step of recovery for Cassidy.

Good job CaCa! We all cheer for you! Hurray!!

Back to Bloorview on Thursday afternoon

Despite the crazy snow storm yesterday, CaCa and Mama Carmen were safely sent back to Bloorview and perhaps CaCa had already gone to class at Bloorview this morning. Praise God that the chemo cleared pretty quickly this time and CaCa was doing well at SickKids. She told me that her wound is almost closed up and soon she'll be able to swim in the pool at Bloorview as part of her rehab exercise. Can't wait till the summer when we can all swim together with CaCa. It is very possible that CaCa will go home for this weekend, let us pray that she stays warm and healthy as the snow has started falling and the air turns crispy cold.

It is Dr. Jesse's prayer that CaCa stays strong and well, and that she can even come to a Christmas Concert next Sunday to hear me sing. It'd be a nice retreat for CaCa, GorGor Aaron, Mommy and Daddy to come enjoy a nice full orchestrated concert at a church. May be we can even gather everyone to come to the concert together. Leave a comment here to let me know if any of you are interested.

Things are going well.

Dr. Jesse had a nice long chat over the phone with CaCa and she was telling me that things are going great with her chemo. She was sleeping in on Monday morning while the side effects started to subside slowly and she was starting to eat much better by lunch time on Tuesday. She says she'll eat more and save up the bones for Dr. Jesse because she knows that Dr. Jesse lost some weight from not getting the yummy treats in the last little while.

CaCa also told me that the nurses said her chemo is clearing fast that she might be able to go back to Bloorview sooner this week. Praise God for that and let's pray that the rest of CaCa's time at SickKids goes smoothly and that she gets to even go home for the weekend before returning to Bloorview.

Mama Carmen says she feels so blessed by all the love that were shown to Cassidy and the whole family in the last few months and she thanks God for His faithfulness in bringing them through all the sufferings and giving them strength to be brave and courageous to walk on whatever path He has planned ahead of them. Mama says she feels extra blessed with Aaron being such a great big brother throughout the whole time that Cassidy's been sick and needed all their attention, she prays that both daddy and her can work out more "Aaron Time" just for Aaron because they do not want to miss out any part of Aaron's growing up. Let us pray for God's guidance to Mommy and Daddy that they get to work out some great "Aaron Time" to be just for Aaron while still be able to attend to CaCa's need.

The weather man says there's a snow squall heading into town, so Dr. Jesse prays that everyone drives with extra care to and from anywhere you need to be and come home safe everyday to celebrate the loving family that God has given all of us. It is my prayer for everyone to stay healthy and keep warm!!

Back at SickKids already!

Cassidy came home briefly over the weekend and was back at SickKids already last night to begin her chemo. Dr. Jesse had yet another busy weekend and didn't make it to see CaCa, I miss her so much.

Mama Carmen just told Dr. Jesse now that CaCa is still sleeping because she was not feeling too great this morning. It could very well be the side effects of the chemo getting to her. Please whisper a prayer for God to minimize the side effects and that Cassidy can feel better and be able to continue to eat well and build up a strong body to endure the rest of her chemo. And also remember to pray for the chemo to work well in CaCa's body to kill off any microscopic tumor cell that she can remain cancer-free for the rest of her life. Pray that all the foods and drinks she takes would not interfere with the chemo drug and pray for God's continuous guidance for mommy and daddy to plan nutritious meals that would strengthen CaCa's body.

Mommy and Daddy are also trying to work out a better schedule so that they can also spend more time with GorGor Aaron. And Mommy was saying that she is so thankful that God gives her such a good boy to be her son that he is so mature and understanding especially during the time Cassidy needed her most. Mommy says she cannot wait till all the treatment is done and then she can spend much more quality time with Aaron to make up the time she missed with him in the last few months. Let us all remember to pray for things to work out that Carmen and Andy can fit in more time with Aaron and pray that God continue to protect and keep Aaron healthy and with a joyful heart even during this difficult time. At times when Aaron feels lonely, which is perfectly normal and fine, we pray that the Holy Spirit in Aaron's heart would comfort him and encourage him so he does not feel sad when mommy and daddy cannot be around too much.

Aaron, we are all so proud of you and mommy says she doesn't know how she gets so lucky to have you. Hang in there Aaron, you're doing great! God in heaven is smiling because you make your mommy and daddy very proud. Thanks for being a big hero to Cassidy. You are a real super bro!

Lost track of my little CaCa

Dr. Jesse has been so so so busy and then sick that I even lost track of where my princess is lately. She was back at SickKids last Friday for chemo, after a couple times back and forth because there was no bed for her. So that was done and over with, she is back already at Bloorview this week, but then she is going back to SickKids for another round of pre-chemo check ups because if there's bed, she might start the next round of chemo in the next 36-48 hours, so if you are planning to visit, make sure you call ahead so you know where to go.

Things are going so quickly and there's just another few cycles of chemo to go for her, if we are not taking the oncologist's advice to change chemo drugs. Mama Carmen says the oncology doctor wants to have another appointment with them to further discuss the possibility of changing the chemo which he strongly recommends. So let's pray that Mama Carmen and Papa Andy gets to book a good time to meet with the doctor and pray that God opens both their hearts to hear out the doctor's concerns and made the best decision for Cassidy.

Many people are sick these days, including Dr. Jesse, so let me remind you all to refrain from seeing CaCa if you yourself are sick or someone close to you is sick, same if you just had a flu shot recently. It is better safe than sorry, CaCa can become neutropenia easily especially when her chemo rounds are being scheduled so frequently and she needs to take extra caution in staying away from any germs. Let's remember to pray for God to protect Cassidy from any sickness and for God to build up her body ready for the next chemo.

Gone home already on Friday

Sorry for the delayed update, Dr. Jesse's computer went coo coo and couldn't get to doing the updates, sorry for making you all worry for a few days. Nevertheless, Cassidy is doing well and has gone home on Friday afternoon after 1 last bag of transfusion. Her blood count was a bit low on Thursday night so the doctor couldn't say if she could go home for the weekend or not, then Friday morning shows a bit better levels and doctor decided to give her 1 last bag of blood product before discharging her and we all went home for the weekend. But CaCa is still coughing a little bit so we still have to be very careful not to get her anymore sick. If you are thinking of seeing her, make sure you are at perfect health. If you had a flu shot in the last couple of weeks, even if you're not feeling sick, it is still better if you wait another week before you go see CaCa, just to be safe.

CaCa got a bunch of light-up gadgets on Thursday and she felt in love with those light-up glow sticks. May be we can have a great party of lights later and we can turn off all the light and let those little light-up gadgets flash with some nice music and food. Let's pray that CaCa continue to enjoy good health and strong body so we can plan more fun parties together.

CaCa also started to eat better since Thursday, but there is a very bad mouth sore in her gum, so that makes it painful for her to eat. Let us especially pray that her mouth sore goes away so that she can eat all the yummy foods she likes and quickly recover from her cold and from the chemo effects.

CaCa will be going back to Bloorview next week getting ready for her next chemo on the coming Thursday. Remember to pray that God would minimize the side effects on her chemo again and that the treatment reacts well to keep CaCa's body free of cancer cell.

It's seems that Papa Andy has decided not to take the doctor's advise to change for a higher chemo dose so there are only a few more treatments left for Cassidy. Let us pray fervently that God protects Cassidy from any future cancer even without the added chemo and helps her to quickly adapt to her prosthesis so she can start walking and running without help. Pray that whatever final decision Mama and Papa made, God give them peace in their hearts and sustain their faith and trust in Him. Amen.

Uh...oh...

Wow, the weekend went by so fast again and CaCa had a fun weekend with the whole family. But since the weekend was a bit cold and windy, CaCa caught a little cold again. She was coughing early this week and that makes her appetite drop. So from eating less yummy foods, her body became a little weak and last night they found her blood counts to be a bit low. So for safety, Bloorview had transferred her back to SickKids for some transfusion to up her blood level and to take some antibiotic just to make sure no other infection happens. So please pray for Cassidy's body to recuperate fast and her appetite to increase so she can eat well to help her body recover.

CaCa was a little disappointed because we were planning that she might be able to join Dr. Jesse tonight at the "LightUpTheNight-FUNtastic Harvest Carnival" at the Grace Chinese Gospel Church at North York. But since she's at SickKids, it'd be too far for her to come. But those of you who live close by to the GCGC, may be you can come and play some games, then win some prizes to bring to Cassidy. See http://www.gcgcny.org/ for address. Door opens at 6:30pm. Make sure you don't wear costume of witchcrafts, evil, wicked, violence themes, Christian theme costumes such as princess and angels are encouraged.

Let us remember to pray also for Cassidy that she gets to enjoy the fun activities at SickKids tonight and let's pray for God to keep her away from evil things. The evil spirits will love to make CaCa sick and then make us all blame God for allowing sickness in such a good and beautiful little girl, and the evil spirits will love to see us loose faith in God. Let's pray that Cassidy gets to be surrounded by the Holy Spirit and be protected from any evil, bad spirits, darkness, germs, and any harm at all times and be in the embrace of God. Let us also avoid any evil things such as witchcrafts, ghost and spooky stuff tonight so that we stay in the lights of the Holy Spirit and that all of our prayers are righteous and would reach to God in Heaven.

Oh, Dr. Jesse forgot to say in the last blog, Cassidy and Mama Carmen says they want to give a big THANX to Crystal Jei Jei for sending so many loving messages and encouragements almost everyday. CaCa and mommy don't really know Crystal Jei Jei yet but Dr. Jesse told them that she's a very nice Jei Jei from the Wismer church. I promised to bring them to meet with Crystal Jei Jei the next time when CaCa gets better and be able to visit the Wismer church. Hey Toto, thanks for all your love, you are so sweet!!