Our Little Hero's 7th Birthday

Hello Everyone,

Well, October is a very special month for us. Jason and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary. I have never been happier and more complete as I do today and I hope Jason truly knows that in his heart. We have been through so much since the day we met and although none of it compares to Jacob’s illness, I am proud to say we are still together and strong. I hope he feels the same. Jason, you are my world. You, Jacob and Liam are my entire world, you are my days, my nights, my every breath, without you in my life, life would be pointless.

Baby Jacob and proud daddy Jason
2003

Another reason this month is special is because on October 10, 2003, our beautiful Jacob was born. Born prematurely but born perfect. He came into this world at 12:04am but I didn’t get to see him before 3am, and I mean at all. I remember thinking, he is mine? He really is mine? Perfect face, perfect hands, perfect fingers, and perfect nose. I also remember holding him for the first time and thinking, I will spend the rest of my life protecting you and loving you as best I can. Jason and I spent the next 5 years protecting him and loving him more than we could have imagined loving a child. However, we could not protect him from cancer. Who would have thought?! I remember always wanting to protect him from falling, from scrapes and bruises and broken arms and we did our best but brain cancer? It was out of my loving hands my dear Jacob. Jacob used to ask me many times in the hospital why was this happening but I had no answer for him. All I know is that if I had special powers I SO would have taken it all away from him. I would have found a way. Oh Jacob, I would have found a way if I could.

But that was then, this is now. Now, we are coming up to our two year anniversary of his diagnosis but we also celebrated Jacob’s 7^th birthday. This is one of our many milestones to come. Jason and I decided to only have a family birthday only this year. It’s always hard to get his friends together on Thanksgiving long weekend. So Jacob decided he wanted to have his dinner at Lonestar on Baseline this year. This decision was made after our visit in September when Jacob encountered ‘’Snake’’ our server. Jason and I thought we were speechless back then when we felt Snake went the extra mile to make Jacob’s visit memorable. I made a reservation for 27 people for Jacob’s birthday. My sister was going to bring a couple of balloons, we were going to have cake, open a couple of presents and go home. Well……there is no way to describe that night. The staff took it upon themselves to give Jacob the best birthday of his 7 year life. When we tucked Jacob in that night he says as he was falling asleep ‘’mama, this was the best birthday ever, I can’t believe they did that for me’’ and literally fell asleep as he spoke those words. He was exhausted. How could he not be? We were first greeted with the biggest sign EVER saying ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB’ if that didn’t blow us away, we walk in to find a private room for our reservation. We walked in to find a room FILLED with balloons and I mean filled!!! Hundreds of balloons filled the ceiling. I broke down in tears. I could not believe they had gone out of their way like that. There was a clown and then there was ‘the table’ lol. The gift table was FULL of gifts before friends and family even arrived at the restaurant. 26 to be precise! They went out and bought every gift you can possibly think of. To say thank you to them seems meaningless but thank you!!!

Thank you to our peeps at Lonestar!! I have no words to send to you to truly express how shocked and overwhelmed and extremely happy that we once again witness an overwhelming love for our son. Jason and I met at Lonestar on October 27^th, 2001 and married less than a year later. Boy, we thought that place was special to us back then….it is at a whole new level now! lol

Pictures to come. 

We also have our 3 month MRI coming up soon. Where does the time go? Results on November 3^rd.

Jacob has been sick but doing well in school. Liam also has been very sick but doing well and just full of love and smiles!!!

Thank you to all for being a part of this journey. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce JacobRandellsJourney.blogspot.com 

I have started this site outside Facebook in hopes to reach out to more families that are going through what we are. I want Jacob’s story to be known. I want to do big things for cancer research.

Please visit our page, please become a member, please spread the word.

I would also like to send my thoughts to Declan Carmical’s family. Declan passed away a week shy of his birthday. Declan had the same brain cancer Jacob has. I am heartbroken for them and appreciate even more that Jacob is proof that, although the chances of survival for ATRT cancer is less than 3% - there is ALWAYS hope!! Jacob Michael Randell is proof of that.

RIP Declan.