THE WINSTEADS: Happy Thanksgiving

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving

John David and Braden

Maddie and Braden

Maddie, Braden and Lainey bug

Uncle Brad and Lainey

Maddie and Braden...he was in HEAVEN!!:)

The family

Aunt Ta Ta, Braden, John David, Lainey and Maddie

Aunt Amanda and Braden

Brad, Braden, Taylor and I spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Little Rock with my sister's family this year. Mom and Daddy met us over there, so we had a house FULL! I think Braden was in shock with all of the "action"! He loved every little second of it and he actually took his very first steps in Little Rock. We are so proud of our little guy. It just keeps getting more and more fun! Here are a few pics from the week! We miss our little cousins!!!

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As most of you probably know by now, Brad was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma two weeks ago. It came as an incredible shock to us and our families. We went to a Sunday school party Sunday night and Brad played kickball with all of the guys. He was sore the next day and took some Ibuprofen on an empty stomach. Tuesday, he started passing blood in his urine and went to the walk in clinic. They immediately sent him to the ER where he found out five hours later that he had a golf ball size tumor in his left kidney. We met with the urologist the next day and he scheduled the surgery for the following Thursday. Dr. Locke was able to remove the entire tumor. He only had to remove 1/4 of his kidney. He will not have to do chemo OR radiation and for that...we are so thankful. We are finally back home and Brad is recovering well. Our lives have been completely turned upside down the past two weeks, but we both have new outlooks on life. We are so grateful that God has blessed us with our beautiful baby boy who just turned 10 weeks old this week. We have learned that life is a true and absolute GIFT and we will appreciate every single day we have with one another. I love Brad more than I ever have before. I've been scared, mad, anxious, and happy all at once. I am so thankful we caught the cancer at such an early stage. We have a lot of life left to live and so many more memories to make. Braden and I love you Brad...