THE WINSTEADS: Merry Christmas

Monday, December 28, 2009

Merry Christmas

Braden had a wonderful first Christmas! We have a lot to be thankful for this year!! Brad's health being the first and foremost! We have been shown more love and support from our friends and family that we could ever imagine. It's been almost five months since Brad was sick and he is doing great. We both made a promise to each other that 2010 would be a great year. We are going to try to travel and just enjoy every day together as a family. You truly never know what cards life is going to deal you. We are just so thankful for our new little family. Braden, Taylor and I love our daddy more than life itself and we are so proud of who he is:) Merry FIRST Christmas Braden!

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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...