THE WINSTEADS: Animal Lover

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Animal Lover

You think Braden is a dog lover???? Ha! Taylor still isn't really sure about Braden, but luckily this sweet friend of ours has a beautiful boxer named Riley who lets Braden poke her eyes out and sit on her like a horse!!! Braden has NO fear! I took him to the zoo today and he walked RIGHT up to the billy goats in the petting area. Luckily they are use to humans and they let him pet them, but the child is fearless! Kinda scares me, but he got it from his mama, so I have to just let him learn on his own like I did:)

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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...