So, it’s been a very long time since I’ve blogged. Sorry about that, it’s complicated.
Honestly, things got to the point that I was emotionally drained and what ended up happening was that my blog was dragging me all the way back to day 1 with Serenity constantly. I burned out on life online and pretty much burned out on life. Getting through this has been the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do, and it’s still going. As much as I love blogging, I had to huddle in a corner for a while to protect my sanity and try to regroup. I miss the interaction with all the great people who read my blog so I’m going to try to get back into it. Here’s a catch-up on several things:
About two months ago my 3 year old son, Taran, got really sick and spent 2 weeks in the hospital. He had appendicitis, a telescoping bowell and extreme colitis. He underwent 3 surgeries, he had his appendix removed and then had to get cut wide open for exploratory surgery because they couldn’t figure out what was going on. He’s home now and is pretty much fully recovered.
About 2 weeks after he got home, Serenity got really sick again. She was running a fever of over 104 constantly and was hospitalized for 2 weeks. She is home now as well and is still on an IV but gets to take a break from chemo. There are more details on both of them over on Serenity’s blog.
So, in the last 6 weeks, Adria has spent 4 weeks in the hospital with kids with me being virtually a single Dad of 7 kids – I didn’t like that very much :) Things have been do-able but really crazy.
I’ve been working as a contractor on a few different projects while needing to maintain flexibility. Life has been an interesting trip lately and we’re literally just along for the ride – no idea where we’re going right now. Life with Leukemia is a long frustrating thing, but we’re glad we still have our little girl to experience it with.
I’m planning to start blogging regularly again and maybe turn into a social butterfly again – well probably just a social moth for now. 
 Here are a couple other blogs I’m writing on these days: GeeksNGuns and UtahPreppers - check them out!
3 comments
GeekLad
November 17, 2008 at 4:28 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Welcome back Phil! I’m recovering from a recent hiatus myself, when my 1.5 yr. old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy. She had two seizures within a week and gave us quite a scare. I’ll keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Jeff Barr
November 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Phil, good to read a blog post from you. I can only imagine how exhausting and stressful this year has been for you, for your wife, and for your children.
You are going to make it through all of this, and afterward you’ll realize that you had more mental, physical, and spiritual strength than you ever could have imagined.
This is the refiner’s fire that we read about in the Scriptures.
We both know that it isn’t really true that it is always darkest just before the dawn. However, I do know that once you get to the point where you say “this is too tough, not sure I am going to make it,” you are past the hump and things are going to start getting better from there.
We’ll keep praying for you up in Seattle. You know where to find me if you never need anything.
Phil801
November 19, 2008 at 3:48 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
@Geeklad thanks man, I’ll pray for your daughter, that sounds really scary!
@JeffBarr you’re a great friend Jeff and a hec of a guy, thanks for all you’ve done, for your thoughts here and for your prayers.