Justin is truely a miracle!

Happy 4th Birthday Justin!

My brother Steven and his wife Kim were married the end of August 2003 and 4 months later learned they were expecting a baby. Six weeks into the pregnancy my sister-in-law Kim thought she was miscarrying and the went to the ER to find out that she wasn't having a miscarriage but they thought she might have colon cancer. The next day they went in to do a biopsy that came back positive and she did have colon cancer. They didn't have time to look around for a doctor and they needed to have it removed immediately. The chances of her surviving were pretty low and we all knew that the pregnancy wasn't going to last. I didn't have any nieces or nephews and I was dying to be a aunt. I was also pregnant with Faith and was an emotional wreck. I was so sad for my brother who just got married and told that he might lose his wife who was only 21. After lots of prayer and fasting they were able to remove the tumor and put her on Chemotherapy which made her extremely sick and weak especially on her body a tiny 90lbs. Doctors were amazed and shocked that she was still pregnant. She kept going into labor and they were able to stop it and she stayed on bed rest in the hospital. On the last day of June she was in so much pain and her water broke (she was only 30 weeks pregnant) they had to life flight her to Primary Children's hospital where they had to knock her out and give her an emergency c-section. My brother was not allowed to be in the room and early in the morning July 1st my nephew Justin was born weighing a BIG 4lb. He had 2 collapsed lungs and stayed in the NICU for almost 8 weeks. During the c-section they also checked where the tumor had been and found she was cancer free. They now have another child, a beautiful daughter Natalie who turned 1 April 12, 2007 and Kim is doing great!

I love Justin so much! He is so funny and loves to wrestle and can basically beat the crap out of Luke even though Luke is BIGGER and a year older. Happy 4Th Birthday Justin we love you!!