My daughter.

[wanderer4d]

My friends I have a favor to ask. If you would please remember the name of my 5 year old daughter Tessa in your daily meditations I would ,from my heart, appreciate it. She was diagnosed with a form of leukemia on July, 22. She is very strong of heart and mind. She is considered low risk for this type of cancer. She is already responding well to her treatment and her doctors are very positive concerning her healing. The doctors at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital have been extraordinary. There is much love from the docs & staff. I know many conversations concerning the spiritual and karmic can arise from a life situation like this, as they should, and I will be a eager participant. But for her part please just send her some love as you meditate on loving all. I direct my own love and healing energy to her for her to use as her soul and personality wishes. Of course as her father I want her to be well. But her's is not my life to live. I was not surprised by her diagnosis and as I have met each new care provider I seem to know them somehow and connect to them. Giving me a feeling of being in the right place. I have a sneaking suspicion I was given a heads up from my and my daughter's souls. I'm not sure how the mechanics of something like that might work. I take it as a blessing and am very grateful for it as it has allowed me to move forward with the strength and love I need to serve.
Thank you.
Love and Light,
James

P.S.
Here she is wrapped in a prayer shawl knitted by my mother. Her grandmother name is Mur making this shawl Murmade.

[Godz Enigma]

Tessa, Daughter of James and granddaughter of Mur, are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Questioner]

James, I'll be happy and honored to join y'all in inviting Heaven's light and love to shine for Tessa and all your family and friends. I've recently had occasion to participate in cancer center support groups. One important lesson I've seen is that while doctors make statistical predictions, individual patients may far outlive what doctors thought possible. Another important lesson I've seen is that for both patients and their loved ones, it's crucial to simply do what you can from day to day and let any other expectations go, whether these expectations were imposed from you or from other people.

If such support groups, for patients, caregivers, families, friends, etc. are available to you, I highly recommend them. In my experience the only real precondition was a social worker willing to ensure that everyone got a turn and that the group time was not used to give advice or problem-solving for anyone, merely as an opportunity for each person to talk about whatever happened to be on his or her heart.

Remember to take good care of yourself. This Q'uo excerpt from the Jan 2, 2010 session captures the concept well:

It may be that there will be a day, there will be a week, there will be a month, or there will be a year in which one cannot honestly say to oneself that one’s whole heart is in one’s service. Upon these occasions, it is well to be consoled. It is well to realize that in order to serve, the self must be gathered to itself. And this very often requires moments of rest. It requires pulling back, and without judgment allowing the self to follow that which it finds diverting; allowing the self to seek solace where solace may be found. The very act of making this allowance is itself a spiritual act of very great significance, for in that gesture, one acknowledges also that one still abides, that one still is upon the path, that one still has set the intention to be of service to others in precisely that way it is given one to be.

Remember also that there are resources to help encourage and support your family through this time. For example, it looks the Nashville Ronald McDonald House is at http://www.rmhcnashville.com/.

Another Q'uo passage from earlier this year (Jan. 23) also is one I find comforting. I pass it along in case it might help you feel at peace.

We ask you not to be concerned about such things as the physical life or the physical death, for unconditional and absolute love is with you in this world and in larger life as well. So if love is within you, what does it matter whether you experience [it] as a physical being or as a spiritual being? For when that transition occurs, you know, and let it be beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you shall continue as citizens of eternity.

You mentioned

I'm not sure how the mechanics of something like that might work.

I think you probably won't be able to know that on this side of the Veil.

I expect you'll find both spiritual and pragmatic ideas from this forum (including up to date notes about cancer-fighting nutrition and so forth). I hope that you will let us know more about Tessa's situation as often as you'd like to reach out.

[thefool]

I will keep Tess and your family in my prayers...

[Ali Quadir]

I will pray for you too.. Your daughter has wise eyes.

[Namaste]

Of course, brother. There is a great depth to her eyes.

[peelstreetguy]

I've sent love and healing from my heart chakra. It's good that you included a picture! It's great to focus on. She's lovely! I predict that she will be with you for quite some time. I'll look at her picture every day and repeat what I did today.

I wish Tessa Health, Happiness and Spiritual growth, Amen!

[Lorna]

oh james, my heart goes out to you and your family. but it must be so heartening and reassuring to feel that connection with the doctors and nurses who are caring for Tessa
i will be thinking of Tessa every day and i look forward to reading your future posts telling us that she is on the road to recovery
with much love x

[wanderer4d]

Thank you all so very much. To look at her you would never know what was going on inside her little body. She's so much better than when we brought her to the hospital.
She has had to stay in her room because her bacteria eating cells were non-existent when she was admitted. They are slowing climbing up to a level where she will be able to walk around her pod/floor. The drs hope & think her blood counts will be high enough soon that she can go home and begin her chemo as an outpatient. The drs just now stopped by for report. Still looking and moving in the right direction.
Love&Light,
James[/i]

[fairyfarmgirl]

I Bless her with Love. I Bless you with Love. Let Tess be restored to the perfection that she is. Let all in this family be supported and nurtured and embraced with Love.

--fairyfarmgirl

[Peregrinus]

As a father of a two year old girl, I share and feel your pain brother, though as questioner mentioned, we really have nothing to fear; life is eternal. I will include your daughter Tessa in my daily prayers.

[norral]

Dear James
I will pray for Tessa and her full recovery and for the
upliftment of your family. She is truly a beautiful child and our
love and prayers go out to you

your friend
norral

[wanderer4d]

We're packing up & wrapping up discharge details. Tessa's heading home for the first time a little over 2 weeks. Thank you all for all the love sent her way!
Love&Light,
James

[norral]

Dear James
that is wonderful indeed !! i will continue to
pray for your daughters complete recovery.

norral

[Shemaya]

We're packing up & wrapping up discharge details. Tessa's heading home for the first time a little over 2 weeks. Thank you all for all the love sent her way!
Love&Light,
James

Very good news.. I am sending my love and prayers too James.

L/L

[Peregrinus]

Provide only the best food for her James...

- High fructose corn syrup has been shown to advance cancer cells
- No tap or fluoridated water and only un-fluoridated toothpaste
- Do not use aluminum utensils or pots/pans
- I could list a couple dozen things, but these are very high priority ones.

and love her. Your love can work miracles. Send it through your hands to her heart daily. Imagine it flowing as you hold your hands over her and picture her as perfect and healthy in every way.

I will continue to pray for her, and for you to have strength.
L/L

[fairyfarmgirl]

James--

Avoid as many additives in foods as possible(if Ma Earth did not make it and it try not to eat that chemical concoction). Eat as Organically as possible. Have your beautiful Tessa eat as much antioxidant foods as possible. Antioxidant foods are mostly berries, fruits, green leafy and orange veggies such as blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, oranges, lemons, kale, wildharvested seaweeds, orange veggies such as squash and papaya (there is a taxonomy question as to whether papaya is a veg or fruit). Children love to eat foods that are cut up small and in pretty shapes. I use little cookie cutters for my children when I cut up their foods. I also mince foods and put them ontop of rice or a potato... They love it that way.

Smoothies are a great way to get all those wonderous food into the wee ones. I make a blueberry Raw Apple Cider Vinager smoothie for my oldest twin as she requires more antioxidants to stay healthy. She loves the stuff. Children will crave foods that often are just what thier bodies are asking for.

Feed tessa these foods as raw as possible and as organically as you can afford. It is really important to not cook antioxidant foods-- heat destroys the wonderful nutrition that works wonders on healing the body and soul. We use a blender to make our smoothies with. It works GREAT!

I have to agree with Perigrinus--- very important to avoid alumninum, flouride and cornsyup-- cornsyrup is listed as cornsyrup solids, cornsyrup, high-fructose cornsyrup. It is all nasty for the body. Cornsyrup is in most prepared foods such as store boughten bread. Fresh is best and with the least amount of ingredients...

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I am so happy to hear this news, James. I Bless your HEARTS with LOVE. I See Tessa happily experiencing life. I will continue to pray for Tessa.

--fairyfarmgirl

[Monica]

Love and blessings to your beautiful daughter, and to you and your family as you traverse this difficult time.

[Lorna]

Hi James
I was wondering how Tessa was doing? Thinking of you and your family x

[Brittany]

I will certainly remember her in my prayers. It is wonderful that you are able to look at this from a spiritual growth perspective instead of simply falling into despair like so many people. It is inspiring to me.

[wanderer4d]

Hello all, I am sorry it has been so long since my last update. Thank you all for you words and love. Tessa is doing great. To look at her you would never know anything was going on. She tested to be in remission within 4 weeks of of her diagnosis. She continues her chemo treatment and will do so for 2 years. She is home schooling kindergarten. My wife and I had been planning to home school before her diagnosis so we were prepared. Sometimes her blood counts dip and we are supposed to limit her exposure to uncontrolled environmental situations. In other words don't take her out were she might get sneezed on. So home schooling means she doesn't have to be pulled out of school ever time her counts dip. From now on the chemo will be causing more stress to her body than any leukemia that might still be in her bone marrow undetected. The fact that they can still only see 1 leukemia cell in 10k bone marrow cells means that the patient has to follow a treatment protocol for 2-3 years. She or any kid or adult could have a complete healing and remission but still have to complete the treatment. They have learned how to reduce many of the side effects of chemo to lesson the drugs impact on the patient. Little by little the survival rate increases for all the pediatric patients.
This has been an amazing opportunity to love.
Thank you all. Till next belated update.
Love&Light

Here Tessa and I are meeting her cousin and my great niece Harper for the first time.

[Monica]

Thanks for the update! So glad to hear she's doing better!

We homeschooled our child. Homeschooling can be so rewarding, for both child and parents.

[Lorna]

So glad to hear that Tessa is doing well x

[Ali Quadir]

Good for Tessa. May your paths get ever brighter from here. That you don't have to go through anything like it ever again.

Namaste