#TeamCharlotte-In Remission

On Friday, August 18, 2017 tests were run to see how Charlotte's treatments were working. We wouldn't get the results until Monday or Tuesday and it was a long wait. The last time we had to wait for her initial diagnosis the outcome wasn't good. That's when we found out that she has leukemia. So we wait.

We heard nothing Monday and were beginning to wonder if we would have her results on Tuesday. The doctors didn't come in until after 5 p.m. but they had great news. Charlotte is in remission!!!! Her treatment is working and she will probably being going home sometime later this week. Thank you, LORD!!!

and back to my tablet and my videos and my suckers Mamaw brought for me-no, you cannot have one

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up        James 5:15

God bless you and all of yours
Carolyn Wainscott

#TeamCharlotte-Steroids, Food & Mamaw Melinda

Steroids gave Charlotte a voracious appetite! She ate all her meals then snacked continuously till the next meal-rice cakes, potato chips, canned snacks.  

Charlotte knew she could count on Mamaw Melinda to bring her lots of goodies for a change from hospital fair and her regular chewies. She had her arms outreached as soon as she saw her Mamaw coming in the door baring Big Boys, onion rings, pizzas, special donuts, etc., etc., etc

Mamaw was sometimes her official food holder/secretary while she was busy on her tablet.

One night Mamaw even grilled corn and chicken-no one else got any corn.

The steroids were stopped on August 18, 2017 so Charlotte's appetite has slowed down somewhat and she is getting back to our Sunshine Girl-her laugh is contagious. 

Again, many thanks to all for your prayers for our baby girl and for all of us as we go through this journey with Charlotte. 

 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.     James 5:16 

God bless you

Carolyn Wainscott

#TeamCharlotte-Charlotte's Fave, The Playroom

In case you are new to #TeamCharlotte, Charlotte is in Cincinnati's Children's Hospital-being treated for leukemia since she was airlifted there on July 13, 2017. 

Charlotte enjoys going to the playroom. There are activities that help with her motor and social skills that are fun and entertaining. 

Children's has wonderful all round care for patients as well as their families. 

Many thanks for all your prayers for Charlotte. 

God bless you

Carolyn Wainscott

#TeamCharlotte-Hair Cutting Time-August 2

By August 2 Charlotte had been on chemo for several weeks when the expected happened-her hair began to come out. It started aggravating her and she was pulling at it so it was decided that a hair cut was scheduled. Charlotte is suspect of everything so it wouldn't be easy.

I was going to be there and photo/video but didn't make it in time and no, it wasn't easy even though her Daddy let her shave his head first.

I guess everyone was too busy holding Charlotte for her haircut to take photos.

Another step in the cancer dance. I guess it was a good thing I wasn't there, Charlotte had a fit and I probably would have gone all to pieces and been no help at all.

Please keep her in your prayers. She had another test 2 days ago, 8/18/'17, to check her progress. We will have the results Monday or Tuesday. The waiting for news is hard-why can't we just know immediately?


For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.  Psalms 91:11 

God bless you and keep you in all your ways.
Carolyn Wainscott

HUGGING A STRANGE MAN IN THE HOSPITAL ELEVATOR

YEP! I sure did! NOPE! I don't usually go around hugging strange men. 

Rick [found that out in our conversation] and I got on the elevator as we were leaving the 5th floor of Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Hospital security came up and I said it was a shame but with the way things were it has to be this way and his answer was "but there are some really good people in this world". 

He was there for his son, Ricky. His youngest, his 6th child who was named after him. See-I don't go around accosting strange men to get their names. 

Ricky had been in the hospital for 2 months after a bone marrow transplant-he is 13 years old-the bone marrow was from a stranger because there wasn't a familial donor compatible.

I had some prayer cloths in my bag and felt compelled to dig one out and give to him for Ricky, told him my Bible study group had helped me pray into them. He said it would mean so much to his wife and Ricky and that's how I ended up hugging with a strange man in the hospital elevator. 

God put Rick and I together for that ride down to the parking garage. He needed a word of encouragement and I needed to share.

Here is a poem I wrote several years ago:

LORD

I offer my life as a prayer

That each day others will see Jesus there

That the Samaritan in me shows them I care

That I will help someone their burdens to bear

That with those you send me, my sweet Jesus I share

That I will keep loved ones from Satan's dark lair

That nothing I do gives YOU cause for despair

That to YOU I am daily a breath of fresh air

LORD

I offer my life as a prayer  

Please remember this young boy in your prayers. Thank you so much

May God bless you

Carolyn Wainscott

#TeamCharlotte-Our New Normal

As with every hospital patient, Charlotte's new normal is ivs, stats taken every couple of hours [seems more often], a parade of doctors and associates and test after test after test. Today's photos were taken July 26, 2017.

Now let's work in some physical therapy that gets rather creative to get her to be more mobile. She doesn't want to move much and I didn't realize she can't even walk by herself until I went to pt with them and saw the distress she was in. The therapists try to make things as enjoyable as possible but after a little while Charlotte began pointing at the door, she wanted to leave and go back to her room. Heartbreak for this old Granny. 

She gets to choose some toys to play with:

Then work begins to get her stretching:

Kicking at herself in the mirror works at the muscles in her legs:

I even got to swing with her with my ever ready camera and her daddy peeking out from behind the mirror:

Charlotte will have none of that mask even though she has to be protected from the atmosphere outside her room from one area to another at times.

I know I'm extremely prejudiced and Travis is my grandson but he is a great daddy. She is his focus every moment with her. He takes full care of her from feeding, diaper changing, bathing, comforting and encouraging her. The nurses take care of her medical needs and he does the rest.  

Please keep Charlotte in your prayers and many, many thanks for all your prayers for this sweet baby. 

Jesus said:
in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matt 18:10

May God bless you
Carolyn Wainscott

#TeamCharlotte-Charlotte's Prayer Quilt

On Monday, July 24, 2017, Charlotte was scheduled to have her first chemotherapy.

I had made Charlotte's quilt top quite a while before but had an urgency to now get it done. It was one of those things put in the "finish" pile. I took her quilt to her the morning before that first chemo. 

My prayer quilts and cloths are the sign of my faith in God. Many prayers have gone up and will continue for her healing. Prayers for healing go into my quilts as they are being made. I call them my "stitched prayers".  No, there is no healing power in those pieces of cloth but in the power of our Almighty God. 

Hebrews 11:1 tells us: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Charlotte's quilt illustrates the substance of things hoped for which is her healing and is evidence of the "not seen" healing that is going on in that little body. 

Before I left the house with the quilt that morning more prayers were added by Melinda [Charlotte's grandmother-my youngest daughter and her second cousins:Ian, Hannah, Blake and Brandon]

Charlotte had a terrible reaction to the chemo, so scary. While Travis comforted her he grabbed her quilt and put over her covering her with our prayers. 

That episode is
@:  http://cwainscott.blogspot.com/2017/08/teamcharlotte-chemo-starts.html.

#TeamCharlotte articles are my way of sharing Charlotte's journey through this experience, my way of working through this heartbreak of watching this baby in all this and to show her later what she had been through.

Please keep her in your prayers, thank all of you so much.

Charlotte's great, grandmother
Carolyn Wainscott