An update on Noah

Today was a difficult and disheartening day for the Ellsworth family. I’ll do my best to explain the situation as clearly and concisely as I can. To recap, on Sept. 9, Noah had surgery to remove his port, but the surgeons were unable to remove all of the catheter that was attached to it, so […]

Posted on: 21 September 2016 | 7:08 pm

Last Day Send Off to St. Jude

What a sweet surprise! We left at 5:45 am yesterday morning (August 22, 2014) for Noah’s last long day of treatment. And to our surprise our friends were up the road, ready to cheer us on! It was a great send off! A great way to start the last day after being diagnosed on January […]

Posted on: 23 August 2016 | 9:05 am

Olympics 2016

Greater Than Gold by David Boudia (with Tim Ellsworth)   Cancer, Rio & hope   Diving duo wins silver, gives credit to Christ Schrimsher grateful for father’s legacy   U.S. diver abandons chase of fame, pursues Christ   Wrestler Helen Maroulis content with God’s plan   Dietzen’s love for teammates anchored by faith   Nightly […]

Posted on: 16 August 2016 | 8:10 pm

Team Noah: Together We Wait

Our friend, Ginger, and her kids went with us to St. Jude a few weeks ago. She decided to write a story about us for Our Jackson Home, and how the Jackson community has encouraged us through our long, difficult journey. You can read it here.

Posted on: 16 August 2016 | 11:20 am

20 days! 20 days of chemo!

He was counting his weeks left of chemo on his fingers and toes, now he can count the days! 20 days from today will be his last dose of nightly chemo at home! (He will have a week of nightly chemo following August 22nd, his last chemo in his port at St. Jude.)

Posted on: 8 August 2016 | 11:26 am

Cancer, Rio and Hope

Tim wrote about what our family has gone through between the time of the Olympics.

Posted on: 8 August 2016 | 11:23 am

Dr. Sandlund and Noah’s trick

Noah’s favorite part of his neuro exam – His doctor added a funny trick to the end where he taps Noah’s forehead, and then Noah sticks his tongue out. They laugh every time. 🙂 (Week 108. Counts are 1000 = perfect for him!)

Posted on: 25 May 2016 | 8:49 am

Bringing Noah the Moon

A Union University student, Danica Smithwick, wrote a great piece about our family and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. You can read it here.

Posted on: 10 May 2016 | 8:51 am

So long steroids and vincristine, we won’t miss you!

  Steroid and vincristine week adds more pills to Noah’s normal week. And this is Noah’s last steroid week! We are SO excited! It doesn’t mean the weeks left are going to be smooth sailing. In fact, he’s a little sad to finish dex because he actually has an appetite during steroid week that he […]

Posted on: 15 April 2016 | 8:35 am

Week 100! 20 more weeks to go!

 

Posted on: 10 April 2016 | 8:23 pm