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Please join us to support a brave little girl in the fight of her life. Julia (Juls) Stone was recently diagnosed with and will BEAT stage four Ewing Sarcoma, a rare form of childhood bone cancer. She is a sweet and spunky little girl with a great deal of spirit. Her greatest champions are her mom and dad - Richie and Rachel. She is part of a loving Christian family made up of Richie, Rachel, 3 adopted children (Mackenzie, Ally, and Andrew) and two biological children (Julia and Ahnika). The family lives in southern Missouri and must travel to Children’s Hospital in St. Louis for Juls’ treatments. The medical and travel costs will be enormous so Team Juls is lending support in any way possible. We are rallying together to provide prayers, well-wishes and fundraising events. We aim to lend spiritual and emotional support and to ease the financial impact of medical/travel expenses for Juls' family during this tough time. Please join the fight with Team Juls!
There are a several ways to lend your support for Juls, so please reference the How You Can Help tab for more information. Thank you for your prayers all the support!

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Surgery and Statement of Faith

From Momma:
"So this is what we know for now Monday Juls will have surgery to remove 2 spots of the bottom of her left lung for biopsy and genome testing.
She will be in the hospital 3 days to recover.
By the end of the week we should have results back and they plan to move forward with clinical trial the following week.
She'd have another surgery to place her broviac and bone marrow biopsy.
Then start chemo.

So why the lung biopsy?
We have 1 doctor who wants to be 100% sure that it's nothing else. To rule out anything else before we go full force into treatment.

So how should you pray for us.

Right now we are going to claim victory over her and praise God for the healing he gave her.
We are praying with thanksgiving and without doubt.
We will have confidence that this is damage and not a relapse.
We pray knowing that the Lord has proved the doctors wrong before and know that this time will be the same.

Thank you for all the messages and texts I read all of them"

And some lyrics that bring the family comfort from MercyMe's song "Even If"

I know You're able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don't
My hope is You alone
I know the sorrow, I know the hurt
Would all go away if You'd just say the word
But even if You don't
My hope is You alone
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul

Monday, August 14, 2017

The reaccurance - Stupid post STUPID CANCER


 Here's the news in Rachel's words from earlier today:
"The reaccurance
Rate for Ewing sarcoma is 75%
If a child reaches remission they have 75% of getting it again.
Unfortunately Julia relapsed in her lungs
Her doctor is signing her up for several clinical trials.

She began this journey 4 years ago ended 3 years ago and now we have to fight all over again!!
She doesn't know yet.
I'm not sure how she'll handle it all.
How am I ...I'm pissed....I'm a mess ....I don't understand
I do believe it will all be OK and God will keep her in his arms."


I hoped this blog was an archive of a battle fought, won and OVER.
I'm angry. I'm sad but mostly I'm ANGRY.
This is Juls blog and out of respect for her and her family I won't use all the words I'm thinking, but they would be colorful to say the least.

Cancer is such a jerk. Cancer is STUPID. Having to make this post is STUPID.

Juls is in school, she can go swimming! Look at that gorgeous blue hair from earlier this year!

I don't even want to talk about what's fair because we're well past that. Let's talk about right for a second.
It's not RIGHT that cancer is taking children from this world. I would start a list right now right here but it's so heartbreaking.
It's not RIGHT that the treatment options are so limited for kids.
It's not OKAY or RIGHT or any other word you can think of that only 4% of cancer research funds are dedicated to childhood cancers.

4% is unacceptable. 75% is unacceptable.
And cancer still is and still will be after Juls kicks its rear again, STUPID.