Team Lucas

01/08/2025

Another day of Lucas sleeping in until around 2-3 pm. Because he had another very restless night, even in my bed. 😔 He spoke to me as I was on face time with daddy today about the unthinkable. But it’s obviously on his mind, so we obviously listened and let him get it off his mind. I told him that is something he will be discussing with his wife and children 50-60 years from now. He said I’ll never have kids because chem0 already messed that up for me, and I’ll probably never have a wife either. ❤️‍🩹💔You sweet boy I promise you… some woman will be honored and a very lucky woman 1 day to be your wife.
Mommy & daddy will probably be gone before we ever have to worry about your final arrangements, that’s all I’m saying about that conversation. 😔❤️‍🩹No child should ever have these thoughts. It literally tore me apart. But I stayed strong kept myself together and told him if that day was to ever come, we would honor his wishes. I’m hoping we can talk to his doctors this week and try to possibly change a med or go up on one of them or something that will help him get these thoughts out of his mind. 🙏🏼💔🎗️💛

01/07/2025

Lucas wanted me to take a pic and make an update. He hasn’t had a very good week. I think he’s worried about next weeks trip/scans/chem0. His MH hasn’t been the best.We could use some extra prayers. I just want my baby back. I had to give him a PRN earlier for anx!ety 😔 He’s finally feeling a bit better (for the moment) and he’s wanting to take a nap. He was up most of the night last night. Every time I woke up, he was sitting up wide awake. 😢 He asked me for a bowl of cereal at 4:30am. I think he finally fell asleep after he eat that around 5am. He said he just has so many worries and bad thoughts and night time is the worst. It keeps him awake, I know all about that so that literally tears me up. 💔It’s hard on our bodies when we can’t sleep at night. 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹

01/06/2025

This is Luke’s oncologist. He’s been great along with his nurses. But the gut feeling I’m feeling about scans coming up… is a feeling that’s indescribable. 💔😭All we can do is pray 🙏🏼 the treatment has worked and his lungs are cleared. He said if not, we will do multiple more rounds of chem0, and then multiple rounds of r@diation 💔😔
All the unknowns are just so scary. They tell us to try to not worry about the scans so much… but how? 💔😢

01/05/2025

I am so sorry. Something just popped up about ‘Poke your audience and top fans’ I tried clicking out of it and accidentally clicked Poke instead 🤦🏻‍♀️ no clue what that means. lol 😂

01/05/2025

1st time Lucas has been out of bed all day. His daddy had to leave early this morning. He’s driving through some very bad weather.
His Bff Akadian just got here. Made him feel a bit better. They just eat some chili and now playing Spot It. Lucas loved this game while we were in the rehabilitation center.
Our power company has been warning us about possible long term outages all week. I’ve prepared the best as I could but I’m praying so hard the power stays on. We’re on a level 2 now I believe 😢 and it’s just beginning. The ice is supposed to start around 1-3 am. That’s the concerns of the power lines sagging and breaking. Hopefully everyone can safe and warm. 🙏🏼

01/04/2025

Today is daddy’s birthday 🎉
Today was also Aunt Iva’s funeral. Lucas simply was in hives last night.Talking to his dad and I about going today,& how d3pressed he is and has been all week & seems how he can’t get out of this funk. Said it feels his meds aren’t helping at all anymore. Daddy slept in the the semi last night 💔because Lucas fell asleep in my bed with me. 😔He said as long as my boy feels safe and sleeps good, that’s all that matters. Unfortunately lucas said a funeral home was the last place he felt like being at today mentally, physically & emotionally. So him and I stayed home. If anyone in the world would understand, it would’ve been Aunt Iva. 😔We miss you so much. He said I love her so much and after momma’s funeral, I just don’t think I can do it. So I wasn’t going to force him.
He has been sleeping so much 😢 While daddy and brother was at the funeral, Lucas and I made daddy 2 pumpkin pies, and 2 dozen of blueberry muffins and wrote ‘Happy birthday’ on the muffins….the only cake mix I had in the pantry was out dated by years 🤦🏻‍♀️Didn’t want to risk it. Plus my boys doesn’t like cake. I always make always bake one for their birthdays but they literally never eat it. And daddy loves pumpkin pie and muffins. We decorated with all the birthday decorations I had here. When he got home we had our video cameras rolling and the candles 🎂 lit on the pumpkin pies. 🥧 It made his day. Luckily his Christmas gift 🎁 was running late and it literally showed up today. So we found a birthday bag and put it on the table. He said this is the best birthday ever. My aunt sent us some money last night and said ‘Happy birthday Herb’ and told us to take him out to dinner tonight. Unfortunately Lucas wasn’t up to going out in public or going out to eat. So him and daddy just ran to town to pick up some KFC and come back here and eat and just relax. Spend some time with daddy and maybe play some board games. He has to leave early in the morning 😢 Another hard ‘see ya later’. This time he will be out for 2 weeks. He won’t make it home next weekend. 💔We have to keep rolling to get caught up on bills etc. We appreciate all the sacrifices you make for our family, Herbert Ray Clonch ❤️🎁🎂🎆🎉💯
We love you Team Lucas family & friends! 💛🎗️
P.S. some of the muffins have disappeared already.Lol I knew I should’ve took before photos.lol

01/03/2025

Someone please tell me this isn’t real? I have years of info and photos on this page throughout Lucas’s journey! 😭

01/03/2025

Sorry for the lack of updates. Lucas has been a bit down and depr3ssed. He’s been sleeping a lot. But we got one of our late Christmas gifts today. His says “Son” and my puzzle piece says ‘mom’ they do connect. He absolutely loves it 😭❤️‍🩹
And overlook me. I’m a hotmess express, trying to get after Christmas cleaning done, laundry, daddy just got home today, we have Aunt Iva’s funeral in the morning. Lucas has talked about what he’s going to wear all week. He told me earlier… mom I don’t think I can do another funeral. Especially Aunt Ivy. It’s going to tear me up. I explained to him how we can go but if he chooses to not go see her than we respect that. Newly diagnosed with p.t.s.d, anx!ety, d3pression, etc etc etc etc… he’s so scared it’s going to make everything worse, so we could use some extra prayers for tomorrow 🙏🏼
We go back to Cleveland on the 13th. We stay the night. We’re expected an entire day of scans on the 14th, then meet with his oncology team on the 15th for chem0 and to go over the results.. I can’t even describe the way I feel right now 😢
Probably coming home on the 16th, depending on the time etc. As annoying as this is… I’m dropping my pride once again and going to reshare my GFM and payment options one last time. I apologize in advance. Things are going to start getting better financially really soon 🙏🏼😔

CA= $Nikkiclonch83

Venmo= Nikkiclonch83 last digits of phone number if asked is (2055)

PayPal = [email protected]

Fb pay= Nicole Clonch

Chime= $Nikkiclonch83

I have Zelle as well.

Thank you all so much! 🎗️💛

01/01/2025

Resharing. I know times are so difficult for everyone right now. If only the bills would stop piling up while someone falls ill etc and a parent has to take off work for 4 months 😔 feels like we’re about to be drowning in debt forever. No amount is to small. 🎗️🙏🏼

Daddy is getting ready to hit the road again. 😢It’s just been an emotional day for all of us.
Resharing our payment options as it will be another week before daddy gets a paycheck. I know times are tough for everyone especially after the holidays.
Even $1 would help us get through this week with groceries, household supplies etc. thank you all so much.
Cashapp = $Nikkiclonch83
Venmo = Nikkiclonch83
PayPal= [email protected]
FB pay= Nicole Clonch

I’ll share the GFM in the comments.
🎗️💛🙏🏼

01/01/2025

Happy New year 🎊 team Lucas family & friends! Lucas hasn’t been awake long, he’s not feeling the greatest today, mentally, physically or emotionally. 💔Lord please I beg you, let this new year be better on him and all of us than 2024! 🙏🏼
P.S. we missed the ball dropping last night, I looked at the time and it was 11:15, I thought for sure I would make it and wake him up… that didn’t happen 😔 We hope you all have a great new year! 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆He said loves each and everyone of you here that has followed his journey, supported us in one way or another, packages, Christmas gifts, Christmas cards, everything! 💛🎗️Thank you all just for being here! ❤️

01/01/2025

🥳 Happy new Year 🎆 it’s just Lucas and I tonight. 8:45 pm and Lucas and I are already about asleep, he’s been asleep for a few. I feel like I’m not far behind him, 😢 We went to town today, I needed groceries etc from Walmart, he was saying how he was going to just drive the automatic cart because I couldn’t push a buggy and his wheelchair at the same time. When we got there he changed his mind 😢 he said I’m just not ready to been in public around here yet and I don’t have a blanket with me to cover up with. 💔 I can’t wait until he overcomes this mindset. I don’t want this new life holding him back from anything. 💔 So I went through Walmart as fast as I could and grabbed what we needed as he waited in the truck for me 💔he wanted a pizza from The Korner, he eat pretty good. We was gonna make some popcorn 🍿 and mirror my phone to the tv to watch the ball fall tonight. I don’t think that’s going to happen. 😬 Mommas exhausted but I’m going to try my best to stay awake and wake him up a few minutes before midnight so we can at least watch the ball fall together, As we do every year. 🙏🏼🥹 we hope you all have a happy and safe New year 🎊🥳

12/29/2024

And…Now our electric is off with no restoration times due to so many outages.😭It’s so hard to care for Lucas with no power. Last time during the hurricane I believe it was 5 days, maybe longer. All we can do is hope it’s not as long as then. I’m scared he’s going to wake up soon and not be able to go back to sleep tonight. 😞 Looks like momma needs to go pick up a pizza somewhere. Both boys are napping but I know they will wake up hungry. 😔

12/29/2024

Poor baby boy. Him and Zeke basically cried themselves to sleep after daddy left. Shatters my heart.But we have to learn to stay strong for them.As hard as it is…. It’s a part of the trucking life. 💔I hope you get some good rest in mommas bed bub.🙏🏼🎗️💛🥺

12/29/2024

When I say it takes a strong man to be an OTR trucker, but an even stronger family that stands behind him and supports him, I’m not exaggerating. The tears, the emotions, the emptiness we feel immediately. It’s a feeling that’s indescribable. But we know this is how we have to live and survive and pay the bills.
The trucking life isn’t for everyone. This is just so hard on our family. 🎗️💛💔😢🥺

12/29/2024

Daddy is getting ready to hit the road again. 😢It’s just been an emotional day for all of us.
Resharing our payment options as it will be another week before daddy gets a paycheck. I know times are tough for everyone especially after the holidays.
Even $1 would help us get through this week with groceries, household supplies etc. thank you all so much.
Cashapp = $Nikkiclonch83
Venmo = Nikkiclonch83
PayPal= [email protected]
FB pay= Nicole Clonch

I’ll share the GFM in the comments.
🎗️💛🙏🏼

12/29/2024

Could use some extra prayers. We lost someone very dear to our hearts this evening. My husband got the phone call to go say his ‘see you later’ to his aunt Iva. Lucas wanted to go so bad, I didn’t think it was a good idea with his newly diagnosed P.t.s.d, anxiety!ety and depress!on. So hubby promised to face time Lucas to let him tell aunt Iva how much he loves her. She been battling small cell lung C. 💔

💔Right after we got off face time with hubby, we received the news via text message that Aunt Iva received her wings. 🪽 Lucas and I started holding hands and was bawling together when we hung up. He was telling her to stay strong and how much he loves her and misses her. He said “ Stay strong aunt Iva, and I promise you I’ll stay strong, you’re a warrior and have fought as much as you could.” 💔14 years old and he is so wise beyond his years. Before momma passed away, aunt Iva would come over all the time and drink coffee with momma and I. She become very close to my boys, as they were living here with me and Momma, helping me with her journey through stage 4 small cell lung C. 💔I hate C so much. Our hearts are so heavy this evening. 🥺💔🙏🏼🎗️🪽
This photo was taking in Cabell. Right after his scans and we found out this day… his ewings returned and was metastatic to his leg, lungs and lymph nodes. 🥺

12/28/2024

Aunt Angie and Uncle Harvey brought the twins out to visit Lucas. 😭1st day he’s been out of bed all week. He loves these lil boys so much. Then take a look at the last photo. 😬 about gave momma a breakdown.. while daddy was getting groceries for his semi to go back to work tomorrow, Lucas had to prove to me that he can get in the semi alone. 😳Took me a few minutes to catch my breath. He got out all alone as well. He wouldn’t let me even give him a helping hand. 🎗️💛🙏🏼My strong, brave warrior. This morning wasn’t the greatest, with his emotions but he pushed through them, he talked to mom and dad and we just listened. And of course I kept my composure this time and we just reassured him… this is only temporary. This to shall pass. 🙏🏼🎗️

12/28/2024

1st day Lucas has been out of bed in days. He had to take a prn for anx!ety today. He’s just not been feeling well at all. 🥺🙏🏼Not much to update but he wanted me to take a photo and make an update. 🎗️💛He said he loves you all!