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In 2007, I began my original website, Sonshine's Haven. In 2007, it was turned into a blog and used to keep family updated on my first husband's fight with liver cancer. He passed away November of 2009. We were married for 34+ wonderful years and this journals some of that grief process I've gone through.

I have since remarried another widower, but Mike is missed dearly, and will always be a big part of my life.

At times, all of us will be called to act as witnesses to the suffering of another. We will be unable to affect the outcome physically. Words will fail us. Prayer will seem futile. And yet, the act of bearing witness to someone else's trials is a sacred sorrow that offers and astounding glimpse of eternal joy." by Ginger Garrett

"Being willing to stay with a loved one throughout their travail, can be difficult....YES! But offering yourselves as faithful companions on a dark and dreadful journey can be an unmeasured blessing." (paraphrased by me)

3.08.2008

Day 11 of Last Treatment

Mike is doing good at his "new normal", which means the joint and muscle pain is almost constant since his last treatment. He especially has trouble sitting, or standing, in one place for very long. The beginning of his days are slow, but then he does pretty well for a couple of hours. It seems necessary for him to rest before he can finish out his work day, and also to get through an evening. He is able to get relief from the pain and headaches, with either Tylenol or other pain medication, and Ambien is helping him rest well at night.

The next treatment is scheduled for March 20th. Mike would rather delay another CT Scan for another month or so, to really give the chemotherapy time to beat up this tumor. In the meantime, we really hope you'll join us, praying that this cancer will go into remission, without any further complications or side effects. We feel blessed to have friends and family praying for us. Those prayers continue to give us hope and bring us great comfort and peace.

"Lord God, Your divine power has given me everything I need for life and godliness through my knowledge of You who called me by Your own glory and goodness." (2 Peter 1:3)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We are praying for you all. We love you - and miss you!