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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)

7.03.2008

Mike saw his oncologist today. Everything was good with his labs. Mike had dropped about 3 pounds but the doctor didn't say anything.

Dr. Sneed wants to schedule the CT scan for 3-4 weeks. We don't have the date yet. There was discussion about "the plan" after this next CT. Dr. Sneed wants to spread out Mike's chemo treatments and CT scans, to every four weeks for treatment and every 6 months for CT scans...but Mike doesn't like that idea and wants to remain aggressive. They left it at, they'll discuss things further after this next scan.

Dr. Sneed is trying to give Mike a better quality of life and protect his limbs from permanent Neuropathy damage. Mike feels he's handling everything fine, and doesn't want to do anything but go after this tumor aggressively. I guess we'll see who wins this argument when the results return.

Mike began feeling pretty bad when we got home from the doctors office. His face is flushed with a reddish tone, but he's not running any fever. His stomach is feeling "off" again and he's pretty weak. He came home and slept for a couple of hours and hasn't been able to do much but sit in the recliner since.

Mike's mom doesn't seem to be improving yet, so we would appreciate your continued prayers for her. Also, please pray Mike will get through these next couple of days as comfortably as possible, and that he won't pick up any viruses.

Thank you so much for keeping our family in your thoughts and prayers. Please trust God with us that we may get our miracle in a few weeks, when the scan results come in. Mike's hopeful for it being completely gone. July 13th will mark the one year anniversary for us, when this challenge began.

"Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears." Psalm 34:3-4

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