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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)

9.05.2008

Procedure

Update: The heart catherization could not be scheduled today. It is now being scheduled for Monday morning (at another hospital in Houston), which puts us here over the weekend, but is still not guaranteeing surgery for Tuesday. We have been told, clearance won't be given until after the procedure happens. So we're left hanging...in hopes that surgery can take place Tuesday morning. What is a little upsetting, is that all of this back and forth stuff is making it difficult on the children trying to come for the surgery. Please pray for peace in the midst of all of this confusion, a good outcome with the catherization, and clearance for the surgery. Mike and I appreciate every one's prayers.

P.S. One bit of excitement Mike and I had yesterday, was riding alone in the elevator with Gerald McRaney, formerly from the TV program "Major Dad". He was here speaking at a conference, being a former patient of MD Anderson, for Lung Cancer.



My parents were all packed and ready to come home this morning till they got the call that my dad is having a heart catheterization sometime today to clear a blockage in one of his valves. It's about 60-70% blocked (if I remember correctly) and sometimes they can clear that sort of blockage with medication only, but since they are trying to get him into surgery this coming Tuesday, they decided to clear the blockage with the heart catheterization. My dad is reassuring me it isn't "serious", but please pray for his safety and for the doctors as they perform this procedure.

As for now we are all making tentative plans to make our way to Houston for surgery this Tuesday. Since plans keep changing so frequently as of late, we will keep you updated should things change.

Thank you for your prayers.
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