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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)

9.11.2008

Update From MD Anderson

We received this announcement from MD Anderson a little while ago. So hopefully, all we will need to do is find a way to be there. (We have a booked flight, but will not know if it will get cancelled until later Saturday. The tickets will be refundable. We also are considering driving if need be, but Mike would rather not drive/ride, because of the trip back home after surgery. I'm praying God will clear a way for everything to fall into place.)

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

09/11/2008
Weather Closure - Due to Hurricane Ike, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center will be closed for outpatient clinic appointments and surgeries, Friday, Sept. 12.
M. D. Anderson’s hospital remains open, caring for patients who are admitted or who have had surgery. Families of hospitalized patients are urged to stay safe and remain at home during the storm.

09/11/2008
Your next appointment is scheduled for Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:15 AM

Thank you for keeping us in prayer, and trusting God with us, for this opportunity.

Mike is feeling well today. He had me take him up to Goody's for a little while today to check on their progress of taking down racks and conveyors, and then we went up to Walmart to pick up a few things for our next trip down to Houston. So he was up and moving around pretty good. He tuckered out when he came home though, and took a nap. We checked his heartrate last night and our blood pressure cuff has his resting heart rate at 94. I think doctors in Houston were wanting it down to about 85, but at least it's not 108+ ! He is being able to hold off taking any pain medication until about 2-3 p.m. That's about the time the tugging on his tubes begins to drive him nuts and hurt. So he is making progress and hopefully we can get these tubes out of him soon.

"For I know the plans I have for you, " declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
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