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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)

6.18.2009

Today we are expecting to hear the results from the CT scan of Mike's brain and from the ultrasound of the portal vein in Mike's liver. Mike will also have his right lung drained of fluid. Without going into too graphic of details, Mike has so much fluid throughout his body that he arms, legs, stomach and chest area, are almost doubled in size from fluid build up. We have no idea how this will be corrected...but the doctors do not seem to be concerned about this. In their words, that situation is secondary to other things they are trying to correct.

The kids and I are emotionally and physically exhausted. Every new day seems to bring another "surprise" and concern. The blessing has been that we have been sustained by God, and have fallen into the arms of family and friends supporting us, and being reassured that every prayer is being lifted.

We love all of you and will update you when we get more information.
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