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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)

11.17.2009

(The above photo was taken of my dad this morning before he and mom headed to the hospital.)

I apologize for the late update. Dad's procedure was a success!!! He is at Baptist Medical Center for the next few days for monitoring since the procedure was a bit more invasive than usual (going into the small intestine rather than the stomach), but overall he appears to be doing well. We left my dad at around 6:30pm to allow him to rest and sleep since he's on a pain pump this evening to help with any incision pain. They also re-stitched around his billiary drains and will help fix his abdominal drain as well. He had 2.5 liters of fluid drained from his abdomen in order to help the incision site stay dry and heal faster. He will also need his abdominal drain to stay on a bag to help aid in keeping the area inside his stomach dry so it will heal. They hope to begin using the feeding tube tomorrow.

Please continue to pray for my dad as he begins this healing process and begins to get the nutrition he needs. Please pray for a good night's sleep for my dad at the hospital and my mom at home. They weren't planning on staying overnight, so she came home and will return in the morning. Thank you for all who are praying for my dad and family.

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea...The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress." Psalm 46
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