[The boy’s father said,]
“… If you can do anything, do it.
Have a heart and help us!”
Jesus said, “If?
There are no ‘ifs’ among believers.
Anything can happen.”
No sooner were the words out of his mouth
than the father cried,
“Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!”
Mark 9:22-24 (MSG)
David Gullota update from Angela Shockley:
Thought you would like to know that David came home Fri. He is staying with his grandparents in Tylertown, MS. His mother would like to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns. She ask that we continue to pray for him as he recovers
Don is not coming home this weekend. He is too sick. His body is so compromised. The doctors are treating this as a separate illness. His right arm is swollen, they did an Ultra sound and found the beginnings of a blood clot. They are taking the necessary steps to treat it.
He is unable to eat at this point. So looks like he will be there for several days. We will know more by Monday.
Ugh….Ugh…Ok, that is just where I am at. This is hard and for Josh, well he just wants to be with his dad. So today I brought our portable dvd player to hospital and Joshua was perfectly content sitting there by his dad.
I won’t complain, it won’t do any good. And I have to hold onto the fact that he is not relapsing. I am most thankful for that. Josh and I just really miss him.
The days seem so long. I need to keep focused on how blessed we are. Because we are. Don could be allot worse and that I am so thankful for that he is not.
Thank you…thank you for your love and care and support of us.
Diane
Well Don is looking better this morning. He still has a high level of nausea, dizziness and headache.
He has a superficial blood clot, meaning not a deep thrombois. He is on clear fluids and not able to eat that at this point.
Hopefully we will see improvement today and tomorrow. I am so grateful to Mary Ann Smashey for staying with Joshua so I could spend the night at the hospital last night.
Bless you
Diane
Blessings
I now have this virus that Don has. What a life… So I am home sick, trying to take care of Josh and Don is at the hospital. What a story. Don’s IV dislodged in his left arm and now his left arm is swollen. They had to put the IV back in the right arm with the superfical blood clot.
Can you tell, I am not having a good day today. I am pretty tired myself. Hopefully my symptoms will get better. I was suppose to take Joshua to his best buddy’s birthday party today. I don’t think I am going to make it.
Sorry for the complaining. It is just a bad day. Pray that the nursese seeing Don now will be on top of this issues. I have had to be the one to bring things to their attention. I am beginning to be concerned over their ability to take care of him.
Ok, so there you have it. Life in the Denton house is pretty discouraged. Please pray for all of us, we really, really need it.
Bless you our family and friends
Diane
I am feeling somewhat better. I have not seen Don since Saturday morning. I have spoken to him. He still has headache pain, but he is starting to eat. He still has swelling in both arms.
I have spoken to the nurse. She does not seem concerned about this. The night nurse was not aware of the superficial blood clot in his right arm.
I will be talking with his doctor sometime this morning. He is to call me. I am not well enough to go up to the hospital as of yet and of course I don’t want to spread my germs to Don.
The good news is that Don is able to keep his food down. He sounds somewhat better too.
It hurts my heart that Josh and I can’t be there to show support to him.
I am thankful that he has an excellent doctor in Dr. Trotman. He is present and passionate about Don’s case.
Pray that Don’s headache pain resolves itself. Pray that he will be able to get up and move around some today. If I am feeling well enough and my doctor says it is OK, I want to go see him this evening.
Joshua got to go to his friends Elijah’s birthday party yesterday and I could tell that he had the best time. We have such good friends that care so much about him. I am so grateful.
This has been a very long journey, going on 5 months now. Thank you to those of you who are sticking with us through this roller coaster ride. Thank you for your continued love, care and support of us. I could have never imagined our life being turned upside down like this.
I bought a causal necklace to support the childrens network at Cox South Hospital. It is a simple round copper piece with the word” believe” in the center. Joshua asked me….mom what does it say. And I told him, “Believe” I wear it because I believe in you, I believe in daddy, I believe in our family and I believe that we are going to make it through this and I believe in God that he is with us through all of this even when it is hard.
Joshua then said to me, “Mommy wear it on the outside of your shirt, so everyone can see that you believe in us”.
Pray for us. Thank you so much for walking with us and being with us, we need you all.
love,
Diane
(July 27, 1940 – February 7, 2009)
Linda Greenhill Simms went to meet the Lord on February 7th peacefully at home in her sleep. A resident of Amite, LA, Linda was born in Clarksville Tn. She moved to Amite when her mother married Rich Hellmers, pharmacist and owner of People’s Cash Pharmacy. She was a retired nurse having graduated in 1962 from Baylor University in Texas. Linda spent many years working for long term care organizations such as Hospice. Linda blessed many lives during her career and believed it was her calling to care for people in need and spent much of her career working with individuals who were terminally ill.
Linda was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Amite. She touched many lives by her compassion and acts of selflessness. She never knew a stranger and was a constant witness for Christ in both her speech and actions. She will be missed by her neighbors, friends, and family, especially her four children.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Jane Hellmers, her step-father, Rich Hellmers and her father, James Edward Greenhill of Clarksville, Tn. She is survived by one sister, Bertie Jane Greenhill Kilpatrick and husband John, her four children; Chuck Simms and wife, Vicki, Will Simms and wife Elizabeth all of Gatlinburg, Tn., Meg Sharkey and husband Michael of Amite, La., and Barry Simms and wife Sue of Bristol, Tn. and her grandchildren, Chaz Simms V, Gary Richoux, Tilon Simms, Noah Simms, Mandy Sharkey, Jacob Sharkey, and Stella Simms.
Pallbearers will be Buck Cefalu, Tom Ed Brumfield, Richard Kilpatrick, Gradon Clemons, David Vining, and Jerry Lewis. Honorary pallbearers are Leroy Wilkinson, Shelby Reid and Delos Jones.
Visitation will be from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Monday, February 9th at McKneely Funeral Home in Amite and from 8 am until Religious Services at 9:30 am on Tuesday, February 10th . Service conducted by Rev. Dennis Walker. Interment will follow in the Amite Cemetery, Amite.
Donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Amite.
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(May 12, 1961 – February 7, 2009)
Wanda Brunet “Sweetie” Harden a devoted wife, mom, and Christian to all was born May 12, 1961 and passed at 7:13AM, Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 47, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Amite. Wanda is survived by her husband, James B. “Jim” Harden, Amite; 3 daughters, Missy Brunet Bennett, Amite, Mindy Brunet Fitch, and husband Dustin, Amite, & Melinda Brunet Bennett, Amite; Mommie, Velma Brunet Noel, Amite; 2 sisters, Connie B. Lee and husband, Norman, Jr., Larose, Pamela B. Rousse, and husband Carl A., Amite; 3 brothers, Alfred Brunet, and wife, Barbara, Larose, Joey Brunet, and wife, Kim, Amite, and Mark Brunet, Amite. 5 grandchildren and numerous extended family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father, Herman Peter Brunet, Sr. and a brother, Herman Peter Brunet, Jr.
Visitation will be held at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Monday, February 9, 2009 after 10:00AM until Religious Services at the funeral home Chapel at 2:00PM with Bro. James Downing officiating. Interment in the Colonial Mausoleum, Independence.
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