“Do not fear, little flock,
for it is your Father’s good pleasure
to give you the kingdom.
Sell what you have and give alms;
provide yourselves money bags
which do not grow old,
a treasure in the heavens that does not fail,
where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.
For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.”
~Luke 12:32-34~
Don Denton
We made it home this afternoon and we all are so glad to be home again. It is true that there is no place like home and the comfort, peace and rest that it can bring to one.
I am coming to you all again. I am broken and empty. Don has had a headache most of the day and it has gotten worse tonight. It is the first time he has needed a narcotic since January.
The doctors at Barnes told us that if Don should relapse between now and the surgery in three weeks that we should take him immediately to the ER in Springfield and have the hospital there transfer Don to Barnes Jewish. They will be waiting for his arrival and they will do immediate emergency surgery. So seeing Don’s headaches increase is very hard.
Joshua has a cold. The usual Spring cold that happens.
It seems as though we are loosing ground that we felt like we had gained with Don doing better.
Tonight Joshua brought a book to his daddy and Don was unable to read it to him. Josh climbed up in the chair and the look on his face was that of hopelessness and saddness. When I came over to him and just nelt beside him, Joshua had tears streaming down his face. Silent tears. He was so sad.
Don, Joshua and I just talked about our saddness and how we all have cried during this difficult time and it is OK to cry.
I just held him. Then the cat and dog decided they were going to put on one of their shows for us. It can be very commical.
We also got word from the insurance company responding to my appeal. They are going back on everything they said they would do with Mayo reimbursement. They are not honoring what they agreed to. So now I have to somehow figure out how we are going to be able to do this. I just have to find a place to put this on the burner until Don is better.
I continue to pray for healing. I continue to pray that this will be treatable. Tonight I am so discouraged.
WEll as you can see, I so need your prayers. WE all do again. WE find ourselves not understanding. It will be seven months soon, and three different hospitals. It seems so surreal.
Pray for Don that we can control his headaches with meds until he is off of the steroids.
Pray for Joshua. He is a child, not an adult. Some people think children should act like adults and that is the saddest thing when I encounter that. They just don’t get it.
Here I am being honest again. I could use some prayer myself. It is so hard to watch the ones you love suffer.
Oh my soul needs filling with hope.
Diane
From Mary Margaret Kundler:
I have 2 kids to be put on your prayer list. I have a driver his grandson has leukemia his name is Tyler Mc Clendon he is only two months old and they are at Childrens in New Orleans. We also got a note yesterday from school that a sixth grader also has leukemia. Her name is Jenna Van Dan and she will be in Jackson, MS getting her treatments at University Medical Center. Please lift these kids and there families in your prayers.
Please continue to pray for all involved in state testing in the school system.
Bertie Jane Greenhill Kilpatrick
(March 17, 1930 – April 1, 2009)
Native of Clarksville, Tennessee and resident of Amite, Louisiana, born March 17 –St. Patrick’s Day — of 1930; died Wednesday evening, April 1st, 2009. She is the daughter of Margaret Jane Perkins Greenhill and James Edward Greenhill. Bertie Jane, preceded in death by her father, her stepfather, William Richard Hellmers, her mother, and her sister Linda Ann Greenhill Simms.Bertie Jane leaves here John Herbert Kilpatrick, her husband of 59 years, her three sons, John Stephen Kilpatrick, and wife, Elaine and their two daughters, Morgan and Christina, of Shreveport Louisiana; James David Kilpatrick, residing abroad; and Richard Ross Perkins Kilpatrick, and wife, Kathleen, of Denham Springs, Louisiana.With Bertie Jane now are all her cherished dogs — most assuredly Samuel and little Pete Block.Forever missed here below, Bertie Jane now rests in ineffable peace with God and those above.Before her death, Mrs. Kilpatrick requested that in lieu of flowers, any donations be made to either of the following:The Humane SocietyDepartment GABHGP2100 L Street NWWashington, D.C. 20037Doris Day Animal League227 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 100P. O. Box 96084Washington, D.C. 20090-6084++++++++A brief graveside service for relatives and close friends will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, April 4th, at the old Amite Cemetery, Amite, officiated by The Reverend Dennis Walker of Amite First Baptist Church. A viewing will be held at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10:00 A.M.. until 10:45 A.M.
Baptist Press
April 2, 2009
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