Friday Afternoon

Please pray for Cindy Knight Edwards, a young wife and mother, who will have heart surgery Monday.

Greg Corkern will be hospitalized a while longer. The doctors have determined he had a major heart attack.

Wanzie Williams’ surgery went well. She will be going to rehab when she leaves the hospital.

Kathy Jo Thompson (Amite)

Still at home, haven’t been able to get around much. I still need mom to help me up and down and to walk sometimes. The pain gets better each day but now it is begining to be a different pain. When I move certain ways I get this shooting pain all over and it paralyzes me for a few seconds. It hurts! I know that this to shall pass says my mother but when your going through it, it doesn’t seem like it. I alternate my activities during the day from standing, sitting, and lying because if I stay in one position for too long it starts to hurt, but boy does that ice still work! ha

I wanted to update earlier but our computer takes forever and didn’t really have the patience. Mrs. Sandra Satterwater (Anglin is her maiden name) passed away on Wednesday around 2 pm. Her preacher called us and said that she was doing fine and then all of a sudden her blood pressure starting dropping and they couldn’t get it to come back up. We are so very sad for the family but know that she is in a better place and no longer hurting. Please keep her family in your prayers as they go through their time of loss.

On a lighter note, I’m still struggling with this one class. I will decide today if I take the final or if I am going to get an incomplete and just finish what I haven’t taken during the summer. I just don’t understand why teachers can be so not caring. I understand that I need to take the test to pass the class but I just had a tumor removed from my spine and am probably have to go back in two months and have more removed from my body. I haven’t even thought about studying and looking at a book cause I am in pain all the time. But anyways, God has his plans I’m trying not to worry and wait on him to guide me!

~KJ

Don Denton (Former music minister at FBC, Indepencence)

Don’s doctor came in this morning. The spot they found in the pelvic area will not be biopsied. There is not a lymph node in that area.

They will not do the PET Scan today, they will do a Spect Scan today. A SPECT Scan detects functional abnormalities in the brain. It looks for blood flow through the arteries and veins and can detects tumors as well.

I am not sure why they decided not to do the PET Scan at this point.

Don’s headaches are moch less painful these days, since they did the lumbar puncture. It was theraputic in that way. We are really thankful for that.

It has rained off and on the past several days. And we will have more rain this weekend.

Of course we will wait through the weekend. The neurosurgeon will be in somtime today or this weekend. I spoke to him yesterday. He will go over details of this brain biopsy when he comes to see us.

Joshua is a trooper. Here we are again, at another hospital, different city, away from home and he is pretty amazing. He is away from his friends and of course everything is new here.

He has his melts downs which is normal. I continue to educate myself with grief for children as much as possible.

I did not sleep last night. Too much on my mind with respect to questions for the doctors. Otherwise I have been getting really good sleep and feel pretty good in that way these days.

Our pets are being boarded at the VET. I thought we would be back home by now. One day I will be more realistic about that. I have my own denial too.

Well, keep you all posted as we hear.