Re: update on Dan

Thanks for the update, Trish. Our prayers have been with you guys for the past few weeks.  If there is anything we can do, all you have to do is ask.  Which Mayo Clinic will he be going to?  I think there is more than one, isn't there?  I hope you can get an appointment quickly.

Take care,

Love, ME

(Donna Witt)

Trish & Danny, we're praying for you both and Vonda we're praying for you and David :)

Trish, I am sorry to hear about Danny. He is and will continue to be in our prayers for we do a God who does miraculous things all the time.
Last week-end I helped pray for a woman who had a huge tumor in her jaw. They were going to have to do a 16 hour surgery to take the tumor and the damaged jawbone out, take part of her leg bone and reconstruct it to fit as a new jawbone. She would be in intensive care for 7 days and the hospital for x# of days.
When she went in to surgery, she told the doctor to just take the tumor out because she had been prayed for and God had healed the jawbone.
Of course, he did not pay any attention to her. After taking the tumor out the Dr. called her husband and told him there would be no reason to continue the surgery as her jawbone was completely normal and undamaged. He said he couldn't explain it, but they had the pictures to prove that the jawbone had been almost destroyed by the tumor. She went home the next day!
Praise God! He still works miracles!
I send much love to all of you.
Love and Prayers,
Julie

update on Dan

Good Morning friends and family,

Just wanted to give you all an update on Danny.  Not sure if you all know, but he had surgery on a mass on his chest last week at UVA for what we and the doctors  all thought was a mass of blood clots caused from the coumadin he takes for his heart valve.  Turns out it is cancerous and the preliminary report is Sarcoma(type unknown) and we will find out the full pathology report on our return visit on Thursday.  He will need a second surgery for wide excision and to make sure the margins are clear.  From there he may need chemo and/or radiation.  He is very weak right now but is having less pain than he has for months.  In looking at our options, the best route seems to be a Sarcoma clinic.  The Mayo clinic is #3 on the list of cancer centers in America that treat Sarcomas.  Apparently it is quite rare.  Our family physician has connections at this clinic, her son is currently been treated for sarcoma there.  There is an experimental drug being used right now at only 3 hospitals in the US.  One of those is the Mayo clinic.  He is scheduled for a PET scan hopefully next week.  He can't have MRI's because of his heart valve.  We won't know anything else until after our appt on thursday  and then I will send you all an update.  Right now the best thing you can do for us is pray!  I know many of you are already doing that.  Pass it on to your churches, put it on facebook, whatever you need to do to get the word across.  We are expecting a miracle! 

Love and prayers to all,

Trish

You are all in our thoughts and prayers from Trish, Danny and the kids to Vonda and David and everyone in between. I love you all!

David's test results came back, for the biopsy, with just the infection in the bladder, but the blood cultures , showed his kidney function is very weak . So they are going to do another one today at the nursing home and send it to the dr.He was really tired from all the moving around , but felt a little better yesterday. Hope he feels better today.Trish, we hope everything goes well with Danny too , we'll be praying. Love you All.

Happy Mothers' Day Mommy, I see you on the other side.

Praying that you both rest well! 

I just spoke to Trish, she said to let everyone know that Danny had a tumor not just a blood clot. She said they will not know anything until next week, she will let everyone know. She said Danny feels better, not having any pain now. She is staying with him at the hospital tonight. She said he may be released tomorrow or the next day. She said they will be resting the rest of the night. Someone will post tomorrow and let you know something.

2 pictures for you

Here are 2 pics of Blain's dad with a Turkey he got Monday morning
behind our house. On one, you can see his beard. The turkey's (that
is)

Just took danny to surgery. He said about 2 hours

Daddy is having his hematoma removed this afternoon. Please pray the surgery goes well!

David went for his cystoscopy yesterday, They took a biopsy of his bladder and some other things , but we wont know any thing till the reports come back Thursday. I will post when I know more. His prostaste was really enlarged , so they put a internal cathater , so his bladder would empty out, so far that was causing the UTI's, so they did blood cultures also so we will know Thursday. And Thank you All for All the prayers, Love you all.

In Honor of Mother's Day

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary (Galatians 6:9 NASB).

When the Chinese plant bamboo, first they plant the seeds, then water, and fertilize them. The first year, nothing happens. The second year they continue to water and fertilize the seeds, and still nothing happens. The farmer continues this process for a third and fourth year with no visual results. Then sometime during the fifth year, in a period of approximately six weeks, the Chinese bamboo grows ninety feet.   The question is, did it grow ninety feet in six weeks or did it grow ninety feet in five years? The obvious answer is that it grew ninety feet in five years. If the grower hadn't applied water and fertilizer every year, there would be no bamboo.   It is the same way with raising children. We pour into their lives. We plant seeds of character, pull weeds with discipline, water with prayer, and fertilize with encouraging words. Then one day, if we are persistent and consistent, we will see beautiful results.   If you are in the midst of raising your children, or even a parent of grown children waiting to see the results, I want to encourage you to press on.  Don't give up!  Keep praying!  Keep encouraging!  Keep loving! And one day, when you least expect it, your child will "rise up and call you blessed."

Rita

Wonderful news Trish! Another answered prayer!

What about David, Vonda? What did you find out about him, anything yesterday?

Trish,

Glad to hear Danny didn't have any infection!! Lynn keeps asking about him. If Tanner and Jacob need anything we can help with, please let me know.
Cindy

The heart is good. No bacteria but he is being admitted today to see what
can be done for the third boob!

My view while waiting on danny to have his procedure done

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Today

Danny,

We are all praying that things go well for you. Dad is having a scope on his kidney today to see why he keeps getting UTIs. Mom is there now. Please remember them today when you talk to the Lord. We are all doing okay. Kids looking forward to being out of school. Tanner you looked awesome and I totally loved the shoes.. Summer you looked so vibrant! You could be a beauty queen. My girls want a dress like yours. They can wait a while though. Marley is the cutest little cupcake and sooooo photogenic. I don't think anyone can take a bad picture of that baby :) Mom really missed being there for Easter. I am so blessed that she is strong and takes care of dad and the homefront. Please send up extra love to the Lord for her. We miss you all!

Summer is so refreshingly pretty! Beautiful! I can hear Gramma saying now " Ain't she going to get a little bit cold, Bobbie!"

She looks all grown up but when you look at the pics with the pooch you can still see the little girl:)
Danny slept really good last night with no fever!

I love the prom pics!! Summer is so beautiful, looks just like her mommy :) Sorry Lynn LOL. Tanner, I would say you are beautiful too but I don't think you would appreciate that so we'll go with handsome for you, just like your daddy!! I loved your red shoes too. Danny, we'll be praying that all goes well tomorrow and they get to the bottom of this. Janet, Marleigh got really still when that girl started painting her face. I think she was wondering why I was letting a stranger get that close to her :P She did so good though during that painting, it only took maybe a minute though, but that's good for her. So I'm guessing when Kaiden gets older and starts to date he'll be looking for a gal who can drive a tractor? LOL!!

These are my favorites, and the cook out is saturday.

Cindy, summer looks like a southern belle! She is so pretty!

Danny and I are at the red roof inn beside the hospital in Charlottesville. He is scheduled to have the echo in the morning at 930. If they find infection he will be admitted. Will blog tomorrow when I find out anything".

Summer's Freshman Year Prom 2011

Marcia: Is the cookout on Saturday or Sunday?

We cannot come, but Happy Birthday, Ariel!

Monica, Was Marleigh rolling her eyes at you?  Wonder where she gets that?  Also, when Kaiden saw the picture of her on the tractor, he said he loved her.  I think he meant the tractor:)  LOL 

Danny~  Many prayers going up for you. 

All the prom- goers looked very nice!  Summer and Tanner~ Hope you had fun!  Looks like you did:)

Ariel, Happy Birthday. I didn't try the ribs, had Pretzel chicken instead.  REALLY GOOD! 

We are going to have a cookout at the cabin for Ariels birthday this weekend at noon. Come if u can. Trish call if u need anything.

Dan

We are headed back to UVA today. He has had a high fever all weekend and his lab work isn't improving. Afraid it still may be in the valve so we see a cardiologist at 330. He is so weak, hasn't eaten since Thursday and now the antibiotics are making him sick. Send lots of prayers. Will let you know how it goes.

What beautiful pictures! Trish, you are definitely your fathers daughter with the camera! They look so happy and full of promise for the future! I know you are proud of him. Like those red shoes!

prom

Prom 2011