I just got a call from Dad, prompted by Mom, for another update for all of the "Pray-ers" on this blog. Mom is feeling better today than yesterday (this could also have something to do with the fact that her medication seems to be working better). She had another tube removed and is now able to get up by herself in short bits and walk around. She is still hooked up to the IV, and will be for a few more days as her system works back up to being able to digest regular food.
Mom would like me to pass along her thanks to every one of you for your prayers and help over the last week. She is looking forward to looking at the blog in the near future, so keep your notes (and prayers) a'comin.
16 comments:
Karen, I am so glad to hear you are able to move around and take small walks. You have made amazing progress since Wednesday. We will keep on praying!!!
Blessings,
Carol Kremer
Dear Karen and Charles-
Great, great news!! We were so glad to hear of you writing on the napkin yesterday- we know you are feeling better if you are writing notes and making sure the info is accurate!! I really like the nurse update- you're answering all of our questions!! We continue to pray, pray, pray- without ceasing! Our hearts are filled with praise for the negative lymph nodes- PTL!! Many prayers and much love for continued strength, comfort and rest. May God continue to give you peace in your heart....
Much love-
Matt and Sharon
Dear Karen and Charles,
We have been following your adventure with you since we found out last Wednesday. We have been praying and submitted a prayer request to our church family, Fellowship Bible Church and also our small group that we attend. We are so happy that you are getting stronger everyday and even able to take small walks. Also we are thankful for negative lymph nodes. May God give you continued peace and rest as you recover.
Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers,
Love,
Glenn,(your cousin)and Sheryl
Dear Karen,
Praise God for the progress you have made to this point. We are thrilled with all the updates we receive from this blog, what a wonderful tool. We are so happy that you are in your own room and even up and walking around on small walks. Still praising God that your lymph nodes are clear!!You are such a strong person and your deep faith has brought you this far. We continue to uphold you daily and we know that prayer is what has brought you through. Please know that we love you and will continue to pray for you and your dear family.
Charles, may God continue to give you peace, strength and good health as you care for your precious family through all this. We love you,
Aunt Bonnie & Uncle Walt
Karen,
Hi, hope you are feeling better today then yesterday. I was so happy to see Christina today at church. Seemed weird not seeing you and all your family around in church today. I missed your smiling face. Christina is so sweet I was happy she stopped by my sunday school class and I was able to give her a big hug. We continue to pray for you and Charles and all the children.
We love you. God bless you and give you His strength. The joy of the Lord is our strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
Love,
Darlene and Steve Reynolds xoxo
Dear Karen,
I hope and pray that each day you are feeling a little stronger. You have been such a help and example to me over the years. God will carry you through this one too!
love, Dana
Dear Karen,
"He will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him."
It made me smile that you wrote on a napkin--will have to make sure they get you some note paper!
We prayed for you at Crossroads Community Presbyterian on Sunday.
Love,
Peggy Styer
Dear Karen, Charlie and family, I am so happy to keep hearing good news on this blog. Praise the Lord. We are praying and will keep praying. All I can say is we love you all and am so glad you, Karen, are starting to feel a little better and are able to get up and walk a little. We also love seeing your kids around COS. If we can help in getting them there (or anyway), let us know.
Much love,
Ken and Yvonne
Karen dear,
When I was struggling with some "things" over a year ago, it always helped me to hear people speak honestly. It brought me comfort to hear simple things like, "I can't believe this is happening!", because that was exactly what I was saying to myself in my head...a lot! It made me feel less alone. So, like you, I'm sure YOU can't believe all this -- neither can we! Such a scary thing to be told without warning that you have cancer; especially since you've been so healthy and robust. It's still hard to believe even as I write this. I'm sure you'll soon be restored to your old self...and like me you'll be able to look back and see what God brought you through. But I'm sorry you have to suffer this pain. You're not alone...as you know.
With love,
Sheryl Weaver White and family
Karen-
Though I am too far to visit you, I make daily "virtual visits" to your blog to update on how you are doing. ":-) I am continuing to pray for you, your family and your doctors. Yesterday night I was flipping through a devotional book my husband was reading and came upon this verse in it and it so touched my heart that I read it several times. "My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalms 73:26
Karen, we are continuing to pray daily for you and your family. We love you so much. We are praying that God will bless you with strength to fight this disease. That He will give you patience to rest and that he will fill your hearts with peace and His inner joy - that can only come from Him. We also pray that you and Charles and the children will impact all those you come in contact with throughout this experience - that you may bring glory to His name and that His gospel message will penetrate and change hearts because of your testimony.
Love from your cousin, Beverly and Mark and family
Karen,
"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today....The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:13-14
Please know that we continue to intercede to our Heavenly Father on your behalf.
Love, Elaine
Prayers from the eastern shore of Maryland. Sounds like the prayers are holding you up! Isn't God good?! Blessings,
Laura DeWeerdt
Through the Storm
Storm clouds gather in the western sky.
The view is getting dark.
Waves of pain splash over my vessel,
each one hurts and leaves its mark.
From where this trial came from,
I do not seem to know.
It came when least expected,
threatening life and leaving me low.
Yet my faith gives reason to hope
with every labored breath I take.
He'll use these winds to mold my life,
participation with Christ to make.
In the midst of utter helplessness
I feel the Master's hand.
He will steer my vessel through this storm
and enable me to stand.
My friends join hearts together
seeking healing from above.
I know that God will lead me through
completing his purpose in love.
So as I continue this hard journey
in my little damaged boat,
I'll put my trust in Jesus
and depend on Him to keep me afloat.
~~~Laura DeWeerdt
Karen,
We continue to pray for you daily. You are in our thoughts and we're so glad to be able to keep abreast with how you're doing through this blogspot. What a great idea! May it be a real encouragement to you.
Charlie, we're praying for you, too, through this difficult and trying time.
We're so thrilled your lymph nodes are clear, Karen. May you take encouragement from that and from all the many prayers brought before the throne of grace on your behalf.
Bob and Debbie Parks
Dear Karen,
We continue to be overwhelmed by all that the Lord has done and continues to do daily in your life. In Romans 5 the Lord reminds us of the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ and that through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. . . We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, . . . . . because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." We continually uphold you in prayer for God's grace,peace and healing upon your life.
In Christ,
Cyndie and Glenn Ciemania
In Christian Love,
Cyndie and Glenn Ciemania
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