We had a long meeting with Dr. Bronson who is Harriet's primary physician. He's really a nice guy and he's a Christian. He's actually in charge of the entire place at the VanDerveer Kaiser facility. So we had the meeting with him on Tuesday evening at 6:20 PM.
He went over all the options and he said that he'd discussed with Dr. Chen (the oncologist Dr. Chen) what are the options. Dr. Chen said that they could try the extreme chemo, but it would only postpone the inevitable. Since we know for sure that Harriet could not handle the treatment we have decided not to go that route.
We continue to pray for divine intervention. I will tell you that I went to see Sister Lois who is in Grossmont Hospital on Thursday afternoon. She had fractured her spinal column. I asked her what scripture she would like me to read to her and she said Psalm 73. I would like to quote to you the last few verses:
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
It is a decision that each one of us must make. Are we going to trust the Lord or not?
I made the decision many decades ago and not only I but Harriet and I will both stand and declare as did Job, "
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him." Job 13:15
Thank you for standing with this in love and prayerful support.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Liver
Good Morning everyone! Just a reminder that I update this blog every Saturday morning.
We went to the Doctors yesterday morning. This is a new Doctor, but his name is Dr. Chen, same and the Oncologist. This Dr. Chen is a gastrointestinal Dr. and he is a Christian.
Dr. Chen explain the situation with the liver. He can put a stent in and it should elevate the jaundice, but not the pain. I was under the impression that the pain Harriet is dealing with was due to either the Kidney or the Liver problem, but that is not so, it is because of the Lymphoma.
There is a 10% chance that the procedure will fail and the results are irreversible. So we will have to think about this. Even if the procedure is 100% successful, the pain will still be the problem.
We continue to ask for your prayers on her behalf. Harriet needs a grade A miracle.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
We went to the Doctors yesterday morning. This is a new Doctor, but his name is Dr. Chen, same and the Oncologist. This Dr. Chen is a gastrointestinal Dr. and he is a Christian.
Dr. Chen explain the situation with the liver. He can put a stent in and it should elevate the jaundice, but not the pain. I was under the impression that the pain Harriet is dealing with was due to either the Kidney or the Liver problem, but that is not so, it is because of the Lymphoma.
There is a 10% chance that the procedure will fail and the results are irreversible. So we will have to think about this. Even if the procedure is 100% successful, the pain will still be the problem.
We continue to ask for your prayers on her behalf. Harriet needs a grade A miracle.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Complications
After all the tests the Dr. has determined there is pressure on Harriet's Liver and that they will try and relieve that pressure. Won't know till next week, need more data.
Harriet's Sister, Lee Ann and her husband Spencer D. along with Harriet's brother John and his wife Diane are going to be in town for this weekend. It will be nice to see them.
I know that this is a short blog post, but we have limited info. I would really appreciate you praying for Harriet, she really needs a miracle.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Harriet's Sister, Lee Ann and her husband Spencer D. along with Harriet's brother John and his wife Diane are going to be in town for this weekend. It will be nice to see them.
I know that this is a short blog post, but we have limited info. I would really appreciate you praying for Harriet, she really needs a miracle.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Saturday, June 6, 2015
New Problem
So sorry about the delayed posting. I know I'm going to take the heat from my friend Larry who checks it out every Saturday morning first thing. We had family night at our church last night and we had way too much fun. We had it catered by a Mexican restaurant and the food was great!
Harriet wanted to come, but was not quite up to it. It seems that somewhere during our vacation she picked it up and infection that is landed on her liver. (How does the stuff happen?) Anyway, on Thursday she went to the doctor because she had not been feeling good for days and had some blood tests and an exam. Her normal primary physician, Dr. Bronson, was not available, he was out of town. Well, when I got to Family Night at our church last night I received a call from Harriet and just from the time that I left the house to the time I got to the church which is about 10 minutes driving time, she received a call from Dr. Bronson who had checked her blood tests and determined certain factors, so he called her.
Comparing them to the blood tests that were done just about 6 to 8 weeks ago, the liver has shown dramatic numbers off the chart. In the earlier blood test everything was okay. Which leads him to believe that she is picked up some type of infection and it's affecting her liver. This of course leaves you feeling bad, jaundice and out of energy. I remember when we moved out of state for three years between the years 1981 and 1984, we moved to Oklahoma. We had a favorite restaurant to eat at and somehow we picked up hepatitis from eating there and the entire family, except for Daniel who was just a little baby at the time, picked up the hepatitis. Which makes you jaundice and causes all these problems but in a greater extent than what Harriet is feeling right now. But, the symptoms are very similar. It took a long time to get over the hepatitis. Lord willing the medication that she was given on Thursday is helping her. I did ask her this morning and she is feeling better.
So Dr. Bronson told her to go down to Kaiser this morning and get some more blood test done today and that the results will come back and he will review them on Monday and let her know what he thinks.
That's pretty much the latest information I have. I did ask Harriet if she has any special requests for all of you that read the blog on a regular basis? She said that she asks for prayer that she could get over this liver infection. It has definitely limited her quality of life.
Changing the subject to Daniel, he's going to call me this morning as he does every Saturday morning. I've not received the transcripts from the hearing. We are looking forward to his home coming. I do ask you to continue to pray for Harriet and her situation and I do ask you to pray for Daniel. It's not a slamdunk. Things can change and I hope that he'll be able to come home.
Thank you so much for your willingness to pray for our family and for your great love!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
Harriet wanted to come, but was not quite up to it. It seems that somewhere during our vacation she picked it up and infection that is landed on her liver. (How does the stuff happen?) Anyway, on Thursday she went to the doctor because she had not been feeling good for days and had some blood tests and an exam. Her normal primary physician, Dr. Bronson, was not available, he was out of town. Well, when I got to Family Night at our church last night I received a call from Harriet and just from the time that I left the house to the time I got to the church which is about 10 minutes driving time, she received a call from Dr. Bronson who had checked her blood tests and determined certain factors, so he called her.
Comparing them to the blood tests that were done just about 6 to 8 weeks ago, the liver has shown dramatic numbers off the chart. In the earlier blood test everything was okay. Which leads him to believe that she is picked up some type of infection and it's affecting her liver. This of course leaves you feeling bad, jaundice and out of energy. I remember when we moved out of state for three years between the years 1981 and 1984, we moved to Oklahoma. We had a favorite restaurant to eat at and somehow we picked up hepatitis from eating there and the entire family, except for Daniel who was just a little baby at the time, picked up the hepatitis. Which makes you jaundice and causes all these problems but in a greater extent than what Harriet is feeling right now. But, the symptoms are very similar. It took a long time to get over the hepatitis. Lord willing the medication that she was given on Thursday is helping her. I did ask her this morning and she is feeling better.
So Dr. Bronson told her to go down to Kaiser this morning and get some more blood test done today and that the results will come back and he will review them on Monday and let her know what he thinks.
That's pretty much the latest information I have. I did ask Harriet if she has any special requests for all of you that read the blog on a regular basis? She said that she asks for prayer that she could get over this liver infection. It has definitely limited her quality of life.
Changing the subject to Daniel, he's going to call me this morning as he does every Saturday morning. I've not received the transcripts from the hearing. We are looking forward to his home coming. I do ask you to continue to pray for Harriet and her situation and I do ask you to pray for Daniel. It's not a slamdunk. Things can change and I hope that he'll be able to come home.
Thank you so much for your willingness to pray for our family and for your great love!
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet
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