The Last Weekend in June

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

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

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

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

Aloha!

Greetings from the 50th state in the Union. We have been here for about a week and a half and the weather and waves have been wonderful! I will try and include some pics.
As you know we missed our scheduled trip at the end of last summer due to Harriet's illness. So we are very thankful that we are able to come to Hawaii one more time. 
Harriet is doing pretty well. We continue to pray and look for a total healing.
This Sunday Pastor Ron Nadzam will be preaching and I know it will be excellent. We will be watching the live-streaming. I hope that you will take the time to be in the House of the Lord this Sunday.
God bless you and I thank you for your continued prayerful support for both Harriet and Daniel.
Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet

More Info about the hearing and Health update

Aloha! We are away for a few weeks. As you know we had to cancel our vacation at the end of summer last year. Harriet is feeling well enough and we are thankful to go to our favorite place.
I was going to tell you about the representative from the DA's office. Well I received an email back from the defense attorney to the question I asked, "Does the DA always cast a negative vote at the probation hearings?" Remember I said that I know its their job, but do they not examine the rehabilitation aspect. So I am going to give you her response to this questions:

"Yes - it is always a battle to Win. The DA opposes 99% of the time.

They are dictated by the DA 's office, DA can't even think for themslevs...they obey the DA office POLICY to DENY.

Sad but true.

Approx. 10-15 years ago... the win rate was around 3%. I use to get about 5% back then ...

Grant rates are still rare...they are at about  25%. There is still a Review unit perios of time. In addition the Governor can reverse the Grant decision.

The Reversal occurs about 20% of the time. This is also MUCH lower with Gov Brown then Gov Schw.... Previous Gov was reversing about 80%.

Let s hope for the best.

Thanks for your assistance. You did a great supportive closing statement."

I have contacted the right people and I am going to get an electronic copy of the hearing. Then I will see about posting the info including my closing statement. I have been giving this thought and I want to make sure that nothing I post, I will regret doing so in the future. You know what they say, once you put the info out on the net, it never goes away.

We are doing well. The weather is ideal. When we come at the end of summer it is probably about 10 degrees hotter. This has been great. Harriet is doing pretty good. It is just nice to relax and enjoy God's Creation.

Sunday Morning Pastor Mike is preaching and it is Pentecost Sunday. It will be excellent and we plan on watching the live streaming. With the three hour time difference that would make it 5:45AM our time. 

Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet

Daniels Parole Hearing Part 3

In the course of the hearing the next section was Daniel's closing statement. As I mentioned he was given 10 minutes. I will give you only a highlight of this closing statement because I can't remember everything he said.

I know that during his closing statement he did mention his remorse. He also made a statement that said if he would have had a parole hearing after he'd been in prison for 5 years he would've said that the sentence was too long and unjust! This got everybody's attention. The commissioners heads came up from their papers.

I talked to Daniel yesterday morning (Saturday). He told me that he talked to the attorney afterwards and she was trying to kick him under the table at this time to cool it. This statement that Daniel made was the worst thing that you could do. Because your saying that the sentence he received was unfair. Even though I felt that it was way longer than other people have received for even murdering someone, I'm just telling you this is how they look at it, he got what the courts deemed fair and just.

He immediately followed up his statement that after being in prison for this period 17 years he's come to realize that he should of gotten a life sentence and that that would've been a just sentence and he got off easy.

This shows his change in values as to the gravity of his crime. We all want mercy and grace from other people. And he felt that he'd received a sentence less than what he deserved. This was actually great statement to make and it was heartfelt.

When I talked to Daniel yesterday he said that the attorney Diane, spoke to them after the hearing. By the way I was not allowed to speak to Daniel either during or after the hearing. Daniel told me that his attorney asked him, did you tell your dad to say the things that he said and he answered no. I will tell you what I said when I cover my closing statement.



The other thing Daniel told me yesterday is that his attorney told him afterwards that in all the years she's been doing this and she's done over 3600 parole hearings, nobody has talked as fast as Daniel. Then she told him that you need to go out on the "Yard" and tell everybody else to do the same thing. I mentioned to you that he was very sharp in his memory and his delivery and I believe that this is what she was referring to. Daniel did not hesitate on his responses.

But since I have some more time this morning before I need to prepare for church I will tell you the closing statement from the district attorney. The main thrust of the district attorney representative was that Daniel has had 2 infractions in the last 7 years and that shows that he's not a changed person. Even though Daniel has explained those 2 situations the district attorney representative was adamant that Daniel should serve out the rest of his time.

When I got home from my adventure on Friday I emailed Daniel's attorney and asked her if this was normal? I realize that the attorney is just doing his job. But do they always take the side that the person must serve out all of his time? I've not heard back from her and when I do I will let you know what she said. Because it was obvious from the preponderance of the evidence that Daniel was a different person now that he was 17 years ago. You had to be blind, deaf and dumb not to understand that he's a changed man and not a snotty nosed juvenile rebellious stiffnecked Gentile.

I realize I gave you a capsule-ated view of these closing statements. When I get the actual transcripts I will try and post those so that you can get the straight scoop.

It really is interesting to see how the justice system works. This is my 1st and only experience. I do want to mention again that we are deeply appreciated of of the overwhelming love and support from so many people! It's very touching! I will give the next blog post this coming Saturday. I will tell you what the attorney for Daniel said and if I have time I will do my closing statement. We will be on vacation and I need to make sure I am Considerate to Harriet and not spend too much time on the computer, if you get my drift.

Today is the Lord's day! I hope that you will take the time to go to the house the Lord and give thanks for all that he's given to you. My message this morning is: Giving Thanks Is a Choice.

Maranatha,
Frank and Harriet