Monday, June 13th

I am happy to anncounce that Pastor and Denise are the proud grandparents of their second grand child, Declan Dean Carpenter!!!  He was born June 9th.  What a blessing it was for Denise to get to hold him!  She said she didn't want to give him up!  Last week was a very rough week but the last couple days she has felt a little more energetic.  I went over last night to visit with her and we painted the vacation Bible school memory verse posters together!  She even kept a couple posters to work on herself - she said she wants to keep serving Him to the end!   We all were surprised when Denise walked into church yesterday morning!  We shouldn't have been surprised because God answers prayer!!!
I will attach some pictures of Denise with her new grandson - they show up on the bottom of the blog.

Wednesday, June 8th

There is no easy way to say this.  Denise had her doctor appointment yesterday morning.  The doctor told her that her cancer has spread.  Her liver is full of cancer.  The doctor said that she has a few weeks left at the most.  She is very weak.   She has fought this battle long and hard.  She is such an amazing woman, inside and out!  Please pray for God's continued peace and comfort for her and her family during the days and weeks ahead.

Monday, June 6th

Denise was at the hospital by 8:30 this morning.  They did some tests, drained some fluid pockets in her abdomen, changed the needle in her port (I hope I got the wording right on that ) and they put in a new G-tube.  She was home by around 3:00 but was quite exhuasted from the day.  Now that the G-tube is draining, that is helping with some of the stomach issues that she was having.  She returns to the doctor in the morning to see about starting up the TPN (the food supplement that she was receiving for 12 hours every night) again, now that the infection seems to have cleared. Thanks for praying.....keep it up!   

Sunday, June 5th

Wanted to let you know that Denise made it home safely.  Praise God!  She is not doing well right now because of the G-tube still not draining, which is causing a lot o issues.  She has to go to the hospital tomorrow morning for some tests and for the doctors to decide what to do.  If you want to send her a note, comment on the blog.....she doesn't get on facebook so she doesn't see the comments you leave there, but she can check the blog and see your comments.  I'll let you know more tomorrow.

Friday, June 3rd

Sorry I didn't update you sooner.  I usually wait for Pastor or Denise it tell me to do so, but I could have let you know what was going on.  Denise ended up checking herself out of the hospital because they really weren't doing anything.  Her G-tube is still not draining which is causing her a lot of discomfort. She is also having trouble with the pump for her 12 hour fluids.  She is going to the ER this evening to get some fluids and she is praying it will give her the energy to get back home as they are flying out tomorrow.  Please keep all of this in your prayers.  I will let you know when she gets back home.  Keep on praying!

Tuesday, May 31st

Denise went to the doctors this morning (down in Florda) because her G-tube wouldn't drain.  The doctor admitted her to the hospital to see if they can get it draining.  If they cannot get it to drain, they will have to do outpatient surgery and put a new drain in.  Please pray that it will start draining!

Prayer Request!! May 29th

Most of you know that Denise was able to fly down to Florida.  They left last Friday and will not be back until Saturday.  Pastor called and asked me to post the following prayer request:  Denise's G-tube is not draining and we need to pray that it will start draining.    It is blocked for some reason.  If it doesn't start draining, she will need to get to the doctor and of course with the holiday weekend, that will not happen until Tuesday.  I will keep you posted as information is passed along.