All is Well!

Dad and mom and still doing well. Mom is working out about 4 times per week at the Wellness Center and dad is hanging out at the house enjoying his favorite programs on tv. It won't be too long before we will get to enjoy the spring weather and evenings out front watching cars drive by. If you get a chance to stop by and see mom & dad - they are always up for company and seeing loved ones! Thanks for checking in and continue to believe with us for a complete miracle healing of dad - all things are possible through Christ who strengthens us!

Doing Great!

We are having a great week! Not a whole lot to report. Dad is really anxious about the impending warmer weather on the way - he can't wait for evenings out front watching traffic and seeing people he knows drive past! Mom and dad are both feeling well. . . they went to church Sunday and we took dad to his regular blood draw on Monday. Mom continues to work out 4 times a week at the Wellness Center and she and dad keep finding all kinds of great movies on tv to enjoy. Yesterday he was so thrilled to finally watch October Sky on tv. . .he has been wanting to see that one. Thanks for checking in and please continue to believe for a miracle this year in 2009 for dad. We have faith that God is able to do abundantly more than we can think or imagine. . .we pray that you will believe with us for something miraculous to happen in dad's body this year and to God be the Glory! Love to all!

Celebrating Answered Prayers!

Hey Family & Friends. . . thanks for checking in today. We wanted to share some great news with everyone about an answer to our prayers for mom. Back in February mom had a routine blood test and when the results came back with some abnormal readings they sent us to Doctor Jones, an oncologist/hematologist for a second opinion. We went to see him about 2 weeks ago and he felt that her readings were pointing him to a diagnosis of CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia). So they did a more thorough test - a flow cytometry test and we just got the results back today - her blood does not show any sign of the disease afterall and they were pretty much normal. This is an answer to our prayers. . . we believe with all our hearts God heard our prayers. Because she does have the lymphocytosis (elevated lymphocytes) they will be watching her for other infections and will retest her in April to make sure the test results stay normal, but for right now, my mom and dad are celebrating answered prayers. We didn't post the information earlier because dad was full of faith believing that this second blood test would come back in our favor - he was right. He didn't want to put it out there that mom might be sick until we knew for sure - I know some folks may have heard about it "thru the grapevine" but please know that if you didn't know about the blood tests, it was just that dad and mom chose to keep it under wraps for the most part until we knew what we were up against! Needless to say my daddy was very upset when we first got back from Dr. Jones' office with the initial news of what he thought it was. . . but now he is one happy man! Mom couldn't be feeling any better - she worked out at the Wellness Center 4 times this week and has been really doing well - so this news was so confusing to us when we received it. We'll keep you posted on the next appointment and those test results as well. . .but for now, we are just thanking our God for this wonderful news today!

Getting Out & Loving the Weather!

Hello everyone! What a beautiful few days we've been having around here! Dad and mom are well. . .Saturday we were able to get dad and mom out to a basketball game at the Rec Center to see one of my boys play in a playoff game. Even though Brady's team didn't win, dad enjoyed cheering for him and seeing him play well. It was so nice to get out in that warm weather. Plus, as always, whenever we take dad anywhere - lots of people know him and Saturday was no exception - lots of his friends came by to see him when he was at the Rec Center. Today they were able to come to church for the first time in few weeks, they had to miss the last 2 Sundays because of the weather. So they were so happy to be there and enjoy their church family. Dad still is a greeter at the front door - so it's always so good for him to have the chance to shake hands with everyone and do something that he loved so much before the stroke. Tomorrow I will be taking him for his Blood Draw at the hospital to check his INR. Looking forward to a great week - oh yeah, dad's been growing a mustache - it's cute. See if you can see it in this picture I took early last week!

Believin' for a miracle in 2009 - God we are ready to give you all the glory for Dad's healing - you have already blessed him so much with his mental health - we just pray now that you complete the healing and allow dad to regain feeling and strength in that leg and arm and his stomach muscles. Keep believing and praying with us!

Weathering the Season!

Not a whole lot to report from Kisner Central on Tavern Road in Martinsburg. . . except we are ready for warm weather! Due to the snow early Sunday, Mom & Dad ended up staying home again this Sunday and didn't head out to church. We did get out last Monday for dad's blood draw and everything came back normal. Hoping this weekend when it warms up to get dad to a basketball game of the boys. Dad is feeling very well these days other than he left leg gets sore because of lack of movement - I really wish we had a therapist to work with him, maybe when the warmer weather comes we can look into it again.

Mom will start back this week to the Wellness Center - she took February off due to winter weather. I am sure that will get her back in the swing of getting out - she really has only gone to the bank and grocery store lately and I know last week when she came to my house one day to get my kids off the bus for me, she was nervous to be driving on Route 9. Dad said she has become nervous about driving anywhere but her normal little routes to the grocery and bank. . . so when the weather breaks we might have to take her out a little bit and get her feeling comfortable with it again.

Hope everyone is doing well! Thanks for checking in!
Mary Beth