Good News!!! Thank you so much for your prayers for my wife Denise. Her bone marrow has begun to produce blood cells again! (Red cells to carry oxygen, white cells to fight infections and platelets for normal blood coagulation) All three are improving! Her doctors at NIH (National Institutes of Health) are thrilled calling Denise their star patient! They are even saying she may not need any more blood transfusions—her last was on Friday. Praise the Lord! Thank you for your prayers.
In case you didn’t know, Denise was diagnosed with bone marrow failure (severe aplastic anemia) in mid-March and is undergoing a clinical trial at NIH in Bethesda MD just outside Washington DC. She is staying with our friends Bob and Pat Hale. I returned home four weeks ago to be with my daughter Renee (who sadly had a miscarriage) and to teach a mission class at I.B.C.D. in OK (Institute of Biblical Community Development). Renee is now visiting with Denise in VA now while I’m here helping my son-in-law. We are working on home repairs so Denise can come back to a nicer and mold-free home.
Thanks also for your patience with me in replying to your emails and messages. I hope to spend some serious time catching up on my communications very soon.
June 12, 2013
Woo-hoo! Great news! 😉 Thank God for His mercy!
June 12, 2013
That’s great to hear!
June 12, 2013
Wow thats fantastic! Gerry1! I wonder what great thing the Lord is, and will be doing in your life through all this?
June 12, 2013
Oh Happy Day! I am rejoicing with you now!
June 12, 2013
Awesome! I’m so glad to hear the good news!!
June 12, 2013
Our God is so awesome! Praise His Holy Name! How precious are His thoughts toward us! Thank you for the updates but take care of your family and yourself first. You have a lot going on right now. May God strengthen you all and meet every need in the days ahead! Amen.
June 12, 2013
Praise God! May He continue His healing work in Denise’s body, and His blessings on your family!
June 12, 2013
We are very happy and relieved for you. The goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. . . .
Thank you for keeping us posted!