More photos of Terry have been uploaded to three Facebook Albums. You can see the new pictures with the links below:
- Recent Mum: Click Here
- Mum: Click Here
- Early Mum: Click Here
More photos online
Posted by on December 28th, 2009 in Text · 0 CommentsGrand Rapids Press obituary
Posted by on December 21st, 2009 in Text · 2 CommentsYou can read the Grand Rapids Press obituary online by clicking here.
Comments can be left there, here, or at Terry’s CarePages site (https://www.carepages.com/carepages/WhyNotMe)
In His care, -Tait
Funeral Arrangements
Posted by on December 21st, 2009 in Text · 0 CommentsWe will have a visitation time on Tuesday 12/22 afternoon 2-4 pm and evening 7-9pm at Christ Church, 2500 Breton Rd SE, Grand Rapids, Mich.
And the funeral will be Wednesday 12/23 afternoon 2pm at the same Christ Church.
Terry will be cremated and her remains placed to rest in the columbarium at our church.
In His Loving Arms,
Ray
Terry passed away
Posted by on December 21st, 2009 in Text · 6 CommentsTerry passed away early this morning, and crossed over into heaven. She passed peacefully, and no pain, just breathed her last breath and went to be with Jesus.
Psalm 73:23-26 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
John 14:1-3 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.
In Gods Hands,
Ray
Album Online
Posted by on December 19th, 2009 in Text · 0 CommentsWe’re starting to scan in pictures of Terry, and have the first batch online for anyone who would like to see them. More will be coming later.
The link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2691477&id=2216042&l=a883dd4fe8
at home
Posted by on December 19th, 2009 in Text · 1 CommentTerry is at home where she and her family wanted her to be. She is resting comfortably, medicated, so is not awake much.
We are glad she is home, and pray for every precious minute we can have with her.
We are under His care.
Ray & Terry
Home tomorrow
Posted by on December 17th, 2009 in Text · 3 CommentsTerry will be coming home Friday afternoon for Hospice in home care.
She is medicated so is usually pain free and comfortable. She gets nauseated, but takes medication for that, but when heavily medicated is not awake.
Many have stopped in to see Terry.
We so appreciate everyones prayers, support, loving messages…
We are depending on His care,
Ray & Terry
At Lacks
Posted by on December 15th, 2009 in Text · 3 CommentsThe doctors could not find any evidence of a blockage in the liver bile duct, so they did not do a stent. They did find in the cat scans scar tissue building up on the good part of the liver…and they believe this is what is causing the fluid buildup and the high bellirubin. So she will have to have the fluid drained from her abdomen a couple of times a week.
At this point they will continue the 5-7 days of antibiotics in the hospital. They will not continue to treat the cancer with chemo.
Then Terry will come home, and be in hospice care.
We have a Good Lord who is giving us strength through this hard news, and He will be with us and help us carry this burden.
Under His Care,
Ray & Terry
in hospital
Posted by on December 14th, 2009 in Text · 4 CommentsTerry’s condition in the doctors words “is touch and go over the next couple of days”. Terry is very ill. The liver is not functioning properly and they think it is blocked, perhaps a tumor is pressing on the duct. They are planning on trying a stent tomorrow to get the liver to start flowing again.
Pray that the intevention radiologist will be able to do the stent tomorrow and that it will work and get the liver flowing and working again. If the stent works, the expectation is that she will improve noticeably. Her bellirubin is still high at 17.
Under His Care,
Ray & Terry
In the ER - Update
Posted by on December 13th, 2009 in Text · 1 CommentUPDATE-Terry was dehydrated, her billirubin was high (17, normal is 4, and she was yellow from jaundice), and her platelet count was low (24,000, normal is above 140,000). So they are keeping her at the Lacks Center hospital until hey get her counts and fluids back to normal. And latest is that Terry has a bacterial infection that they are giving her antibiotics for.
Terry had a chemo treatment on Thursday…they changed the drug due to insurance insistence. She had a cat scan and brain scan, and parencentesis (to drain a liter of fluid).
Terry has had a rough time since then, steadily getting very weak and fatigued, very tired, now dizzy, blurred vision, confusion, very dry and sore mouth, no appetite. She fell Saturday and hurt her hip. Fluid is continuing to build up in her abdomen. She suspects she is dehydrated. They are running blood tests, x-rays, etc. The doctor wants to admit her to the hospital.
We are glad to get some help and relief.
Pray that they can determine what is going on and correct it.
In Gods Care,
Ray & Terry