JENNIE BIGGS HOPES TO GO HOME NEXT WEEK

Here is the latest email I received from Tom Biggs. Looks like good news. I know they are both praying that they can go back home to Converse. Keep her and Tom in your prayers. Pam and others who have appointments at Carmel this Friday please check room 265 on the Bariatic Wing, she should still be there. Ann and I dropped a gift bag from all us here on the board Tuesday. I have been holding the gift bag since her surgery date last May and hopefully she will be able to use the goodies soon. Dan *********************************************************** Dear friends and family, Good evening to all of you from St. Vincent Carmel hospital once again. The surgeon thinks Jennie can get along at this point as well at home as she is in the hospital; therefore, we are beginning to arrange things once again with the hospitals Discharge Planner, in hopes of bringing my dear Jennie home sometime next week. The wound vac is still working well, and we were told that a portable version is available for us to take home. She continues to have pain in her left leg and hip, but it is less severe than before she had the epidural injection. We hope and pray that the medication she receives through her G-tube will be enough to alleviate the pain and nausea when we get her home. In the hospital, she can get IV medications when needed, but when she gets home this will not be possible. Jennie's visitors since the last update have been Juanita Maple, Maxwell and Misty Bolinger, Dan & Ann Packard, and Kyle Strauser. The closer she gets to May 16th, the first anniversary of her original surgery, the harder it is for my dear Jennie. Recently she has been getting discouraged very easily. When you go to the Lord in prayer, please join me as I lift up my dear Jennie to our Lord and Savior. I will continue to ask the Lord to hold her gently in His hands and surround her with His Holy Spirit, and to give her healing, peace, and perseverance. Thank you all and God bless you, Tom Listen to my words, O Lord, give heed to my sighing and groaning. Hear the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You do I pray. In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart]. --Psalms 5:1-3