Urgent Prayers Needed

BUICKRAT · Jul 29, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers have been with Dalene for some time now. It seems like she is part of our family.
We have not heard from you for a few days, Scott, and I am wondering how Dalene is doing now that she is home. Has her platelet count stabized to some degree? How often does she need a plasmapheresis? Please keep us posted as I am sure many of us want to know.

I also wish You to be strong during these difficult times. You have a difficult task. Your work makes a big difference, and you and Dalene will be rewarded for it. Keep it up!!!

GSXMEN · Aug 4, 2008

Sorry for the delay in an update.

Haven't been on very frequently lately. My sister just got married this past Sat.(8/2), and my youngest brother gets married this coming Sat. Tons of relatives in, been a bit crazy lately.

Apparently, I got an update from my uncle that I forgot to post when it came in. At the wedding, my aunt said Dalene told her she felt like she has more energy than she's had in the past 6 months - so that's certainly a big step in the right direction.:TU:

Many thanks for your continued prayer support!!

Here is the last update I got.
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Dear Friends:

It is Sunday evening....had a busy but good day preaching and teaching today. Very busy times here. Daneth left late this afternoon for Cincinnati to help out Dalene for a few days this week.

Dalene has not been doing as well as we had hope in regards to her numbers. She was up to 282,000 in her platelets on Tuesday, but by Friday she was down to 253,000. That is a lot better than the 7,000 she had a few weeks earlier, but other numbers are also coming down. I talked to her via phone this afternoon and she asks that you continue to pray. She still remembers some of the horrors she experienced when she was so sick and she is thinking what would it be like to have to go back there and suffer again.

She is home and going back to the hospital as an out patient for her plasmapheresis and chemo treatments. I will let you know as to how she is doing.

Again I want to thank you for your concern and multiple prayers in her behalf. We have been hearing from dear friends that have been keeping up via other people sending reports. Seems like so many. We have been hearing from dear friends that we have not heard from in probably 40 years. Fellowship with dear friends is always such a blessing to us. Dalene hears of each report I receive from you all as I am putting them all together for her.

Thanks again.....Dick and Daneth Brown
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GSXMEN · Aug 5, 2008

Just got another update from my Uncle.
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It is time to drop another update regarding Dalene.

These have been extrememly busy days for Daneth and me. We are now in New York State with 2 family weddings to attend and officiate. One was last Saturday and the next one this Saturday in the Glen at Watkins Glen (same place and same week end as NASCAR at the Glen..should be interesting but I will not be participating in the later....though that might be exciting!). We will leave for Indiana after the wedding and get back in Hobart about 4 or 5 am Sunday morning in order to speak 3 times.(Come to think of it, that might be exciting too)

We are also here to be with my 98 year mom as she is finally slowly recognizing that she can no longer live in her home without 24/7 medical care and observation. These are difficult days for her as well. But God is so faithful and she continues to be thankful to her Lord for all things.

I just now got off the phone with Dalene and told her to give me the most recent report to give to our friends. Here is that report:

She had her 5th chemo treatment today and had reactions to it again. Tachacardia, breathing problems and restrictions in her throat. She said she was trying to talk to and encourage an older man next to her who was being treated for cancer. It was helping her to keep her mind focused on something else as long as she could. Finally she alerted the nurses who quickly came to her aide and slowed the treatment down. We wish she did not have to have the chemo but are trusting the doctors. Pray that if the Lord wills it, she might not have to have any more chemo. A blood report during yesterday's plasmapheresis showed 253,000, but today the report showed that something is still destroying her red blood cells. The plasma exchanges will have to continue until that gets under control.

I want to thank you for being so faithful in your prayers and friendship. It means so much to Dalene and of course Daneth and me. Dalene asked me again tonight to urge you to PRAY that God would do the impossible and touch her in a way that would bring permanent healing.

She spends almost every day at the hospital and of course her 3 little ones need someone there to care for them. She is an awesome woman, but certainly needs extra strength and help.

Your Friends,

Dick and Daneth
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adamst56 · Aug 6, 2008

Continued faithful prayers.

BTail · Aug 6, 2008

Prayers up. God be with her kids through this time, too.

Nick

GSXMEN · Sep 4, 2008

Finally got another update from my uncle. I know he's been super busy preparing for the new school year. As both preacher and principal, he's got plenty going on.
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To My Dear Friends:

God has been doing in our lives, exactly what He does best,.....displaying His faithfulness. It has been a totally busy summer. Daneth is even now speaking to Dalene on the phone as I am writing to you. ....In fact I waited a few minutes and just talked to her myself. She has again asked me to thank you for your faithful prayers and concerns for her and her family. Here is a resume' of the last month for Dalene.....

Just a month ago her chief doctor ordered that her plasmapheresis be halted to see how her numerical numbers would relate. (She had about 35 of them in a 6 week period...each treatment was about 3 hours long to totally remove all of her blood and have the old plasma separated and new plasma combined with her whole blood put back in). She also had her chemotherepy stopped. Just last week ,they removed the vascular catheter that was on her chest through her jugular and into her heart. We were elated that her numbers were very good.

Tomorrow she has her blood thourghly checked to see if she has been able to maintain the good report. I will let you know as we get the reports.

Daneth and I have had a very busy, and some what exhausting summer with a number of things taking our attention at home in Hobart as well as in Ohio with Dalene and New York with mom(Blanche). Mom is seemingly getting weaker each week and feels , as she said to me, "As weak as a kitten."

I will report more tomorrow as the Lord wills.

Thank you again.....Dick and Daneth Brown
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