On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:52:18 -0400 Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mornin' Judy. > > Just read the latest report on Jenna. Please give her our best and > tell her we are praying for her regularly. Give her a hug for us. > Vee & Terry
Hey Terry & Vee: I'd love to and I sure gave her lots of them while we were in Austin. We've just returned to VA from a 3,000+ mile road trip thru GA, LA, AR, and TX during which I tried to check in sporadically on our laptop. Jenna didn't look like the same little girl when we arrived in TX. She is completely bald and very frail; the drugs have weakened her ankles, hands, and wrists but she has the same sweet spirit. It is very sad to see a carefree 4yr old now concerned about handwashing and germs. Before we left I went on one of her visits to the Austin Childrens Hospital for chemotherapy and met the team who work with her. Jenna seems to have a natural aversion to them accessing her mediport even with the cream that is supposed to numb the skin over the site which our daughter applies early in the morning. There are ladies trained in child development who assist her Dr. and his nurse by distracting her with books, toys, and their teaching doll Sammi who also has a mediport and they coach Jenna in doing to Sammi the same things the medical people are doing with her. Soon one of the ladies will make an appointment to take Sammi to Jenna's Mother's Day Out Program at the school and Jenna will help her teach the other children about Leukemia and it's treatment. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been praying for Jenna; the scriptures teach us that a man's spirit will sustain his infirmity and the Lord has certainly blessed Jenna spiritually. Even though totally bald she does not seem to care much about hats and bandanas and the times our daughter gave her one to match her outfit she layed it aside before we left the house (still an unencumbered child at heart). Jenna does tire faster, can't walk very far, and takes long naps in the afternoon, she also doesn't have much appetite because the drugs change the taste of food and cause her to be nauseous so she is losing quite a lot of weight. It takes our daughter, the Dr, his nurse, and the ladies on the team to persuade Jenna to allow them to access her port. Our daughter has a BSN and she told me how difficult it is for her to sit there and watch them inject poison into her little girl's body but they are doing what they believe is necessary. I was present when Dr. Wells described the next phase which is called intensification and it sounds awful, not a comforting scenario at all. We are very grateful to all of you who remember to pray for Jenna and to our heavenly Father who is faithful to hear. Grace and Peace, Judyt ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
