A Tale of GraceMarch, 2007
Call to Tapas
Dearest Friends and Family, I have to tell you. Anni is having more and more trouble breathing. If she goes for a short walk, she labors hard to get air, to the point where she sweats. The last few days are seeing her sweat easily after small movements. Nights are torturous, she moans in pain […]
Reminders of Her Grace
Dearest Friends and family, We have not written in a few days. At present, the medical world from NIH has sent out Anni’s body fluids and tissues slides to labs in New Jersey and California to see if the disease qualifies for treatment under new medical protocols (studies) which are the ‘cutting edge’ of cancer […]
Silent Sufferings
I look in Anni’s beautiful eyes, and see a deep suffering and pain. She does not say much, but now requests her full dose of pain meds, and is acutely aware when the next dose is due. Seeing our concern, she smiles ever…although when alone with us she sometimes cries with the agony of bearing […]
Pray for the Doctors
Dearest Friends and Family, On Friday the Doctors are having a meeting to discuss all of their findings, the results of the tests, etc. In this meeting they are going to decided what they think of Annika’s illness. So far, they have not found anything that they are 100% sure of, so whatever it is, it […]
Days of Rest and Grace
The last four days have been a time of recuperation from the ordeal at NIH. Until Monday, Tim and family with Rosa were here. Every morning, Anni went for a longer and longer walk with Rosa and part of the group. Her nausea was terrible however, and she wasn’t eating much at all. Each day […]
Back at Grandma’s
Yesterday, Dr. P. of Neurosurgery did a lumbar puncture on Anni. Along with blood draws and another brain scan, bone scan and the biopsy on Thursday of the tumor on the kidney, it was the last of the extractions of body fluids and tissues to diagnostic testing. I was lucky to be able to stay […]
Back at Grandma’s
Yesterday, Dr. P. of Neurosurgery did a lumbar puncture on Anni. Along with blood draws and another brain scan, bone scan and the biopsy on Thursday of the tumor on the kidney, it was the last of the extractions of body fluids and tissues to diagnostic testing. I was lucky to be able to stay […]
Back at Grandma’s
Yesterday, Dr. P. of Neurosurgery did a lumbar puncture on Anni. Along with blood draws and another brain scan, bone scan and the biopsy on Thursday of the tumor on the kidney, it was the last of the extractions of body fluids and tissues to diagnostic testing. I was lucky to be able to stay […]
Back at Grandma’s
Yesterday, Dr. P. of Neurosurgery did a lumbar puncture on Anni. Along with blood draws and another brain scan, bone scan and the biopsy on Thursday of the tumor on the kidney, it was the last of the extractions of body fluids and tissues to diagnostic testing. I was lucky to be able to stay […]
Rumors, Rumors
Dearest Friends and Family, It has come to our attention that there are lots of wild RUMORS about Anni which we want to address,and get out of the AIR!!!! Darling brothers and sisters, know that our precious and beautiful Lord,our Amma, is showering Her grace upon Anni and all of us. By Her grace alone, […]