Great Start Friends!!

Last night (Weds. March 3) was a wonderful one spent with Jeanine and several of our other friends. We laughed...sang....prayed....cried...laughed...listened to Jeanine share her thoughts and feelings of peace, joy, sorrow...cried...cried...laughed...sang...recounted God's promises.
You get the picture :)

One thing we did was share "How I met Jeanine" stories with Jeanine. And we laughed...and we cried...and I BLUBBERED at times. That's what is so great about Jeanine....she blubbered with me, and laughed with us, and wept with us, and was open and vulnerable about this part of her journey.

Keep writing your stories. She loves them and so do I!

On the medical front...no response from MD Anderson yet about the next step to take, but Dr. Trauth expects to hear something by Friday. Meanwhile, Jeanine is getting stronger each day. They are working to get her platelet count up before letting her go home, as well as building up her protein with additional feedings through her tube.

Dick is a rock! Stays with her most of the time, but thankfully he sometimes goes home at night and lets sister Julie stay with Jeanine. (Thankfully because this has been a long road for him too he needs to rest.) The kids and grandkids are in and out and there is a pretty constant stream of visitors. Jeanine handles all of it with amazing graciousness and she feels very loved and blessed.

Wondering whether or not to visit? If you are well and you feel led to visit, I would say this is a good time. Sometimes she is asleep from pain or nausea meds, but often she is awake. Sometimes Dick will get out for a bit if someone comes in that can stay for a little while. Let the spirit lead you and you won't go wrong.

God bless you all today! Jeanine's "just plain blessed" Journalist