Steve still in Mercy Hospital/Roseburg

Good evening,
It is late Sunday evening and I just returned from seeing Steve in the hospital. For those of you who don't know-- Steve went by ambulance on Friday to Mercy, where they found a couple of blood clots near his lung and after more tests found that he had several blood clots in the PICC line (which is the line that the chemo is administered!) and a blood clot was found in his leg.

So the situation is serious enough to keep him hospitalized until mid-week. We don't know much else. Dr. Ottenheimer, our local oncologist will return on Monday and he will lead the team to discuss how we'll proceed.

Steve's blood levels are getting better, but still lower than the average persons, so we need to get them higher. He looks good, has had alot of visitors, which he truly enjoys and his appetite is still good. So all in all, we are praising the Lord for bringing him out of this crisis!!

We have so much to be thankful for:

Many visitors to see Steve over the weekend:
Our SFC pastors, Ed Wilgus and Pastor Paul, Dan Reeves, and Sanford Hillman joined us at the hospital Thurday evening to pray and annoint Steve with oil before he went in for his CT-Scan.
Friends Tray & Sue Williams happened to join us during the prayer as well

Pastor Mark Bodenstab rushed to the ER to pray
with Steve after we arrived at the hospital Friday AM.

Steve's family were all in attendance over the weekend. What would we do without family!!
Amanda, Lynsey, & Faith were all with us.--the girls are such good medicine for Steve. And Faith is growing up so quickly, and is such a joy!!

Jim York, Rod & Sue Greene, Hugh & Marie Copeland, Judy Newman and her husband from Eugene,
all came to visit. (I've probably left out several folks--but my brain is fried, I'll rememeber your names in the middle of the night, I'm sure!)

While back at the ranch, MJ had her bathroom dimmer switch and caulking done by Eli & Michelle Medina Sunday afternoon. And the" good scrapbooking fairy" left a huge bag of scrapbooking supplies and albums for me, but left no name--so that I can properly thank you!!

We continue to be so blessed by our friends who continue to bestow us with good wishes and wonderful surprises!! We will never ever be able to repay you all the kindnesses you have given to us during this very difficult time.

We have received so many phone calls, and promises of future visits, which is so encouraging to Steve. And thank you to those who send us wishes via the blog site--I have printed each of them off to give to Steve, so he is totally in the loop!!

Steve can receive visitors at Mercy, but you might want to call first before heading over to Mercy to see if he is up for company. His phone is 677-3571 and he is in room 240--the PCA unit.

Good night and thanks again for loving us,
mj and Steve