Hi all,
Things have taken a significant turn for the worse with Marilou since yesterday. Last night I brought my pillow and just slept by her bed to be nearer to her.

This morning she was considerably weaker, and not very coherent. I called hospice and the nurse came out. Even though this was her first visit with Marilou, she could see she was quite disoriented at times, and very weak. This morning her legs just buckled as I was trying to get her back to her bed from the restroom. I explained that Jonathan and Carol would be coming on Friday. She urged me to get there here as soon as possible.

The nurse will look in again tomorrow, and we will see then what she has to say.

Please pray that Jonathan and Carol will be able to get flights out here. Carol is still on the East Coast attending a family reunion. Jonathan is in Columbus and of course no direct flights.

Today has been a crazy whirlwind of trying to help Marilou, contacting family and trying to do a lot of things I thought I’d have a few weeks to do.

We had a lady from one of our local churches come by and anoint Marilou and pray over her. It was a sweet time.

We are now holding on, and praying that family will be able to get here in time. Pray for the manifold logistics in that. Pray for Marilou… we still pray and ask for divine intervention.

The hospice nurse has told me not to worry about her other meds at this time. They ordered some oxygen, morphine for pain, and an anti-anxiety drug (for Marilou). She is displaying some of those little things that happen at this stage of things.

Esther and Tony were married today on Orcus Island and I had to ask them to come back tonight. They will arrive later this evening.

Again, we covet your prayers. I will go up now and put on another music CD, and I try to sing with them over her the best that I can.
Bless you for praying, for standing with us. You’re the best