June 19, 2008 Dixon, IL ~ Fort Smith, AR

Hi,
I just got this email from Janie. It is so sad, I just can't believe this is happening. I know we all have to go sometime and we never know when, and I know God is still in control and He can still choose to heal him completely. But, if it is his time to go, his work is done here, then I know he will be going to Heaven with Jesus and Mother, Daddy, Lora, Sid, and my little baby brother Don, along with all other family members and friends who knew Jesus as their personal Savior. And he WILL be healed then completely and forever, with no more pain and suffering.I blocked out the date that the doctors told Jean because I don't want to accidentally put it in and it get back to Raney. He has enough stress now. Like Janie said in her email, the doctors don't know WHEN anyway, only God knows that.

Love you all,
Ginger
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They were able to put in new stints in Raney yesterday(Tuesday). The doctor came out and talked with Jean. He said Raney can not be cured so they were just going to try to make him as comfortable as possible. The doctor told her that Raney might make it until -------. She has not told Raney that. He knows that he is going to die but he does not need to put a date on it. I told her that the doctor does not know the date either and that we would have to live each day to the fullest. The Lord knows the day, not any one else. She agreed.
He is eating good. He ask for some old-time candy bar, (plank, a flat peanut & caramel). Jean had been to Wal-Mart to see if she could find it. She couldn't but she got him a sack full of Paydays.
She said that they pinched a place on his lip yesterday do the procedure. His lip is swollen. She kept putting chap stick in and around his nose and got it cleaned out from the oxygen he is using. She said he looked so pitiful with the fat lip and the dirty nose, but he was still "the sweetest thing"!
The doctor said that he may get to come home the end of the week if they canget his blood work regulated.
Keep praying!

Love you all!!!

Janie