In a consultation among all of Lauren's doctors, it was decided that the pain and other potential problems associated with radiation outweighed the benefits. For that reason, Lauren is being discharged on Tuesday with either home health or hospice to help at the house. We wanted hospice as they offer more care and a broader range of services.  However, the hospice we had chosen cannot accommodate a patient with a wound vac, which Lauren has to use for the time being. We are now looking for a place that can handle that. Please pray with us about that.

We refuse to be discouraged by this. It has been approved by God or it would not come to touch our lives. We trust Him fully and look forward to being home with our extended family and friends.  We need your help to make Lauren's homecoming a happy one for him.  Please send or bring cards, letters, posters, banners, photographs, balloons, small treasures or anything else that will brighten his room. Messages can be 'get well', 'welcome home'. 'we love you', or anything in a similar vein. Your help in this will be most appreciated. He would especially like to have pictures of those family and friends he knows personally as he says that will make him feel that they are still close around him.

The address  to which you may send items for Lauren is:

24 N. Florida Street; Montgomery, AL 36107

 While I do not wish to concentrate on finances, we do need prayer in that area. We have hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, and only about 80% will be paid by medicare.  With only Lauren's disability as income, this will be a burden. Please pray for God's provision and for a job or other income for me once he is gone.