Update

Just an update for any who might wonder how the girls are doing. DaShelle is on dialysis and will continue to be on it until the respiratort is taken off. As of Tues. it was at 80%. They did some surgery on her Tues. They removed the burned skin from her right leg and put cadaver skin on it for now. They were running out of time to do something and even though she is so sick it was a must to get something going. The burnt skin is toxic to her so without doing anything she would most certainly reach a point of no return- so to speak. She came through it well and was resting last night.
Amber is coming along. They did harvest skin from her for the grafting on her legs and most of it took well. There are a few places that will have to be redone and then her arms. Her feet are still in question. Most likely she will lose at least 2 or 4 toes- hopefully not her feet. She is doing therapy so she stays flexible and they have put 'boots' on her feet to keep her from getting drop feet. She is still heavily medicated so no real conversation can be held, although she does recognize and will talk-she just won't remember. She feels pain so she's not so medicated that she's under all the time. DaShelle, on the other hand, is being kept sedated quite heavily.
If any of you heard about the small plane that went down in Orlando on Tues. well-the firefighter that rescued the people was our brother-in-law. He is married to Karen, Tom's sister. I believe he will be alright. He was being treated for smoke inhalation.
Our family has seen a lot in the past 3-4 weeks. My nephew was diagnosed with cancer- a very aggressive kind- and had his first chemo treatment on Tues. It starts to get a bit frightening.
I trust you will have a great day! No matter what- we STILL serve a great and good God! Anything that helps us to make it to Heaven will be a mercy!
I'll try to update later.
Oh- Hannah and Andrew are doing fine. She is liking her new home and I think Andy is liking his new wife! She surprised him with his favorite meal for his birthday last week. He thought that was pretty great!
Nathanael is struggling a bit at base- he does not enjoy all the garbage there and can't wait to get off base and away from it all. He hasn't been feeling to hot either so, I'm sure he'd appreciate your prayers.
Aaron has been hired by Lima Tank and begins training today. It will be a lot of hard work but, he wants to learn different things and the money is good. He has signed up to go to the Marines-scheduled for boot camp in Oct. as of now. I can't say I'm excited about that but, we'll support him. How could someone not support a kid taking on that type of commitment? It's all so scary and the garbage is so prolific! Please pray for him.
Now- I really will sign off!! Tally-ho!