Thank you all so much for your prayers and support.
After an uncertain beginning, the week seems to be coming to a very positive end . Anthea is moving pretty freely. She has been walking up and down steps in the hospital gym and Naomi took her outside for the first time in her wheel chair. Blood tests show her to be currently free from infection, and although still experiencing pain and nausea, she is in excellent spirits. She has been very brave this week and it seems, although the fusion surgery was not the Plan A, it might lead to a quicker recovery.
The other major bit of tentative news is that the consultant has indicated that Anthea could well be transferred to Frenchay in Bristol in the near future.
Mike has been having some very positive conversations with people – staff, patients, family members – throughout the hospital over the past month. He has developed some good relationships and people have obviously been interested in him given his role.
November 10, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Anthea … you are an inspiration to us all … we continue to pray for you … Mum and Dad send love and prayers from Brazil too. Love Nikki xx
November 10, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Wonderful news! with love, Sarah, Brian and family
November 10, 2006 at 9:38 pm
This is good news indeed to end the week on and I am very grateful to Oliver for his great ministry of communication.
Please be assured of continuing prayers for Anthea, Mike, and the rest of the family.Prayers too for the medical staff involved both now and in the future.
Love as ever
Judi
November 10, 2006 at 10:44 pm
So glad to hear. Will continue to pray.
Sarah
November 10, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Dear Anthea,
Praise be to Christ for bringing you safely through spinal fusion. I pray that the pain and nausea will soon be gone. God bless you.
November 10, 2006 at 11:35 pm
Oh Anthea,
How lovely for you to be able to get out and to see the world again and what a wonderful thrill for you all. You are all quite amazing………….so is our Gereat Big God. I continue to pray for you all and for those you meet each day.
Much love,
Maggi.
November 11, 2006 at 11:17 am
“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14
Dear Anthea and Mike,
Trusting that you will continue to experience God’s presence in a tangible way, both on the up days and the down. I pray that you will be able to accept His timing and know the peace which comes from surrendering everything to Him, hard though that can be.
With our love and continuing prayers, Heather, Mark and family
November 11, 2006 at 11:46 am
so very good to hear this news, and a lift after the anxiety of last weekend. Thank you for sharing this with us all.
great!
be encouraged and God bless
nigel
November 11, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Wonderful to read the news, we thank God and we pray constantly that the Lord will show the Way Forward to you both, the family and all the wonderful Hospital Teams who are helping you recover, Anthea. We give thanks for the great witnes that the Lord is using in this way. Our love as always, Ray and Celia and the family.
November 11, 2006 at 2:12 pm
That is wonderful news. God is amazing – using such terrible situations to good effect. We will continue to hold you both and the family in prayer, especially praying for the possible move to Frenchay and for the pain and nausea to ease and for Anthea to be kept free of infection. How is Bishop Mike healing?
Eva
November 11, 2006 at 3:03 pm
The news is so very encouraging. We continue to pray positively and in depth. Your lives have touched many in very meaningful and Christian ways. We leave for SA on Wednesday 15th, but will continue to follow your blog. May blessings in abundancwe be poured out on your whole family!
Love, Ron and Zahlia
November 11, 2006 at 4:31 pm
This is such good news!!
Anthea, my heart and prayers go out to you!!
Norma
November 11, 2006 at 5:28 pm
You have been so much in our thoughts and prayers since we heard the news. Anthea, keep getting stronger and take each day as it comes. Mike, hope your shoulder is continuing to heal.
God bless you all and BIG smiley face for you all. (“,)
November 12, 2006 at 8:18 am
Great encouraging news – thanks be to God! We pray for continued healing, strength and peace over you, dear Anthea and also Mike and the family. Grateful thanks to the wonderful hospital team whom God is using. I pray that Mike would be able to communicate the love & grace of God to all whom he meets there.
Blessings & love,
Margaret x
November 12, 2006 at 9:52 am
SO VERY GLAD to hear the better news, and that you are able to get out in the sunshine and fresh air. God is a good God; and isn’t prayer a wonderful thing when we hear of your healing that we have all prayed for so much ?
Much love to you Anthea and to Mike.
God bless … Lyn
November 12, 2006 at 11:07 am
Glad to hear prayers are being answered so wonderfully! God Bless you all.
November 12, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Keep your pecker up girlie. SO looking forward to having you back in Bristol, understanding of course that visiting will be restricted…..See you every day on the web and pray accordingly.Love you loads, Tim and Susannah xxx
November 12, 2006 at 7:48 pm
Be assured of our continued love and prayers.We hold you both before God every day and ask for his healing power to continue to work in you.
Gos bless
Tony & Helen Fensome
November 12, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Praise be to our God; may he continue to heal and sustain you Anthea. We continue to pray for you all.
With our love,
Ann and Gordon.
November 13, 2006 at 12:56 am
It seems that the news has been good recently and we are thankful that Anthea is progressing steadily. God can redeem anything the world throws at us! We continue to hold you all in our prayers. We are remembering the whole family as emotionally is must be tough for you all. with much love and prayers, Robert+
November 13, 2006 at 1:25 am
Continuing to pray for you.
Love
Sarah
November 13, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Dearest Anthea & Mike,
its wonderful to hear the good news. We continue to pray daily that the Lord will lay his hand on all your hurts, and His peace will be with you
November 13, 2006 at 9:27 pm
We continue to pray with great love every day , that our Lord will lay his hand of healing upon all your hurts. The latest news is so encouraging, and gives us great joy
Much love
Jim & Brenda
November 13, 2006 at 11:08 pm
We heard about you via Norman at Salem Projects and we have been/are praying every day.
Blessings, prayers and love from us to you
November 14, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Bless you both – encouraging news
November 14, 2006 at 6:40 pm
We are so thrilled that the op has gone well. We continue to pray and thank God for your witness in all of this difficult time.Joy has broken her elbow and has had to have surgery to replace the radial head but this seems such a small thing in comparison with your difficulties.We pray Lord give us patience – but please hurry!!We think you may identify with this sentiment!!Seriously we do pray so much for God’s enabling with the severe pain that you must be going through. Lots of love David and Joy.
November 14, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Dearest Anthea,
What an inspiration you are!!!
All my Love, I often think and prayer you.
Mike,
May our great God keep you in his Prefect Peace.
All my Love
Audrey
November 14, 2006 at 10:56 pm
All my Love and Prayers.
Audrey
November 15, 2006 at 12:57 pm
We are so thrilled to hear of the continued progress and many answers to prayers.
I was reminded today of Phil 3:12-15 – especially the phrase, “Forget what is behind and strain forward to what lies ahead”.
May God bless you all as together you press ahead into the plans God has for you.
With much love – Richard & Claire
November 15, 2006 at 7:21 pm
We continue to pray and are so glad to learn that a move to Frenchay is now possible. With thousands of others we’ll pray for Anthea’s improved appetite and resulting strength. We think staff members at the Radcliffe will miss you both when she moves on – some at Bristol will no doubt benefit! May the Lord continue to uphold all your family – love in Christ, Antony & Sheila
April 17, 2012 at 4:25 pm
we are praying for you