Support for Carissa Blanchard and Family
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Carissa has had an off and on battle with cancer but it has come back and they believe she has Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. It is a rare progressive spread of cancer cells to the membranes around and through the middle of the brain. There are no truly effective treatments known and the doctors gave timeliness that ranged anywhere from a couple weeks to a few months.
There has been some more difficult symptoms lately as she is having trouble chewing and swallowing and talking can be difficult. She can lose muscle control of her whole body almost instantly and collapse. She is needing more and more care.
Because of this there is added expenses, as well as Mike has been taking off a lot of work. He may get some more time off but it looks like it will not be paid time off.
Mike and Carissa are an amazing couple that have placed their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. They know that He is in control but they could definitely use some support right now. Mike and Carissa have 7 kids, 4 of which are still at home. They are all helping out but we could alleviate some of their burden financially. Whether you can help or not here, please pray for Carissa and their entire family!
Lastly, a message from Mike's Facebook today:
"Our hope has always been in the Lord and continues to be. He has forgiven us and shown us more mercy than we deserve many times. What we have always prayed for and continue to pray for is a miracle. Miracles are not big hard things for God to demonstrate… they are only hard sometimes for us to believe in, especially when we see the lack of one so needed. We continue to stand resolute that Jesus is alive today, full of power, full of mercy and ability. Both in this life and the one to come. He is the only One worthy of praise. I think now is a perfectly good time for a miracle to come from Him since there isn’t a person or a drug that can take credit at this point. Thanks for your prayers with me in this regard. We yield to Him and whatever the outcome, we will never stop trusting in Him. We hope you don’t either."
There has been some more difficult symptoms lately as she is having trouble chewing and swallowing and talking can be difficult. She can lose muscle control of her whole body almost instantly and collapse. She is needing more and more care.
Because of this there is added expenses, as well as Mike has been taking off a lot of work. He may get some more time off but it looks like it will not be paid time off.
Mike and Carissa are an amazing couple that have placed their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. They know that He is in control but they could definitely use some support right now. Mike and Carissa have 7 kids, 4 of which are still at home. They are all helping out but we could alleviate some of their burden financially. Whether you can help or not here, please pray for Carissa and their entire family!
Lastly, a message from Mike's Facebook today:
"Our hope has always been in the Lord and continues to be. He has forgiven us and shown us more mercy than we deserve many times. What we have always prayed for and continue to pray for is a miracle. Miracles are not big hard things for God to demonstrate… they are only hard sometimes for us to believe in, especially when we see the lack of one so needed. We continue to stand resolute that Jesus is alive today, full of power, full of mercy and ability. Both in this life and the one to come. He is the only One worthy of praise. I think now is a perfectly good time for a miracle to come from Him since there isn’t a person or a drug that can take credit at this point. Thanks for your prayers with me in this regard. We yield to Him and whatever the outcome, we will never stop trusting in Him. We hope you don’t either."
Organizer and beneficiary
Dustin Gott
Organizer
Woodbury, MN
Michael Blanchard
Beneficiary