MOVIN' ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE!

So finally FINALLY Dad (Rev. Daddy) is out of St. Francis ICU and temporarily (I emphasize the TEMPORARILY) rehabbing and living at the Primacy Assisted Care facility in East Memphis.  We all have mixed emotions about the move.  

So glad to see him liberated from the oxygen and I.V. and other ICU items.  So glad that there is at least some "forward" movement.  We were all very disappointed when his first swing at rehab (there at St. Francis) didn't work out too well.  So it's wonderful to see him so alert and to hope and believe that this move is in fact the answer to our prayers -- that there would be new and more hopeful chapters in this amazing story of Rev. Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr.

So the difficult part, certainly for his wife Rosie -- but for us too, is the very real aspect of seeing dad "in a home."  It's not anything that ANY of us planned or ever want to accept as a permanent state.  The unfortunate reality for Dad right now is that he is currently unable to swallow -- therefor unable to eat.  He is also facing challenges with mobility -- for now he is bed-ridden.  He can't speak either, so communicating his needs or even an emergency is not possible for now.

All that having been said, we have a certain confidence (isn't it great to have SOMETHING you know for sure!) which I will convey in the following scripture:

"And this is the confidence that we have in Him; That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have ask of Him.

Thank you so much for your prayers -- keep praying, we are praying for you too,

Kirk Whalum