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Gerry's Reconstructive Surgery

About a year ago (as many know) my step-father underwent neurosurgery to remove a large tumor from the base of his brain (Read more here ). Though a dramatic success, the surgery also damaged several of Gerry's facial nerves, effectively paralyzing half of his face, leaving him with the effects of...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 04-25-2008
Gerry is Back Home

Yesterday (Monday) Gerry got the go-ahead to skip out of the hospital and enjoy home-cooking from here on out. He proceeded to sleep for about 12 hours straight... the first time he's really slept since before the operation. To stay up to date you can check out the blog here

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 04-03-2007
More Tests in ICU

(Above: Gerry with Caleb at Krista, Rob's sister's, wedding in September 2005) Doctors say they'll clamp off the tube that's draining fluids from Gerry's brain today. If it doesn't cause swelling in his brain, Gerry will be one step closer to recovery. If swelling does occur, doctors say they'll consider...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-29-2007
Back in ICU

Throughout Monday Debbie noticed that along with increasing disorientation, swelling had begun where the tube which had been installed in Gerry's ventricule. She called the hospital and they recommended that she bring Gerry in... this was around midnight Monday night. Gerry's surgeon, who happened to...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-27-2007
Home and a Miracle

HOME: Surgeons were able to remove 98% of the tumor. The other 2% will be attacked with radiation after Gerry recovers from the surgery. He spent two days in ICU, one day in a regular room, then, due to his rapid recovery, went home! Now he's resting and starting physical and speech therapy (he still...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-26-2007
A Successful Surgery!

Dear Friends: We're praising God tonight for gifting the surgeons with great skill. Everything they hoped for - and more - was accomplished today in surgery. Gerry arrived at the hospital at 5:30 a.m. and went into surgery promptly at 8 a.m. By 5:30 p.m, two neurosurgeons, assisted by a nerve monitoring...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-21-2007
Monday Night-10 1/2 Hours Before Surgery

Gerry was told by his doctors that he shouldn't eat anything after midnight, so he ate two dinners Monday night: the first with his family, and the second when friends from church stopped by, bearing lasagna. He blamed his usually goofy nature on his medication. It was a busy day taking phone calls from...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-20-2007
Gerry Schaffner's Brain Tumor

Gerry & Debbie Schaffner (above) Over half of the people who receive this e-mail personally know Gerry and Debbie Schaffner (above). They are very active leaders at First Baptist of Forest Grove of which Gerry has been an elder for several years, active in the community of Forest Grove, and my (Rob...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-16-2007
Week 8 Church Plant Update

What's up? (this past week)... I felt old as all but 3 in the group were 23 and under. Martine was sick (a 24 hour flu bug), so her parents watched the kids while 12 of us met to discuss the violent, yet righteous anger of Jesus in John 2:12-25. Are we apathetic toward things that should make us angry...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 03-04-2007
Mary Yuill (Church Plant Update 02-24-07)

What's Up? (this past week)... As 21 people sat in (or around, on the stairs, etc.) our living room last Tuesday, Mary Yuill (See photo) showed how God radically loves Muslims. Drawing on her 20+ years of experiences in Senegal, she forced us to look beyond the 135,000 who live in the St. Jerome region...

Posted to Rob & Martine Karch (Weblog) by Karch on 02-23-2007

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