It's time to make plans to attend our 51st Annual W.C. Peters FamilyReunion that is scheduled for Sunday, June 22, 2008, at the Sweet HollowResort in Corbin KY (between Lily and Corbin). Potluck will be the menuand lunch will begin at 1:00 P.M. Arrive early so we can get the table of food set and ready to go at 1:00 (announcements should begin at12:45). Spread the word to family members who are not on our emailaddress list.
See you there, Charles Peters
Friday, March 21, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Update on Kasey Lynn Sumner
The following story was published in the March 6 edition of the Corbin Times. If you are among the many family members who were praying for Kasey, please be sure to thank God and tell others about how God answered your prayer.
Published: March 06, 2008 09:02 am
Baby Kasey's doing well
By Samantha Swindler / Managing EditorBack home after heart surgery, Kasey Lynn Sumner is making great strides in her recovery.
She’s got more tests, cardiologist visits and the removal of stitches in her future, but her family is already noticing one of the signs of her recovery — a little bit of chub of her five-month-old legs.
Little Kasey had struggled to gain weight — she was only 8 pounds, 7 ounces about a month ago — because of a hole in her heart she had since birth. Doctors had planned a surgery in May to close the hole, but when they discovered her heart had enlarged, they moved up the procedure to within weeks. They also moved the surgery from Lexington to C.S. Mott Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.Kasey’s 18-year-old mother Jessica, and her grandmother Debbie Sumner, weren’t planning on the additional and sudden expenses, and the community came together to help. Insurance paid for the procedure, but donations were taken at local banks to help the family pay for gas, food and lodging during their week-long stay in Michigan. The Sumners were able to stay four nights in a Ronald McDonald House, and the community donations helped with other expenses.
“With all of my heart, I want to thank everyone that said a prayer, had their church praying, gave us prayer cloths, gave us a kind thought and smile, and for the financial help,” Debbie wrote in an e-mail thanking those who helped. “When the phone call came that Kasey would have to go to Michigan, I did not know what we were going to do, but by that afternoon things started happening. I don’t want to start naming names because I am afraid I would leave someone out, but the love and concern of people just started flowing like a river. The worries of the trip were washed away, and all thoughts could be focused totally on Kasey. Thanks to all, we made it up there and back just fine, we had plenty to eat, and a warm place to sleep.”
Kasey had surgery on Friday, Feb. 15, and surprised everyone with her quick recovery.
“They had told us that Kasey would be on life support for about two to three days,” Debbie wrote. “The next day on Saturday, around 11 a.m., they started doing what they call ‘sprinting.’ They said this allowed them to see how well the lungs were going to do. Kasey immediately started breathing on her own, and they were amazed. They kept the life support in and ran multiple tests, and they all came back fine, and around 4 p.m., the doctor told them to take her off of life support ... The nurses said that was the fastest they had ever seen a child start breathing on their own.”
Within days, Kasey was released from the hospital and was back home in North Corbin.
On Monday, she hit the big one-zero — weighing in at 10 pounds even. “It was just like, when we went in (to the hospital), Jessica and I felt like we brought the town with us,” Debbie said Wednesday. “It’s just like a presence that you could just feel everybody’s prayers and thoughts.“It’s been a blessing, and it’s not just financial,” she said. “The prayers, the concern, the love, it didn’t matter what church, there were all different denominations praying. It was a community thing, and it will never be forgotten. It’s a testimony, it really is.”
Published: March 06, 2008 09:02 am
Baby Kasey's doing well
By Samantha Swindler / Managing EditorBack home after heart surgery, Kasey Lynn Sumner is making great strides in her recovery.
She’s got more tests, cardiologist visits and the removal of stitches in her future, but her family is already noticing one of the signs of her recovery — a little bit of chub of her five-month-old legs.
Little Kasey had struggled to gain weight — she was only 8 pounds, 7 ounces about a month ago — because of a hole in her heart she had since birth. Doctors had planned a surgery in May to close the hole, but when they discovered her heart had enlarged, they moved up the procedure to within weeks. They also moved the surgery from Lexington to C.S. Mott Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.Kasey’s 18-year-old mother Jessica, and her grandmother Debbie Sumner, weren’t planning on the additional and sudden expenses, and the community came together to help. Insurance paid for the procedure, but donations were taken at local banks to help the family pay for gas, food and lodging during their week-long stay in Michigan. The Sumners were able to stay four nights in a Ronald McDonald House, and the community donations helped with other expenses.
“With all of my heart, I want to thank everyone that said a prayer, had their church praying, gave us prayer cloths, gave us a kind thought and smile, and for the financial help,” Debbie wrote in an e-mail thanking those who helped. “When the phone call came that Kasey would have to go to Michigan, I did not know what we were going to do, but by that afternoon things started happening. I don’t want to start naming names because I am afraid I would leave someone out, but the love and concern of people just started flowing like a river. The worries of the trip were washed away, and all thoughts could be focused totally on Kasey. Thanks to all, we made it up there and back just fine, we had plenty to eat, and a warm place to sleep.”
Kasey had surgery on Friday, Feb. 15, and surprised everyone with her quick recovery.
“They had told us that Kasey would be on life support for about two to three days,” Debbie wrote. “The next day on Saturday, around 11 a.m., they started doing what they call ‘sprinting.’ They said this allowed them to see how well the lungs were going to do. Kasey immediately started breathing on her own, and they were amazed. They kept the life support in and ran multiple tests, and they all came back fine, and around 4 p.m., the doctor told them to take her off of life support ... The nurses said that was the fastest they had ever seen a child start breathing on their own.”
Within days, Kasey was released from the hospital and was back home in North Corbin.
On Monday, she hit the big one-zero — weighing in at 10 pounds even. “It was just like, when we went in (to the hospital), Jessica and I felt like we brought the town with us,” Debbie said Wednesday. “It’s just like a presence that you could just feel everybody’s prayers and thoughts.“It’s been a blessing, and it’s not just financial,” she said. “The prayers, the concern, the love, it didn’t matter what church, there were all different denominations praying. It was a community thing, and it will never be forgotten. It’s a testimony, it really is.”
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