The Dartts

~UPDATE FROM TRACY & SHARON~

Greetings to all of our Friends and Fans!

     Much has taken place since our last update in March. We are all doing well, with few exceptions. God’s hand of blessing has been evident and has prevailed! Tracy had a pacemaker put in his heart in May, in order to keep his pulse steady while on dialysis. He was coming along very well with his therapy, but had a setback in mid-September. While making a transfer from the wheelchair, he slipped and fell, twisting his ankle and…

NEWS FROM TRACY & SHARON DARTT!!!

As some of you know, Back in late December 2018, Tracy was admitted to the hospital in Nashville with a very low pulse, due to an infection. He was transferred to a rehabilitation facility after 10 days. While in the rehab, he had 2+ hours a day of therapy, and gained considerable strength in his feet and legs. Tracy had to spend Christmas, New Years, and his 75th birthday (Jan. 23) away from home. We left the Christmas tree up through February, and we're still drinking…

Greetings, praying friends! There’s a lot going on & a lot to process right now. Over the weekend & leading up to my PET/CT scan Monday morning & the subsequent visit to the oncologist in the afternoon there was a lot of wondering about what more they might find. When I found out the scan would be from the top of my head down nearly to my knees you can imagine my mind went wild with all the possible areas to find cancer. I tried to remain calm & trust & be patient… “be still and know”.

Thanks to my prayer warriors! Tomorrow morning (Monday Feb 4) is a big one. At 7am I’ll be having a gallium-68 dotatate PET/CT scan to find out how active my cancer tumors are & I suppose to catch any others that might not have shown up in the conventional CT scan I had at the onset of all this. This is a much more effective type of scan & yields a much higher quality image. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this technology has only been available in Nashville for a little more than a year, so I guess…

14 days plus a few hours or so ago from right now - I had received my discharge papers at the hospital & changed back into my “civilian” clothes. I put on my fedora too. It had been beautiful & sunny that day - I had very nice windows in my private room which let in the energizing sunbeams to recharge the solar batteries in this California boy… but rest assured, it was freezing cold outside despite the sunshine… I put on my coat. One more check around the room to make sure I wasn’t leaving anything & then…

Thanks, again & again, for all of the prayer coverage, the words of encouragement, & the gifts donated to help in this surreal time for me. I’d like to share a little more about what’s going on. I will try to condense the info so that it’s not a novel.

In late May / early June I went on a belated 40th birthday trip to Asia. Ever since then I have been dealing with some tummy issues. Finally, in October, a test result showed I had picked up a parasite that is not uncommon for people who visit Asia. I was…

Thank you for all the prayers & messages of encouragement, love, faith, & support. It is a surreal time - I’m deeply shaken, but in good spirits... and I trust God for the strength to face and to fight in the days ahead. 

Continuing prayer coverage from all my friends out there is greatly appreciated - so valuable & powerful! In the next few hours I am scheduled to have a biopsy sample taken from at least one of my major organs & then we will await the results. More updates to come. Thanks & blessings to…

Hey friends! I have a HUGE prayer request!! Yesterday I found myself in the hospital having lots of bloodwork and tests done for severe pain making it nearly impossible to walk. I am still waiting on results... today, Stoney is headed to the ER to take care of gastro issues he has had for 9 months now. A parasite he picked up on a trip to Asia in May has been treated for, but the issues remain and finally today the need for a hospital visit. Neither of us have any health insurance, and so it is a scary…

Greetings Friends and Fans, 

It’s been a little over two months now, since our last concert on Sunday morning, July 15, 2018 in Willard, Missouri.

It’s time to let everyone know what’s happening with THE DARTTS.

Stoney has been enjoying driving for Lyft in the Nashville area and is doing well. It’s perfect for him, as he loves to drive and can set his own hours. This enables him to join BJ on some of his travels abroad. It also presents many opportunities to meet new people and talk with them about the…

Update from Tracy & Sharon Dartt

Sunday Evening 

June 3, 2018

Tracy says:

I want to thank so many who have been praying for me. I’ve been progressing slowly, because of many health problems that have been corrected, since my back surgery on March 13 of this year. I walked 60 feet yesterday with assistance. Hopefully, (Lord Willing) I can be ready to go home in another 2 to 3 weeks. Please pray for that and that Sharon and I will find a new source of income, and that we can raise the money to pay off…