Showing posts with label Emergency Prayer Requests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emergency Prayer Requests. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011
My Little Girl
Wow. It's been nearly 18 months since I have posted anything on this blog. Many things have happened in that time. For those that know me personally, you know many of the things that have happened. One of those is that my wife and I are expecting our first child this year. My wife just entered her 3rd trimester, and until recently the pregnancy has been very smooth. That was until about 11:00 PM this past Thursday night. At that time my wife had an episode that caused her to be air-lifted to the nearest NICU unit. This unit is about 2 hrs away from where we lived. I was not allowed to go with her in the helicopter. Needless to say I was very nervous about this situation. It's now about 36 hours removed from that incident and we are still in the hospital. Things are much better, but for those that may come across this blog I pray that you will pray for my wife and our unborn child. Even if it is a long time from now....please pray for my family. Pray that we will be blessed with health. Thank you so much. God is a wonderful Lord and I am so thankful for the blessing that He has given us.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Prayer Request
Other than SafetyDude, I don't know of anyone who checks this blog. However for SafetyDude and anyone else who stumbles upon this blog I wanted to let you know about a couple of things....
1. I am sorry for not blogging much lately. I have been so busy at work that I never seem to have time.
2. We have had a family member do something very bad recently. Bad enough that this person was arrested for these bad things that he did. This was a very large shock to us and we are having a very hard time dealing with the whole situation. Please pray for us, our realitive, and the whole family. It's just the beginning of a very, very long road and something that has the potential to rip the family apart. Please pray that this does not happen.
I hope that each of you are having a good week and that it's much better than ours has been.
Finally, if you do come across this blog please let me know. Selfishly, it would be nice to have to know someone is out there reading this blog.
1. I am sorry for not blogging much lately. I have been so busy at work that I never seem to have time.
2. We have had a family member do something very bad recently. Bad enough that this person was arrested for these bad things that he did. This was a very large shock to us and we are having a very hard time dealing with the whole situation. Please pray for us, our realitive, and the whole family. It's just the beginning of a very, very long road and something that has the potential to rip the family apart. Please pray that this does not happen.
I hope that each of you are having a good week and that it's much better than ours has been.
Finally, if you do come across this blog please let me know. Selfishly, it would be nice to have to know someone is out there reading this blog.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Update on my grandmother
Sorry that this has taken so long for me to update everyone on the status of my grandmother. To say that it's been a busy week with my grandmother being in the hospital, Thanksgiving, catching up at work, and taking care of other personal things would be an understatement.
The long and the short of it is that my grandmother does NOT have cancer. She instead has pneumonia.
To help explain this drastic change of events below is a timeline of last week, I've included a description of each day and the events that transpired. Please note that this is from my perspective and does not include things said both verbally and non-verbally to others in the family.
Sunday - Granny falls (again) and burst open a cut on her knee (for the 3rd time). While there and getting everything figured out, the medical staff learns her white blood cell count is over 33,000. Normal is 4,500-10,000 (according to www.nlm.nih.gov). Word is that they think that she has pneumonia.
Monday - An x-ray of her chest shows a "spot" the size of a baseball on her lungs. If memory serves me correct, the doctor said "I've never seen a spot this big that wasn't cancer" and "you need to be looking for a nursing home with hospice and she will never leave the state of". Mom & dad leave to go where my grandmother is. A CT scan is done to get a better look at the spot on the lung.
Tuesday - Things are a little clearer, and I find out that she might not have cancer. A biopsy is taken to see if the spot is cancer. Doctor (not same one as on Monday) who took the biopsy says that symptoms of pneumonia are not present (green junk in lungs, fever, cough, etc); however the x-ray report says it is a mass and the CT radiologist calls the place an infusion. So, we are told she either has pneumonia or cancer. We are also told the results of biopsy will not be back until Friday (normally would be Thursday but since Thursday is Thanksgiving it will be Friday).
Wednesday - First doctor tells us that the white blood count has gone down to 8,000 (within the normal range). Because of this the doctor is now thinking that she has pneumonia instead of cancer. However won’t say for sure until the results come back from the biopsy.
Thursday – Thanksgiving …….no news.
Friday – We leave home to travel to where Granny D is. Results come back from the biopsy and my grandmother does NOT have cancer! A BIG sigh of relief is experienced throughout the family.
So that’s the timeline of events. Writing it down makes it not seem as big of a deal, but when you are dealing with the “c” word, in real time people get worried really fast. Since Friday she has been dismissed from the hospital, staying at my cousin's house for the time being, and hopes to come back home next weekend.
I apologize for the last post and making the outlook look so bleak, however hopefully by reading this post you will understand why the post was worded the way it was. I also hope that this helps clear up some of your confusion. My family and I really do appreciate all of the prayers, comments, and concerns expressed by several of you throughout the past week. I can’t explain how much they touched all of us.
The long and the short of it is that my grandmother does NOT have cancer. She instead has pneumonia.
To help explain this drastic change of events below is a timeline of last week, I've included a description of each day and the events that transpired. Please note that this is from my perspective and does not include things said both verbally and non-verbally to others in the family.
Sunday - Granny falls (again) and burst open a cut on her knee (for the 3rd time). While there and getting everything figured out, the medical staff learns her white blood cell count is over 33,000. Normal is 4,500-10,000 (according to www.nlm.nih.gov). Word is that they think that she has pneumonia.
Monday - An x-ray of her chest shows a "spot" the size of a baseball on her lungs. If memory serves me correct, the doctor said "I've never seen a spot this big that wasn't cancer" and "you need to be looking for a nursing home with hospice and she will never leave the state of
Tuesday - Things are a little clearer, and I find out that she might not have cancer. A biopsy is taken to see if the spot is cancer. Doctor (not same one as on Monday) who took the biopsy says that symptoms of pneumonia are not present (green junk in lungs, fever, cough, etc); however the x-ray report says it is a mass and the CT radiologist calls the place an infusion. So, we are told she either has pneumonia or cancer. We are also told the results of biopsy will not be back until Friday (normally would be Thursday but since Thursday is Thanksgiving it will be Friday).
Wednesday - First doctor tells us that the white blood count has gone down to 8,000 (within the normal range). Because of this the doctor is now thinking that she has pneumonia instead of cancer. However won’t say for sure until the results come back from the biopsy.
Thursday – Thanksgiving …….no news.
Friday – We leave home to travel to where Granny D is. Results come back from the biopsy and my grandmother does NOT have cancer! A BIG sigh of relief is experienced throughout the family.
So that’s the timeline of events. Writing it down makes it not seem as big of a deal, but when you are dealing with the “c” word, in real time people get worried really fast. Since Friday she has been dismissed from the hospital, staying at my cousin's house for the time being, and hopes to come back home next weekend.
I apologize for the last post and making the outlook look so bleak, however hopefully by reading this post you will understand why the post was worded the way it was. I also hope that this helps clear up some of your confusion. My family and I really do appreciate all of the prayers, comments, and concerns expressed by several of you throughout the past week. I can’t explain how much they touched all of us.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Pray
Please pray for my Grandmother. Dad's mom. We just found out that she likely has advanced lung cancer that is very advanced. Tests are still being ran to confirm the diagnosis and more details to come later, however please pray for me and my family. What would I like for you to pray for? I don't know. I really don't know. But please just pray for God to work His Will in this matter.
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