Prayers needed

[forrealone]

This may be a little lengthy because there are three different people that need prayers.

Two of my "kids" (went to my school with my daughters) Lee and Kelly and Kelly's daughter, Ciara.

Lee -47ish, is having heart ablation catheter surgery tomorrow (Friday) morning.  He has been suffering from afib for almost 2 years and the medication is not helping him. The doctors decided that the ablation surgery would be the best solution for him. I won't go into the details of what the surgery involves. If you don't know ask me and I'll be glad to tell you. It is a common and relatively successful surgery that takes anywhere from 3 to 4 hours. He is the provider for the family but probably will not be able to work for a couple of months however his employer did provide him with total salary temporary disability.  Hallelujah for that.

Kelly (same age-ish) was at my granddaughter's cookout this past Saturday and she told me that she had just had her gallbladder out and that she wasn't feeling very well.  Well, her boyfriend took her to the ER Monday night and she ended up at our big hospital at UNC in Chapel Hill. Something must not have gone right with that surgery and she developed complications where her bile ducts in her liver backed up and inflamed. That is one of the risks of gallbladder surgery if the surgeons accidentally don't do it exactly right. In any case she had one surgery yesterday and then today things were looking even worse so they had to go back in there and do an emergency surgery. She just got back in her hospital room about an hour ago. My daughter Cynthia and I will be heading up tomorrow morning around 10:00. It's about an hour drive.

Kelly's daughter, Ciara, was in a motorcycle accident Monday. She ended up at the same hospital in ICU. She fractured her spine, broke her arm in several places and her wrist, broke her ankle and lacerated her liver. There might have been some broken ribs too. I don't have all those details.

So my dear Brothers and Sisters if you would please remember all of my children in your prayers. Each of these people are part of my extended family and I have always looked after them.

Thank you!

[Ed Hurst]

Three people in the same family in hospital or recovery for entirely independent medical issues? Wow. That's hard to imagine. May the Lord overshadow them with His peace and grant an accelerated recovery.

[forrealone]

Yes, it is emotionally challenging, but prayers carry us through.  My daughter, Cynthia and I are leaving in an hour to drive up to UNC Chapel Hill to see Kelly and hopefully to drop in and check on Kelly's daughter Ciara.  We probably won't be back until dark.  It is a one hour drive up.

May the Lord be with us all this day and bless us as He always does. (We just need to take notice of it)  (:^)

[davew9804]

May you and your "kids" feel the power and blessing of the Holy Spirit through these various calamities. Prayer is being lifted now.

[forrealone]

Praise the Lord!    I am so grateful to report that Lee's heart procedure went well. He is in recovery. We are blessed indeed!

Cynthia and I are on our way home from UNC hospital in Chapel Hill from visiting Kelly, who may be going home today.   She had not decided for certain, however, if she wanted to.  I would rather she stayed another night, but she didn't ask what I thought and I did not feel impressed to say anything.  She had a stent inserted into the bile duct in her liver and will have to return in 6 weeks to have another procedure to check the duct out and possibly remove the stent.  She will survive this and I am so VERY grateful.

Her daughter, Ciara will still be in the hospital for several more days, if not a week.  She has significant pain, swelling and needs to be attended to 24/7 until she remains stable for a few days.

Thank for your continued prayers for my little family.  Grateful to and for you all.  

[Ed Hurst]

Amen for the good news.