my mother’s best friend Shirl is in the hospital with cancer on her kidney and her liver. We just found out today that she has been in the hospital for a week and last night she nearly died. Today my mother and I are asking for prayers for her 17 year old daughter, her husband, and of course Shirl herself. My mother is about to break down…I am on the phone with her now. We have known her for more years than her daughter has been alive and this is more than heartbreaking.
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I love her to bits and pieces. She has been having some pretty severe problems lately. One such problem is with her knees. She is has to go in for cortisone shots in them so that the cartilage will last a little longer…so she can have a cushion between the bones. The doctors say that she might eventually have to get Knee Replacement on both her knees. I would hate for her to have to go through that. She is always on the go with my sister, my dad, my cousin’s children…she hardly gets time to breathe. Just please keep her in your prayers that she won’t have to to and get surgery any time soon. Also pray that if in God’s infinite wisdom that He says she must have the surgery, that we can find her a greatly skilled doctor in our area. Most of the good ones are either in California or out of the country it seems. Thanks all.
He is getting better!!! He may be released by this weekend. He is eating again and doing well. They finally figured out that he has Viral Meningitis. Can you believe that with a month old child? I’m still in shock. Well, thank God he is doing alright now.
today he is being moved to children’s hospital for further testing. we hope that they find whatever is wrong with him and fix it…we pray that it is fixable.. I have been praying/thinking hard for this kid. He is so young to have so much going on with him. please keep him in your hearts today as they begin the process of finding a solution for him.
im in a weird state of mind today, so if i seem random, im sorry.
He is regressing and it’s really scary. He was cut back on the IV to see if he would start eating, and he has not. If he doesn’t start eating any by tomorrow, then they are going to transfer him to Dupont. His white cells are too high, his C02 level is too high, he still has an unknown infection and they are scared for what may happen. There is no clear reason as to what is really going on since all his tests have come back negative for anything obvious. Please pray that they find the reason and fix it soon. Thanx.
He is doing much better. He is eating again, got his plumpness back, and they expect he will be in the hospital for another day or so. The infection is leaving his body!! My cousin is switching physicians because they have been seeing the same doctor since he was 2 weeks old and that doc never caught anything wrong. The baby is suspected to have been sick for nearly the entire time since he was born!
Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.
I just found out that he is resting. They have ruled out a blockage in his bowel, but he DOES have a nasty infection. They don’t know what the infection is, but he is on antibiotics… his mother is staying with him tonight. I will probably call tomorrow as it has been a LOOOONG evening for us all. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts!
My baby cousin has something wrong with him. He is only a month old and they think he has a bowel obstruction that will need surgery. He was just admitted to the hospital. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers please, as we don’t know exactly what is wrong. He is dehydrated, doesn’t want to eat, is losing weight, and there is a lot of congestion in his chest. *the date on the picture is wrong*