Please pray for my step brother tomorrow and in the weeks to come. This poor guy was in a hospital for 3 weeks then came down to Grant County to spend 5 or 6 weeks in a nursing home. He's going crazy. Here's the story, he is a paraplegic and has a back that is broken more than it was originally from his accident. Between the rods and his broken back, he has developed pressure sores. He needs to have the rods removed and his back fixed but he can't with the pressure sores. It's a double edged sword because he can't have the surgery with those pressure sores. So tomorrow, he will leave Grant County and head back up to Mayo Clinic in Rochester to have a surgery to help that pressure sore, that just can't heal fast enough, heal. After the surgery, he has to stay on his stomach. He's a very active person so this is difficult for him. This accident that happened almost 3 years ago couldn't have happened to a stronger willed person and it's too bad that he has to deal with this set back. He's having surgery tomorrow for that pressure sore and hopefully in 6 weeks or so, that'll be healed then he can have his back surgery and then 3 to 6 weeks after that he can go back to living his normal life.
The second prayer I have for you is a little girl named Lucy. 3 weeks ago, her mom took her to the doctor for she thought was a cold and dehydration. The next day, she went into surgery to have 3 brain tumors and a large tumor on her spine removed or shaven down. She developed Hydrocephalus after the surgery and then contracted meningitis and had to have surgery a few days ago to drain the spinal fluid off her spine. She went from 38 pounds to 26 or so. She celebrated her 5th birthday in the hospital fighting for her life and sick as a dog. Today, she was moved to St. Jude's Children Hospital, leaking spinal fluid and all (which could send her back to the other hospital) to start her chemo treatment. Her mom is having a hard time and is trying hard to accept this. This is a beautiful little girl with big bright blue eyes but now her eyes look empty. It's sad. It's so sad. Her story just got to me, so please pray that the cancer hasn't grown, that her spinal fluid is clear, that her body heals and quite leaking CSF and that this lethal dose of chemo cures this cancer.
I usually think it's ridiculous when people ask for prayers for themselves but I am going to break my pet peeve for a couple tiny requests. PLEASE pray that God grants me some peace with this MRI on Friday. I am so nerves. I am going alone as Kris has to work. Kris's parents are taking the boys for the night in case we have to stay. I am going to go crazy the entire 3 hours the MRI takes. I am not nerves about the MRI itself, I am nerves about the anesthesia part. Please pray that everything goes smoothly.
Also, I had an ingrown toe nail and cut my toenail back. Then I bumped that toe. NOW, it's red and purple and hurts something terrible. And, I have a blister type sore that goes way under my toes. UGH! Please pray that this magically heals itself in the next 12 hours! I dont have time for this mess. Plus I am so tied. This time change has me all out of whack!
So I will send with my favorite prayer. Keep praying everyone. The power of pray is a crazy miracle!
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
Mary
