[Magdalen] Prayers for my sister Beth

[Ginga Wilder]

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> On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Praying for Beth.
> Judy
> 
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I do hope and pray tomorrow brings answers and relief from pain!
>> 
>> Marilyn
>> 
>>> On Sunday, October 19, 2014, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks to everyone for your prayers.  This seems like something out of a
>>> horror movie...and I hate horror movies.  Let's hope we have better
>>> understanding this time tomorrow.
>>> 
>>> Ginga
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> How utterly bizarre...and no, I haven't a clue what it could be. I add
>> my
>>>> prayers to those already being lifted.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sunday, October 19, 2014, James Oppenheimer <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> It is so frightening when you know something is really terribly
>> wrong,
>>>> and
>>>>> they just give you some minor meds just to get rid of you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Prayers that you run into (not literally, of course) someone with
>>> enough
>>>>> special knowledge to deal with this miserable situation!
>>>>> 
>>>>> James W. Oppenheimer
>>>>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>>>> better
>>>>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting
>> your
>>>> time
>>>>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>
>>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is truly weird, I think, and frightening.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My sister began having pain in her wrist 10 days ago.  She tried to
>>>>> ignore
>>>>>> it for a few days, and she wore a brace.  The pain increased, and
>> she
>>>> saw
>>>>>> her primary care physician five days ago, was given a shot of
>> toradol
>>>> and
>>>>>> another of prednisone. She was told to take Aleve.  Within 10-12
>>> hours
>>>>>> these pain meds lost their effect.  Beth could not turn her hand at
>>> all
>>>>>> without excruciating pain.  She went to the ER where an x-ray was
>>> done.
>>>>> No
>>>>>> fracture and she was told to call an orthopaedist the next day.
>> This
>>>>> past
>>>>>> Thursday, she saw the orthopaedist's PA who told Beth there is a
>> mass
>>>> in
>>>>>> her wrist (not a ganglion cyst) - that runs up the from the inside
>> of
>>>> the
>>>>>> small finger side into the tissue on the bottom of her hand.  She
>> was
>>>>>> prescribed Mobic but it did not help much.  So, yesterday my other
>>>> sister
>>>>>> and I took her 800 mg Motrin and demerol left over from my foot
>>>>>> surgery...arriest us.  She has a bit of relief with the Motrin and
>>> was
>>>>> able
>>>>>> to sleep 3 hours with a bedtime demorol.  BUT, overnight a bump the
>>>> size
>>>>> of
>>>>>> a small peanut iin the shell popped out at the bottom of her hand
>>> where
>>>>> it
>>>>>> connects to the wrist.  The excruciating pain continues.  I will
>> take
>>>> her
>>>>>> tomorrow morning to see a PA in a hand surgeon's office.  She will
>>> have
>>>>> an
>>>>>> MRI at some point.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you've read all this and have a clue, I would appreciate it.
>>>> Neuroma,
>>>>>> sarcoma, ???.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please pray that her pain can be alleviated and a clear diagnosis
>>> will
>>>> be
>>>>>> made.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ginga, worried big sister
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Marilyn Cepeda
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan