[Magdalen] Jackie O'Sullivan prayer request

[Georgia DuBose]

Praying that this complicated-sounding surgery is successful, and
makes things MUCH better for Jackie. I see her comment from time to
time on Eric's page, but had not realized she has been ill.

Georgia+

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Quite amazing Sally how the confluences of life and "connection" occur. Thanks for lending an explanation to Jackie's situation/surgery.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 29, 2015, at 7:39 AM, sally.davies at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I never knew Jackie but will say a prayer for her from sunny South Africa.
>
> Most odd to be reading this now. I'm taking a course in Neuropsychology and
> today's tutorial, which I have spent a laborious morning going through,
> featured a study of the various glial cells including Schwann cells,
> mentioning that a tumour of those cells is called a Schwannoma. Until this
> morning I'd never heard of such a thing.
>
> I did know that Schwann cells are found outside of the brain itself
> providing myelin covering to nerves, including the cranial nerves that are
> affected in Jackie's situation. They roll themselves around the nerve
> fibres making them look white... Her tumour must be around her
> Auditory-Vestibular nerve but large enough to start bothering the
> neighbouring Trigeminal nerve.
>
> I'm glad to hear that surgery is normally successful and pray for skilled
> hands and quick healing!
>
> Sally D
>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 at 12:37 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Praying for Jackie right now.
>> Ginga
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> How many of you remember Jackie?  It's been quite a long time since she
>>> was on any of the Lists, but she's on Facebook, and I noticed just now on
>>> her page that we don't have all that many mutual friends, at least three
>> of
>>> whom also aren't on any of the Lists now.  She's having neurosurgery at
>>> this time, starting first thing this morning (in California).  I quote
>> from
>>> what she said six weeks or so ago, which I've had on another Lists'
>> Prayer
>>> Summary.  There are quite a few people here, so I'll ask for a bit of a
>>> vigil.
>>>
>>> "On April 28, I will be going in to USC Keck Acoustic Neuroma Center for
>>> the resection of a medium-sized, highly symptomatic vestibular
>>> schwannoma that is growing at, in the words of the man who is arguably
>>> the best in the field, a "bizarre" rate. I am functionally deaf in my
>>> right ear, my balance nerves are shot, and I am beginning to have
>>> trigeminal nerve symptoms. The morbidity/mortality for this procedure is
>>> statistically insignificant if performed by an excellent team, so my
>>> outcome will be excellent as well. But mucking about inside my thick
>>> Irish skull is NOT something I ever desired, so good thoughts will be
>>> warmly received."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sibyl Smirl
>>> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
>>> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>>