[Magdalen] damned sarc

[Marilyn Cepeda]

My prayers Jon...

Marilyn
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:47 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jon,
> I am praying for you...simply lifting you to God for loving comfort.  You
> are so dear and I hate what you're going through.
>
> I love you, Brud.
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We're always here to listen.  Vent away.  I think you are showing great
> > grace and forbearance as you walk this road.  May I do even half as well
> > when it is my turn!
> >
> > Hugs and prayers,
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> > On 8/24/2015 2:33 PM, Jon Egger wrote:
> >
> >> My friends,
> >> This thing called "Sarcoidosis:  The Thing That Kills You Slowly," has
> >> taken more from me in the past two weeks.  Pain meds that have worked
> >> wonders for me are now doing nothing for this pain. My vision is getting
> >> worse, my spelling is worse, and my shortness of breath is worse. I have
> >> trouble holding things and dropping said things, and the only thing I
> can
> >> do is vent about it.
> >>
> >> My nurse, who is very good, was sad last Friday when I told her that my
> >> prayer, every night, is that God take me while I sleep.  When I saw
> Annie
> >> and Ben last week (Pizza and Documentaries) I told them I want to live
> to
> >> see a grandson! They want a boy and have already have a name for him:
> >> Joseph Zephaniah Afton,  Joe after my dad and Zephaniah because it's
> >> Annie's favorite Book of the Bible.
> >>
> >> Thank you for letting me vent. Naively, and with 30 years of nursing
> under
> >> my belt, I hadn't realized how how difficult it is to die. I'm reminded
> of
> >> our first lecture in Nursing 101, delivered by Mrs. Audrey Fay: "Whether
> >> you graduate and get a nursing license, or wash out for whatever reason,
> >> you will learn three things: Life isn't fair, life isn't easy, and
> people
> >> die."
> >> Grace and peace,
> >> jon
> >> .
> >>
> >>
> >
>
-- 
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
Mobile, Alabama