[Magdalen] Prayers, please for my daughter-in-law

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Prayers also for my friend, neighbor, co conspirator, bff, etc. Carol who
also has breast cancer. She will have surgery Thursday.

On Monday, March 16, 2015, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Prayers for Jean and for everyone who loves her.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 3/15/2015 8:22 PM, Georgia DuBose wrote:
>
>> I have held off on posting this, because my daughter-in-law was very
>> specific about not wanting prayer requests on facebook. (I doubt she
>> knows I am on an Anglican email list that prays for people. I only
>> post requests for prayers on fb if people ask me to, but Jean has no
>> way of knowing that, either.)
>>
>> In any case, after Christmas, Jean was diagnosed with breast cancer,
>> which was pretty much all we were told. Last week, son Joe gave us the
>> details. It is a lobular invasive carcinoma already in the lymph
>> glands, including one next to an artery that cannot be surgically
>> removed. The treatment will be chemo, which has begun, then removal of
>> both breasts, then radiation. From the description Joe gave, I am
>> guessing that it is Stage 3--at least, I am hoping that's what it is.
>>
>> I have decided to ask for your prayers because I trust that Jean will
>> never know that I did, and because it sounds like she really needs
>> them. Jean is 43, and our grandchildren Colin and Cecilia are 12 and
>> 8. Jean is the head fundraiser for the Leiber Institute in Baltimore,
>> which does research on the biochemistry of schizophrenia and other
>> brain anomalies.She is trying to keep working while undergoing chemo.
>> Joe, who is the head of the department of Housing and Urban
>> Development's low-cost housing program, and  has to commute from
>> Baltimore to the District to do his job, which has also involved lots
>> of travel to HUD low-cost housing sites throughout the United States,
>> has a lot to deal with right now.
>>
>> Please keep Jean, Joe, Colin and Cecilia in your prayers. Also prayers
>> for Jean's parents, John and Gillian, would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Georgia+
>> .
>>
>>
>

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Marilyn Cepeda