[Magdalen] A Sad Day.

[Jay Weigel]

Prayers for your housekeeper, and for you. (Sounds like she may have had
some serious pain meds on board, poor thing.)

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Poor woman!  Prayers arising for her health and problems in the rest of
> her life and for you who will be missing her like family.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
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> On 8/29/2016 4:46 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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>> Of your charity please pray for our housekeeper of some ten years.
>> Her systemic lupus has acted up, and she told us that she is no  longer
>> able to do the job.
>>   It's really like losing a family member.
>>   The sequence of events precipitating her decision seems to be a
>> cellulitis of a lower leg, that stirred up the lupus, and then
>> intermittent
>> shut down of her kidneys.  Her health care team have been  mentioning
>> the kidney dialysis on and off over the past few years, and  maybe
>> now that will happen.
>>   She came here one last time this morning, after all the above health
>> issues had kept her away for about 3 weeks.  She was in terrible  shape,
>> and seemed to be zombie-like.  Her speech was slow and slurred,  and
>> it made me wonder if she had started a psychotherapeutic medication
>> or was even on ethanol.  She performed some of her usual duties
>> (Monday is garbage day), arriving at 5:30 AM because they come so
>> early for pickup here.  She left at 12:30, and then texted us that  she
>> was no longer able to work.
>>   I am so sad.  She essentially put on the wedding reception for us  here
>> nearly three years ago, and so much else.
>>   Her husband is, unfortunately, a stereortypic Polish husband, and has
>> little sympathy for her condition.  Her two children don't seem  much
>> better.
>>   I ask your prayers.
>>     David Strang.
>>
>>
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