[Magdalen] Prayer Request, serious and urgent

cady soukup cadyasoukup at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 01:42:57 UTC 2016


Prayers surrounding Joey, his parents, his siblings and friends, and you Jay.

No answers, just support -

hugs too - Cady

On 1/31/16, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please pray for Joey, a young man I have known all his life, and for his
> family. This is his sister's Facebook post that was relayed to me by a
> friend (I can't for the life of me think how his sister and I aren't
> Facebook friends, but anyway):
>
> "It is with an extremely heavy heart that I write this post. Joey is in
> ICU. He has had 4 massive strokes. His heart has a growth on it that is
> spitting clots out all over his body. He has significant brain damage and
> his brain is swelling. His kidneys have shut down. He is on the ventilator.
> Please be in prayer for him and our family, especially his parents Melinda
> Hanna and Mike Hanna. Decisions must be made that no parent should have to
> make. Thanks to everyone that has checked on him and prayed."
>
> I am stunned and heartbroken. Melinda was a friend of my next door
> neighbor, and Joey's older sister is the same age as Adam. Melinda and I
> were pregnant together with Joey and Betsy. Joey was born first, a big
> husky redhead who was as calm and placid as Betsy was petite and active.
> Adam and Allison played together as toddlers, and once they were old
> enough, Betsy and Joey joined them. The kids all went to the same schools
> until Betsy went off to Catholic high school in Knoxville. They weren't
> close after graduation but their lives touched now and then. I saw Allison
> at Adam's funeral but didn't get a chance to talk to her much. Betsy did,
> and she said today when I told her that Allison had said Joey wasn't doing
> too well.
>
> It sounds as if Joey will not be coming out of this, and that even if he
> lives, his life will be seriously diminished. Please pray for him and for
> his family and for the decisions they will have to make in the next few
> hours and days.
>


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