[Magdalen] Prayer Request, serious and urgent

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Prayers going up.
Eileen
 
 
In a message dated 1/31/2016 7:33:23 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

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.