[Magdalen] Prayer Request, serious and urgent

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for Joey, his parents and his entire family.  Prayers for you, too,
Jay.
Ginga

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:47 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just heart-breaking.  So hard to watch helplessly, and there's nothing you
> can do but wait and pray.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 8:33 PM, 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.
> >
>