[Magdalen] Prayer Request, serious and urgent

[Susan Hagen]

May God by very close and sustain them through this.
Susan

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>> >
>>



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