[Magdalen] Three urgent prayer requests for friends

[Ginga Wilder]

Update on friends in need of pray.  I will hear at church today how Anna is
doing. Mary is home from hospital on palliative care for pain and nutrition
with the goal that she can increase her food intake by eating 6 small meals
each day.  Tom continues very ill but has been moved from ICU to a step
down unit.  His diagnostic studies continue.

Thanks for your prayers.
Ginga


On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> These are three truly heart-breaking cases. And of course, there are so
> many people who are feeling all of this.
>
> 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 Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Three people, with whom I am very close, have urgent need for prayers.
> >
> > I learned today that my friend Tom who has been quite ill over Christmas
> > was diagnosed today with acute onset leukemia...I think it is
> lymphoblastic
> > variety.  He was admitted to Medical University ICU in critical
> > contidition.  The oncologist says he may die - 'this could go south very
> > quickly;.  Three adult children live locally and a daughter is flying in
> > from Idaho.  Tom has not looked well recently, but he had an elective
> > surgery about 2 months ago....blood work was fine then.  Stunning.
> >
> > Mary has pneumonia and is also in the hospital.  She is frail with
> > osteoporosis, lifelong scoliosis and is quite bent over, which means her
> > lungs and stomach are compressed.  Her husband's update this afternoon
> > sounds as if she is absolutely worn out.
> >
> > Anna has several things going on.  She has had bronchitis through the
> > holidays, but she also has a brain/neuromuscular disease that causes
> > cognitive and general body function decline.  The update I had today is
> > that she cannot be left alone right now.
> >
> > I bid your prayers for Tom, Mary, and Anna.  Spare a prayer for those of
> us
> > who love these people, each of whom is a member of our parish.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Ginga
> >
>