[Magdalen] Three urgent prayer requests for friends

[Susan Hagen]

Thank you for the update Ginga.  Prayers continue for your friends.


On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> >
>>



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