[Magdalen] prayers please for my D-I-L Christina

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Prayers for Christina and all who love and support her decision to have this 
surgery. May surgery be successful and recovery smooth.

Special hugs for the mother-in-law!!!

hugs and love
Lynn

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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
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From: "Molly Wolf" <lupa at kos.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 5:07 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] prayers please for my D-I-L Christina

> Prayers indeed.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no 
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
>> On Jul 23, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Christina is our youngest's wife.  She is 34.  When her grandmother had
>> breast cancer in recent years, Christina, her mother, and both of her 
>> aunts
>> tested positive for the BRCA gene.  In the meantime, both of her aunts 
>> have
>> had cancer, one had breast ca., the other had ovarian.  Two weeks ago,
>> Grandmother was diagnosed with colon cancer.  The Triumvirate.  This 
>> coming
>> Friday, July 28th, Christina will under go bilateral mastectomy with DIEP
>> flap reconstruction, which uses her own tissue.  This will be a ten hour
>> operation...or two surgeries under one anesthesia.
>>
>> That medical science has moved to this point is amazing. Christina's 
>> choice
>> to have this surgery sooner rather than later makes good sense.  Our son
>> Robert, Christina's family, and Robert's family - all support her
>> completely.  R&C have an incredibly bright 4 y.o. daughter, Rory, who is
>> well prepared that her mom will be puny for a while.
>>
>> So, I bid your prayers that all will go well and as expected with this
>> surgery.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ginga Wilder
>