[Magdalen] Little prayer request

[Ann Markle]

All good news so far, for which I'm very glad. But a move in February
sounds terrible. I hope for mild weather for that!

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for all your prayers. Dr's. visit went well. This MD specializes in
> stuff on the surface of the eye. So - I'm scheduled for day surgery on the
> 18th to scrape this spot off and freeze the area around it. The stuff will
> be sent out for biopsy and hopefully it'll come back negative. Even it
> positive, he hopefully will have gotten it all (it's quite small). Doctor
> and surgery are at Dartmouth-Hitchcock which, unfortunately, is over 90
> minutes away. We may stay over the night after surgery as I'm supposed to
> see him again the following day.
>
> Meanwhile, I just got a call from the freeze alarm at the house in Mass.
> saying no heat - it's 45F inside. I do have a friend who will go over and
> take care of it, assuming he can get through the foot of snow which is on
> the ground there. It's steam heat and the boiler has run out of water, so
> it's a very simple fix. And - we have a closing date for selling the house
> of Valentine's Day (also Ash Wednesday this year) and so need to get
> everything we want out of the house by then. Life is interesting!
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 1:48 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Little prayer request
>
> No matter what the potential illness, the most terrifying words of a doctor
> are "We'll see what the tests show in a week or so..."
>
> Nothing you can do but wait. You know there's an answer, for good or for
> ill, coming, but you just have to hold your life in abeyance until "next
> week."
>
> 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 Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:04 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I’m praying, as well. Cancer scares, especially combined with eye scares,
> > are terrifying.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 6:25 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Thinking of you, Chad, and saying prayers for good news from the
> > > opthamologist today.
> > >
> > > Ginga Wilder
> > >
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> > > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:55 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Prayers, of course. How vulnerable stuff like this makes us feel!
> > > >
> > > > 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 Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > This is a small prayer request for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Last Fall, I went to see my regular optometrist (in MA) as I needed
> > > > > a
> > > new
> > > > > glasses prescription. He noticed, on the white of my left eye, a
> > small
> > > > red
> > > > > spot with blood vessels leading to it. He was afraid it might be
> > > > cancerous,
> > > > > and so found a ophthalmologist specializing in such things at
> > > > > Dartmouth-Hitchcock over in NH. I see him tomorrow, so prayers that
> > all
> > > > > will turn out well.
> > > > >
> > > > > A complication is that I have amblyopia, and my left eye is my good
> > > one.
> > > > I
> > > > > can see, kind of, out of my right eye, but not well enough to do
> > > > > much
> > > > more
> > > > > than take care of myself, not bump into things, etc. This got me
> out
> > of
> > > > > getting drafted to go to Vietnam – prayers it won’t result in a
> > > > significant
> > > > > loss of eyesight.
> > > > >
> > > > > Chad Wohlers
> > > > > Woodbury, VT USA
> > > > > chadwohl at satucket.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > --
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
>
> --
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com