[Magdalen] Pray for our daughter Ginny

[Ginga Wilder]

John and I drove to Winston-Salem Thursday.  We visited briefly on Thursday
night and 6 hours on Friday.  Good signs: her temperature is normal and she
is alert, awake and conversant.  We kept wanting to leave the room to give
her time to rest, and she said she was enjoying our visit.  She is still
quite weak, but better.  While some of her symptoms continue, we feel she
has turned a corner and is definitely on the road to recovery.  She is
still on contact precautions, meaning we had to wear a gown and gloves in
her presence.  She is receiving excellent care in the hospital.  Symptoms
will have to improve a good deal more before she will be discharged.

On doing church!  St. Anne's is a single priest parish with a deacon.  Four
retired priests attend the church and several deacons.  These wonderful
people have stepped into the breach and are preaching, celebrating, and
doing pastoral care in Ginny's absence.  Not so much doing church, as being
church.  TBTG!

Thank you all for your prayers.
Ginga

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:09 AM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Just reading this now, Thursday night. Praying, Ginga.
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:21 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, All.  We arrived in Winston Salem about 6 pm and went directly to
> > he hospital.  Ginny looked some better than we feared.  She is very weak
> > and any exertion wears her out in short order.  Her appetite is poor.
> She
> > has had 5 bites of protein today.  Her temp is down and her blood
> pressure
> > is too low.  Her gut is still symptomatic. She is still very sick but not
> > not so sick as she has been.
> >
> > Sincere for your prayers.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:12 PM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Ginga, prayers for you all and especially for Ginny.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 6:41 PM Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > i will keep her in prayers for healing of her system and the medical
> > > people
> > > > too .
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 8:39 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dear Friends,
> > > > > Our daughter Ginny, who some of you know and who is the rector of
> St.
> > > > > Anne's Episcopal Church in Winston Salem, NC, is in the hospital
> and
> > > very
> > > > > sick.  She has a C. Diff. infection that began over the weekend.
> She
> > > > saw a
> > > > > GI specialist last week to begin a workup for persistent GI
> symptoms
> > > she
> > > > > has had for almost a year - these have nothing to do with the new
> C.
> > > Diff
> > > > > infection, although she may have picked that up at the doctor's
> > office.
> > > > > She went in the hospital Tuesday and c. diff was identified as the
> > > > culprit
> > > > > of the present symptoms.  She was dehydrated, tachycardic with low
> > BP.
> > > > She
> > > > > is on IV antibiotics and is making slow progress.  Her GI symptoms
> > > > > continue.  Her temp is still elevated (102) and she is sleeping a
> > lot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Her condition is complicated by the fact that she has rheumatoid
> > > > arthritis
> > > > > and is immune compromised due to that and the biologic meds she
> takes
> > > for
> > > > > that.  John and I will go - up and back - to Winston Salem
> tomorrow.
> > > We
> > > > > need to see our daughter and we can spell Ginny's wife Barbie for a
> > few
> > > > > hours.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please pray for Ginny.  Thank you.
> > > > > Ginga
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > --
> > > Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
> > >
> >
> --
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>