[Magdalen] Pray for our daughter Ginny

[Ginga Wilder]

Ginny is home from the hospital today!  So thankful!  And, thanks for your
prayers.

Ginga

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:43 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
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