Sad News

We have had sad news this week and we need all the prayers that we can muster for a very close friend of ours. One of my very best friends daughter, Stephanie, is on life support as we speak. She has had many health issues over the years of her young life and they have brought her to this point. She has childhood on-set diabetes, full blown osteoporosis, and an eating disorder. Her bones in her legs have been breaking often and she had just recently broken one of her legs again. She had then developed a sore on her other foot and it became severely infected and she has been in either the hospital or rehab center for the last two months. Last week the antibiotics that she was being given to fight the infection in her foot caused her to go into paranoid schizophrenic phycosis. It was horrible and it seemed that she was just being continually tormented by horrible hallucinations. Monday night she went into full body shut down and was put on life support.

This is a young woman (27) who has grown up with my children and is a part of our family.. this is hard on all of us. Stephanie is also the only child of my friend who has been a single mother for most of Stephanie's young life, which means of course that they are very close and did almost everything together. Mom's have this thing that we are strong during a crisis and break down when the crisis is over. This is how my friend Laurie is right now -- being very strong. Our prayers have to be for her too -- to give her strength and peace and rest so she can be there for Stephanie. This has been devastating for all of us . . . my heart is aching.

The last report that we had from last night was that she is opening her eyes when her mom yells at her. She didn't focus and closed them right away but she did voluntarily respond, she also was able to squeeze her doctors hands, both right and left when commanded. She has also started to develope a slight gag reflex and these are all good signs even though she is still in a coma. She has only a low level of brain activity right now. Let's pray that her doctors have wisdom and insight for Steph and that she continues to improve. And, to give her mother the strength she needs not only for Stephanie's sake but also for her own. Lord, please watch over both of these women and meet their needs as only you can do Lord. In Jesus name Amen. Please. . . pray for these women . . . thank you!