Syl,
This is a prayer request for a friend of mine who lives in Massachusetts, near Boston. Her name is Bobbie Cruse. Bobbie's note to me:
The Breast Surgeon said she was pretty sure she could take me next week. I got a call from her secretary yesterday and got my date. They will do the surgery next Thursday the 21st, Holy Thursday. You have no idea how very relieved we are that she got me in so soon. It will be day surgery so I will be back home later that day. They also agreed with the first surgeon that I will need to have 4 to 6 weeks of radiation. How fortunate I am and blessed with so many wonderful people praying for me.
Thank you and lots of love,
Bobbie
Thank you and to all the Prayer Warriors for the prayers for Bobbie.
Love,
Marian
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Good afternoon all,
Please remember in your prayers John B. He needs strength and guidance and peace since the passing of his wife. He is also suffering from heart problems.
And PLEASE STORM HEAVEN for my sister in law Joanne. You have been hearing from me about the terrible problems she has endured since a surgery she had nine months ago. She recently got a second opinion and was told the olny solution is to have the surgery done over again, by the same Dr. that did it the first time? So she had her records sent to a Doctor in Princeton who does the same type of surgery and he said her only recovery from this will mean another surgery that is very dangerous for someone in her condition and not just to correct the surgery but possible completely redoing everything. She is bombed out by thinking of going through all of this again. She knows so many have been praying for her and she has spent so much time in prayer she was hoping to hear better news. I reminded her that all good things come in GOD's time, not our time, so to please just trust in him. We all need your prayers to give all of us strength and faith that maybe this time it will all work out. Please help her to be strong enough to face all of this and to guide the Doctors' hands. I will let you know when the surgery is scheduled.
Also prayers for Jim R. from Reading who lost his wife last week. He is my cousin . He is not handling this very well. It is so difficult to lose a partner of many years, But God' knows best. Thank you all I send love and prayers for all your intentions. Carole Y
THE FOLLOWING THREE PRAYER REQUESTS ARE FROM OUR FELLOW PRAYER WARRIOR BOCK:
WELCOME TO THE WORLD ADALAIDE AND EMELIA!!! THESE ARE THE TWINS WE WERE PRAYING FOR….THEY STAYED PUT LONGER THAN THEY EXPECTED! THANK YOU GOD!!! NICE WEIGHTS TOO!
April 15 will forever have a different meaning for James and Sarah, as opposed to the rest of us.
(and defintely a day to remember)
Adalaide Sienna was born by c-section at 9:14 a.m. and weighed in at 6 lbs.10 oz. and was 19 plus inches long.
Emelia Therese was born by c-section at 9:13 a.m. and weighed in at 5 lbs 11 oz. and was 18 plus inches long.
Rick,
Paul Bowden is our deputy sheriff here in the town where we live in Washington, and also a good friend. Paul had a liver biopsy on Thursday and will get results back on Tuesday. Two spots have been found on nis liver and the Oncologists suspects it to be cancerous.
Paul has a 15, 10 and 5 year old daughter at home, he is very active in Church and a credit to our community.
Please pass on this request to the prayerchain for me that God our Father will give Paul and his family a favorable finding on Tuesday and, as Paul say's "It is what it is".... so if it IS... Let us pray that the Father will have mercy on Pauls family and find it in HIS will to cure him outright!
Thanks Bock!
Rick,
I don’t know if you where in the email loop. Cindy is OK, but involved in a car accident (not her fault) and probably totaled her car. Spent about two days in the hospital. Nothing broken. Now at home, with meds, recouping. You can put her on the prayer list for a while.
Hope all is well,
Bob Sig
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HERE IS THE LATEST UPDATE FROM NICK FRANCA’S MOM……..NICK AND HIS DAD JIM FLY TO FLORIDA TOMORROW FOR THIS TREATMENT – PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY FOR NICK’S MIRACLE. I WAS COMFORTED WHEN I READ THE LAST UPDATE THAT THE YOUTH MINISTER FROM THEIR CHUCH HAS MADE A CONNECTION WITH NICK – THIS IS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRAYING FOR HIM.
Nick and Jim leave on Jet Blue Monday morning at 8:20.... They will get back next Friday night at 10:30... hopefully with the full dose of his first treatment in him.... I am a little nervous to go a week without treatment....
Today Nick's LDH had dropped 300 points (although still wayyyy high) and his liver enzymes were low enough that we could have qualified for the millenium trial!!! But now we are down a different path for a while and that is just the way it is... You have to be 21 days without treatment to start that trial.... so we will put it on the back burner...
Nick stopped the etoposide yesterday so he will be 7 days out from it... the requirment to enter the trial in Florida. Our biggest issue about Florida at this point is this....
Each week he has to be there for the one hour infusion, so we are looking at having to fly once a week for one night.... which from what I am checking online looks to be pretty darn expensive. I am checking corporate angels, but not likely.... We are blessed that we are older and have reserves we can use...for young couples this is just a nightmare and not even an option...
We are going to try to carry on as normal... praying for a hault to the march that had tried to take over Nick's beautiful body.... Alll prayers and miracles welcome.....
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 10:20 PM
Such a beautiful outpouring of love
I want to thank everyone who has emailed me this week about flights, places to stay, meals...... the human spirit is alive and well... thank you all for the amazing guestbook messages, emails and just for loving us like you do... it helps.
Seth Hurlbert.... don't have your email, but YES please put me in touch with the corporate angel pilot in Leesburg. I am checking on all angles for week two.... week one is in place.
We have flights, a car rented and 4 nights in the Days Inn 3 miles from the hospital with a full kitchen so they can have a fridge etc....
I am so emotionally tired as is Jim.... but we somehow have gotten through one of the most horrific weeks of our lives and I actually walked 18 holes of golf yesterday morning with the girls and then rode 18 holes in the afternoon with Jim and crew . It was liberating to just pound the ball for 8 hours...... a good release.
So we have a path. Nick is feeling pretty good. Compared to the beginning of the week he looks so much stronger. He and Kelly actually went out to the movies last night and out to dinner tonight......
Today I took him to Georgetown for platelets to get him topped off for the flight Monday. Had some blood pressure issues which doesn't surprise me with as high as his vma is, but we were home in 5 hours which is a record. He is still dealing with the pain in his left elbow..... that is such a new issue for us and we have been blessed to have gotten this far without it.
He just stopped by a little while ago to pick up a couple of things and he seemed to be doing ok with managing the pain it and not having to be "out of it" .
Nick had a wonderful visit from the youth minister at our church yesterday. Morgan is young and had never met Nick because he came to the church after we basically haven't been going for quite some time. I knew from our conversations that if Nick agreed to meet with him he would like him. He and Kelly and my other son Jeff all hung out yesterday afternoon and Nick really, really was comfortable and thankful to now have him in his life.... He and Kelly were going to go to the Saturday contemporary service that he leads, but after not getting home from the hospital until almost 4pm he wanted to rest, but I bet they will be there next week. Thank you Morgan for being in his life :)
Continue to pray for all of us.... we are navigating new territory without the comfort and safety of CHOP and SLOAN...... we are nervous, tired, and full of angst most of the time... but we will march on, doing everything we possibly can to manage the medical part and let Nick have as much freedom as he can.
