I have to step out of my normal, light hearted way of writing to ask you all to pray for my Mother in Law. She has battled cancer off and on for the last 28 years. She had her first battle with breast cancer 28 years ago, had a single mastectomy and chemotherapy. Then just before I went out to meet them for the first time, just about 6 months after meeting The Pastor for the first time, she was diagnosed with cancer in a lymph node. It was in fact relocated breast cancer cells. Over the last few years despite treatments the breast cancer cells have appeared on her bones as well, with counts increasing and decreasing by degrees while going off and on various forms of chemo. She has fought this stuff off and on for the past 13 years in this manner, with very few uneventful years. You can only imagine how chemotherapy wreaks havoc on ones body when put into it for that amount of time. Her system is severely weakened.
For the past week or so she has had fluid accumulation on her lungs, heart and in her feet. Her oxygen levels were very low so she was put on oxygen full time at home. Yesterday she went in for a doctor’s appointment to see about draining the fluid off of her lungs and they decided to hospitalize her right then. They drained several CCs of fluid, gave her a few units of blood, intubated her and she is now in an induced coma.
If you could be praying for her, it would be much appreciated. God is faithful and she is as ready as she’ll ever be to meet Jesus but I know that she would also very much like to continue living to see her Grandchildren grow up. Please pray for her and her husband, for my husband and his brother as they wait and pray, for the doctors and for peace with God’s sovereign choice.
Definitely praying.
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As someone who has been there……recently……I will most definitely be praying. I think in these times, when we know the person is saved, the prayers are more for us than it is for them. So I’ll be praying for you all.
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Praying for you all.
So sorry to hear this. Please let your hubby know that we have added this to our prayers…am sending a link to this post to some JBU friends.
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Nan & Family
Know that you are all in our prayers! May God strengthen you and guide your family through this time. The Colarusso family
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You all are in my prayers.
I’m praying now Nan.
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my great grandmother was just taken to the hospital because of super low oxygen levels.
i’ll keep your MIL in my prayers
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oh I’m so sorry. I’ll pray.
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Praying for everyone affected by this difficult time!
🙂 Hang in there!
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She’s on my Prayer Rock!
Nan,
They will all be in my prayers.
Lynn
Nan,
Please gove my love and prayers to your husband. I lost my mother in December to cancer. I understand how hard it can be. She was strong in her faith and figured god had a plan for her. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts.
Sarah
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Absolutely I will pray for her, and for your entire family. I know this must be a hard time. Recoveries happen, and they happen often.
God bless,
~Maria
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Prayers are being said, Nan.
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We’ve been down this road, too. You are all in my prayers.
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Thank you all for all the prayers. I will keep you all posted… I think they plan to bring her out of the coma tomorrow to see how she fares. We live quite far away from them so there is nothing we can do but wait and pray. This isn’t easy for the kids but they are handling it really well so far. They’ve known for a long time that she’s been sick but I know they didn’t realize what it could mean.
Having been through this – as we all have — it just hurts to see your family have to face it, too.
We know that God is Good -and we give this situation to Him, and we lift all of you up to His Gentle Spirit.
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God bless your family. Am joining your worldwide prayer brigade.
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Praying for your dear mother-in-love. Also for the family to have the peace of God during this especially trying time.
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you and your family are in my thoughts.
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