Prayer Thread

Post by **Frelga** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:39 pm

vison, this sounds like what my boss's wife had. The surgery fixed her problem, and I hope it fixes Riley's.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:46 pm

Riley's in my prayers, vison, and his family—I can't imagine how hard it must be to wait for hours while your child is in surgery. But the results of this can indeed be amazing, a complete cure.

Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:47 pm

vison, I hope everything works out well for Riley.

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:43 pm

Teremia, thank you.

I just can't believe my father-in-law is going to die soon. It's just...unreal.

Post by **Frelga** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:16 am

Lali, I felt that way about my grandma, and she was 95 as far as we could tell.

I don't think we are ever ready to let go.

Post by **vison** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:15 am

Update on Riley: he's fine, but the surgery could not accomplish everything the doctors had hoped for. They did some of what they wanted to do, but he is in the small percentage of people whose "nodes" are hard to deal with. There should be some improvement in his condition, though, and he will likely be able to have successful surgery when he's older. The doctors worked for 5 hours - imagine!!! - and he was awake and demanding ice cream when his mum phoned me.

He is such a dear little boy. He stays with Oz quite often (or vice versa) and they are oddly the same, as if they are related. But they're not. He loves facts. Once he said to me, "Sheila, did you know you can't live without snot?" Well, you know, you can't.

I found him a book called "Grossology" and he loves it. Any fact will do, and the world is full of them.

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:35 pm

vison, I'm glad he's doing well, even if they couldn't do all they hoped for in the surgery.

If anyone has time to pray or send some thoughts our way, I'd appreciate it. We're leaving this morning to go see Freddy's dad and family. I think the potential for fireworks of the dramatic kind (not the cool 4th of July kind

) definitely exists.

Freddy's dad is back in the hospital. He had a heart attack some time last week and has pneumonia. He also has an altered mental state (which is what prompted them to take him to the hospital). We don't know what's causing that yet. We do know that he's not freaking out because Freddy's mom is there, so he's definitely out of it somehow. (There's that whole messy divorce issue.)

I am most worried about my girls and about Freddy.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:49 pm

That's hard, Lali. I'm so sorry. You and Freddy and your whole family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:54 pm

And mine.

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:44 pm

For you and your family.

Post by **Frelga** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:09 pm

And mine.

You'll get through it together. But it's tough.

Post by **Rowanberry** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:27 am

Lali.

Post by **Elentári** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:35 pm

Thinking of you, and praying hard, Lali

Post by **Lalaith** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:58 pm

Thank you all. His dad took a turn for the worse when we were driving up. He's now just in a fetal position, moaning and groaning. We decided not to let the girls see him that way. He's incoherent and doesn't even know any of us are there. The doctors don't know what's going on.

Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:07 pm

I hope they can figure it out soon. That's scary and frustrating.

Post by **Lalaith** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:01 am

Freddy's dad passed away today. We got a call this morning that things were bad, and we needed to get up to Elyria as quickly as possible. We left as quickly as we could. One brother was coming up from Cincinnati. One brother was already there, with Freddy's mom. My sister-in-law and nephew were coming from Michigan (where they were for a wedding). We all converged at approximately the same time, and Freddy's dad died about 45 minutes later. He struggled to hang on till we all got there, and then he was at peace once we were all with him.

Post by **vison** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:43 am

Lalaith wrote:Freddy's dad passed away today. We got a call this morning that things were bad, and we needed to get up to Elyria as quickly as possible. We left as quickly as we could. One brother was coming up from Cincinnati. One brother was already there, with Freddy's mom. My sister-in-law and nephew were coming from Michigan (where they were for a wedding). We all converged at approximately the same time, and Freddy's dad died about 45 minutes later. He struggled to hang on till we all got there, and then he was at peace once we were all with him.

I hope that comforts you and especially Freddy, Lalaith, that his dad was at peace with all his children nearby. I don't know how these things work, but they work somehow. Freddy has the comfort of knowing that his presence was important to his father, in some way.

Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:16 am

Post by **Elentári** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:20 am

Lali, I'm so sorry...

for you, Freddy and all the family

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:10 am

Oh, Lali.

I'm so very sorry.

But I'm glad you were all there.