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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / March 2004OT: But I could use some prayers
Hi, Everybody: This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. It's all that's left for my sister and her husband. My BIL, Jack, is 2 months younger than I. He'll be 54 in September. My sister and I have not been on the best of terms over the years, but I got an e-mail from her this morning. Jack "passed out" at work yesterday. He's in the hospital in New Orleans in very critical condition. He has a skull fracture, bleeding into the brain, and some swelling of the brain. The doctors are "very guardedly optimistic" that he will eventually recover. Nonetheless, they're only giving him a 50/50 chance right now. Please, if you have faith in the power of prayer and our Lord, pray for Jack. I wouldn't want anybody to lose a loved one this way. Thanks to all of you. Mary K Mary, prayers are on the way for Jack and the whole Family. Prayers are a very powerful energy. Stay strong....Patty >Hi, Everybody: > This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks to all of you. > Mary K Hi Mary, I rarely say it, but many of the names I recognize here are often in my thoughts. I'll just shift the emphasis to your family right now! I hope things turn out for the best for Jack and everyone else involved. Darryl. Mary-- I will surely say some prayers for you and your family...that all turns out well Florence > Hi, Everybody: > This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks to all of you. > Mary K Dear Mary, I truly hope and pray all turns out well for your brother in law.  SignatureEvelyn (To reply to me personally, remove sox) Mary, prayers already started for Jack, and also for the relationship between you and your sister. Gwen Signature=========================================================================== ==== Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it. - Cullen Hightower =========================================================================== ===== | Hi, Everybody: | This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | Thanks to all of you. | Mary K You got it! - Mike, Friendswood Texas > Hi, Everybody: > This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks to all of you. > Mary K Mary All I can offer is my best wishes. Paul > Hi, Everybody: > This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks to all of you. > Mary K > Hi, Everybody: > This has nothing to do with AD, but I could really use some prayers. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks to all of you. > Mary K Dear Mary, You, your sister, and your brother-in-law are in my prayers. Hugs, Trish Everybody, I just want to thank you so much for your prayers, your thoughts, and your general caring in regards to my request for prayers for my BIL. Jack is going to be in the hospital for a couple of months, my sister has been told. But he will live. He has some brain damage, but they're hopeful he'll be able to make a nearly full recovery. He's only speaking in single word sentences....with the exception of saying "I love you" to my sister. But, Saturday, he managed to sit up and the nurses said he figured out how to feed himself after about 10 minutes. I guess this was rather serendipitous. My sister and I seem to be back to the way we were toward each other before we both "grew up" and got married. So Thank you all. Mary K Mary, that is good news all the way around. Gwen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | Everybody, I just want to thank you so much for your prayers, your | thoughts, and your general caring in regards to my request for prayers for [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | So Thank you all. | Mary K Terrific news about Jack, Mary - and even better news about you and your sister. I have a friend whose early 50's husband did something similar - at the time, what they thought happened was that he'd gotten woozy, and fallen and hit his head (they were at a friends house for dinner, and he suddenly went partly down a flight of stairs while being given a tour of their house). Afterwards, it was discovered that he'd had a stroke, and that caused the fall. Do they know what caused your BIL to pass out in the first place? I know its the least of the worries about his recovery, but you have to wonder if they should be watching for strokes or other vascular events that quite aside from his head injury from the fall (I'm presuming he fractured his skull when he fell). Mary G. You're exactly right, Mary. He did fracture the skull in the fall. And, no, they don't know why all this happened yet. I'm like you; I suspect that, since there was no sign of aneurysm, they'll find he had a stroke or something. Thanks again for your concern and prayers. Mary K > Terrific news about Jack, Mary - and even better news about you and > your sister. > > I have a friend whose early 50's husband did something similar - at > the time, what they thought happened was that he'd gotten woozy, and > fallen and hit his head (they were at a friends house for dinner, and > he suddenly went partly down a flight of stairs while being given a > tour of their house). Afterwards, it was discovered that he'd had a > stroke, and that caused the fall. Do they know what caused your BIL to > pass out in the first place? I know its the least of the worries about > his recovery, but you have to wonder if they should be watching for > strokes or other vascular events that quite aside from his head injury > from the fall (I'm presuming he fractured his skull when he fell). > > Mary G. |
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