Prayer/positive energy request - Page 12

elicampbell · #1 03-22-2011, 10:14 PM

Carnation, I have nothing to say to ease the situation except in my prayers.

adpiucf · #2 03-23-2011, 02:01 AM

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I'm still looking for a job.

Daryl W · #3 03-23-2011, 11:15 AM

I pray that this can encourage all who are in need of prayers for their situations. God knows about all the problems we are facing. He also cares deeply about each and every one of us, more than we can imagine. He can and will come through every time when we put our trust in Him. Jesus says IF we can believe, ALL THINGS are possible to them that believe.

The problem that we have is...what are we believing? If we believe the problem is bigger than God, we need to increase our faith in God....."for without faith, it is impossible to please Him, he that comes to God must believe in Him and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."

I used to believe that God was holding back my blessing because of my faults and imperfections. But I found out in His Word that God was not looking at my actions, He was looking at my heart. And once I got my heart turned towards Him, my actions were still jacked up, but my heart was crying out to the God that could heal me out of whatever situation I was in. Thats when I began to see God move for me.

So my prayer for everyone reading this is.....Lord Jesus, You are a God of action. Show yourself alive and strong to Your people, according to what You said in Your Bible, with many proofs. Give these individuals the faith to believe that #1 they are forgiven for any sins that are standing in the way of their ability to have faith in You, and then #2 show them how strong You truly are by sending the answer they need to overcome whatever trouble they are facing. You are a powerful and Mighty God, so I thank You now for this, AMEN.

SWTXBelle · #4 03-23-2011, 01:45 PM

Remember that former student of mine who delivered a 1 1/2 lb. baby? Baby is GREAT - but Ashley was just diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma. Prayers are appreciated - she is a fighter, and I have every confidence in her, but want to support her with all the prayers I can!

jennyj87 · #5 03-23-2011, 10:40 PM

I have a huge prayer request. The boy I've been writing about on these forums is about to start an experimental treatment and is having second thoughts about treatment. His mom updates a carepage daily and this is what was posted today.

"Zasked me about the 8H9 trial and he wanted the details. I pulled out the consent form and went through it with him. It really, really upset him. He was in tears and scared about the risks and side effects and with the idea of having an abdominal catheter inserted that will have to be pulled out like the drain tubes and the femural line he had for stem cell collection. He doesnt' want to go through the pain again. He doesn't want to be isolated and away from us. The consent form noted that parents can still see and talk to hiim through a screen. It wasn't good enough for him. I couldn't console him. I reminded him that the risks and side effects he is facing on 8H9 are the same as chemotherapy with the exception of possible damage to his thyroid gland. He may need to take thyroid supplements for the rest of his life. It didn't make him any more accepting. He did mention going home and giving up only because that was an option listed on the form under "What if I don't want to take part in this study?" I told him that we could go home tomorrow if he wanted to but I am not letting him just give up that easy if he has made it this far into treatment. 7 months and he is on the last week of chemo and he wants to give up now?!?!?!? I told him that the week he was in the hospital a 24 year old kid died from DSRCT because his parents couldn't afford to get him to New York and he didn't have insurance. The week before that a thirty something father died of DSRCT in Ireland because he couldn't afford to go to New York for treatment, and he is here in New York in the best hospital for DSCRT and he has an opportunity to take advantage of this study and he wants to go home and give up? No way! I told him his dad and I would do our best to talk to the team to see what can be done to make him comfortable with the pain he is faced with. Then he says that the doctors don't even know if it will work, 8H9, so what's the point. I told him that it was true no one knows if it will work or what will happen or what side effects will materialize but if there is a chance that his body will respond, if there is a chance that this procedure will give him another year or two or more of life then we have to do it. He went to sleep in tears. Since this conversation, he has brought it up a couple of times. We haven't seen the surgical team yet to tell them about Z's concerns, but we will."

Its heartbreaking. What can we even say to her at this point? Please pray that they can make a decision that is good for them. He's only 15.

Buttonz · #6 03-29-2011, 10:54 PM

Thoughts going out to everyone.

When reading some of these stories my pain doesn't seem nearly half as bad.

AnotherKD · #7 03-30-2011, 11:09 AM

I don't like to ask for sympathy, but I feel a little lost.

I've been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer that I thought I had successfully fought off 2 years ago. I would appreciate it if anyone had it in their hearts to send me a few good thoughts.

ETA: I guess I feel almost comfortable posting this here because I'm pretty much anonymous. However, if you do know me, I'd appreciate not putting anything on Facebook. I'm not breaking the news to some people yet, until some of their stressors they've been dealing with lately have cleared up. Thank you.

SWTXBelle · #8 03-30-2011, 06:44 PM

Oh, AnotherKD, praying you beat it quickly and as painlessly as possible. Still waiting to hear about my former student - we don't know about her lymph nodes yes. I'd also appreciate your prayers for a fellow teacher - she's 35 weeks pregnant and on bed rest until they figure out if her liver is okay. She broke down in tears yesterday - she delivered her daughter early and knows what it might mean, although she's much further along this time.

ETA - Jeremiah 30:17
"But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds," declares the LORD.

elicampbell · #9 03-30-2011, 07:38 PM

AnotherKD - thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope that all well be well with you.

SWTXBelle - My thoughts are prayers are with your teacher friend.

I am still on the job quest. I am waiting to hear from a job I interviewed for a week or two ago.

carnation · #10 04-11-2011, 09:39 PM

Our friend whose unborn baby was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 went to the OB today and there was no heartbeat. She made it to 24 weeks; they will take the baby tomorrow. Please pray that the baby's mom and dad will find peace.

SWTXBelle · #11 04-11-2011, 09:48 PM

Oh, Carnation, such a tragic story - prayers for the family and the soul of their child.

carnation · #12 10-01-2011, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by carnation

Our friend whose unborn baby was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 went to the OB today and there was no heartbeat. She made it to 24 weeks; they will take the baby tomorrow. Please pray that the baby's mom and dad will find peace.

I know that quoting oneself is weird but this same family who lost the baby girl at 24 weeks in April just lost another baby girl this week at 20 weeks. There was no warning and the baby appeared to be normal, though testing is being done. Please pray for this wonderful family!

christiangirl · #13 04-12-2011, 02:32 AM

Super prayers for that one, carnation. That is so sad, I don't even have words.

Kappamd · #14 04-21-2011, 04:34 PM

We just heard that my fiance's grandmother has been rushed to emergency surgery to repair an extremely rare complication from a colonoscopy. Prayers and positive energy that she will make it through.

thetaj · #15 04-21-2011, 05:56 PM

A friend of mine who lives in Tampa now was in a serious car accident early Sunday morning, around 1 AM. He hit a tree, went airborne, hit another tree and landed on a cement wall. He has broken bones in his head and face, a broken collarbone and ribs, a punctured lung, broken sternum, pelvis and tail bone. He literally shouldn't be alive. A trauma nurse lives across the street from where he wrecked, and she ran out and cleared his airway and kept him calm until Life Flight arrived.

He has gotten so much better this week. He will only have to have surgery on his arm/hand. He is able to sit up and talk a little bit. But, the pain is getting worse and all of the meds he is on make him dizzy and makes physical and respiratory therapy very difficult.

Please please please keep him and his sweet family in your thoughts/prayers. Every little prayer must count, he's got a lot of angels watching over him, seen and unseen.

Thank you all <3