Prayer Requests - Page 3

ilovemyglo · #31 05-27-2004, 12:23 PM

I hate to ask this,
my aunt (whom I live right around the corner and I am extremely close to!) is in the hospital.
They don't know what is wrong, but Tuesday her white blood cell count was 12,000 and then last night when they admitted her it was at 22,000 (24 hours).... the norm is around 10.

Just please keep her in your prayers. She has always been so supportive of me- and my Alpha Gam endeavors. Like buying a little squirrel or talking about how she wished she had gone to college so she could have experienced a sorority- she even visited my chapter and donated three sets of dishes (good ones!) to the houses.

Anyway, just please if you don't mind, a little "Hey i hope Sarah's aunt Billie is okay, take care and watch out for her if you don't mind" to God, Buddha, Allah, or whomever you feel the need to pray to.

I appreciate it.
LIEP,
Sarah

greeklawgirl · #32 05-27-2004, 12:31 PM

Of course, Sarah. I hope the doctors figure out whats happening and treat it right away. Prayers for you, too, because I know you will need strength and support also.

GtownGirl98 · #33 05-27-2004, 03:46 PM

My prayers are with you and your family, Sarah. Is she in Louisville?

AGDLynn · #34 05-27-2004, 07:45 PM

Sarah, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Hope that Billie is well soon!

ilovemyglo · #35 05-28-2004, 02:34 PM

She's doing some better.
Apparently (and finally!) they figured out she has some kind of horrid bacterial infection in her kidney- her kidney is roughly three times what it should be. She feels like her back is breaking. The infection is so bad it may get in to her blood stream, but they have her on round the clock antibiotics (three of them, one of which just came out for this specifi bacteria) and pain killers. They say by Sunday she should feel good enough to go home but they aren't promising.
Thank you all!
I sat up at the hospital with her for awhile last night and made her laugh. We got really close while I was in college and she moved back to Louisville in99, right around the corner from my family! She's also the person I asked to be my sponsor when I was confirmed in 2001.

Pike1483 · #36 05-29-2004, 03:14 AM

Dear Gams,
AWESOME Idea to have a prayer request forum! I'm gonna make one for our Pike forum! I hope it is a big hit. I love Alpha Gams, and they are the classiest ladies at my school, and are our sisters! Keep up the good work!

if y'all don't mind praying for a Pike, Ben Mayhair, he's an older member from my chapter that is fighting colon cancer. He's doing well, but still needs lots of prayer.

Thanks! Phi Phi Squirrel Squirrel -Jared

AGDee · #37 05-29-2004, 07:43 AM

Sarah,

It's good they found out what is wrong with your aunt so that they can treat it. Kidney things can be extremely painful. You are so sweet to be at her bedside to cheer things up. Hospitals are very lonely and sometimes scary places to be. I hope she is fine and will keep her in my prayers.

Jared,

Thanks for the kind words about the AGDs at your school! Colon cancer is so taxing on a person. I will definitely pray for your Pike brother. I am at very high risk for colon cancer myself since I have Crohn's Disease and I have a grandmother who died from it as well. It's a tough one, to be sure.

Dee

ilovemyglo · #38 06-01-2004, 11:25 AM

YAY!
She's home and doing much better. They released her yesterday. Her husband is gone all week on business so I plan on going over there everynight to help cook and clean and stuff. Just because she is home doesnt mean she is 100%, ya know? She lives right around the corner.

Thank you all for your thoughts.

I will def pray for your brother, Jared.
My father has had polyps and is at high risk because of his father.
It is a scary and painful thing to go through.
With family and friends supporting him he can hopefully make it through.

Sarah

LeslieAGD · #39 06-01-2004, 11:32 AM

Sarah, I'm glad your aunt is home and recovering!

AGDLynn · #40 06-01-2004, 07:45 PM

Sarah, that's wonderful!! Glad she is home. I know that will make her feel better faster.

Jared. I will be thinking of your brother. My real brother is also a Pike so I feel a special connection to PKA.

AGDLynn · #41 06-30-2004, 09:44 PM

First, I just want everyone to know that our sister, Luann Rhodes (Alpha Mu - Penn State), is very sick and in the hospital. She has been in since Friday at Dekalb Medical Center but she is not up to visitors. Please remember her in your thoughts and drop her a card to wish her well. Her mom and sister are with her.

If you PM me, I will give you her home address.

AGDLynn · #42 07-08-2004, 09:07 PM

Dear sisters,

I am sad to say that Luann Rhodes lost her battle with cancer last night around midnight. She had slipped into a coma and then entered Chapter Grand. She had lung cancer which had spread and then her condition deteriated quickly in the hospital these last couple of weeks.

I have information that the Atlanta Panhellenic President through the AGD Atlanta Alumnae Chapter President passed on to me. There will be a memorial here in Georgia, but the date is unknown. The funeral will be in the Mechanicsville PA area.

ilovemyglo · #43 07-16-2004, 10:07 AM

Hey ladies,
A gentleman friend of mine named Nathan was just diagnosed with Hodginks Lymphoma...
please pray that he stays strong ( I know he will, he is a terrific guy!) as he goes through a few surgeries and chemo for a few months. They believe they caught it early and it is treatable, but I hate it that he is going through all of this.
He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a great guy!
Thanks!

AGDee · #44 07-21-2004, 10:10 PM

Last night, after The Living Circle, I checked my home phone voice mail messages to find out that my mother had been admitted to the hospital on Sunday. Her friend who had called me left the number to the hospital and it was too late to call by the time we were finished (especially with the time difference). I didn't sleep a wink last night as I worried. She has emphysema and is on oxygen and heart medications as a result. I called my mom from the train station this morning to find that the blood levels of one of her medications had gotten too high which caused her heart to go into fibrillation. Her neighbor called 911 and they got things under control. Thankfully, my brother was visiting from Arkansas and I'm so relieved that he was since nobody knew how to reach me except my mother, who had the information on her email, which she couldn't access while in the hospital! She was discharged this morning and I've talked to her several times today, and she sounds very tired and a little disoriented (when I told her I was at the train station, she wanted to know why, not remembering that I was in Chicago). She will start getting home health services tomorrow, thanks to my brother's diligence (it helps that he's a CEO of the hospital and made a point to give his card to the discharge planner). Her health has been very shaky since October so I am asking my sisters to keep her in their prayers. She is the only close family that I have in Michigan, she is my best friend and my emotional backbone. She has always been "The Wind Beneath My Wings" and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone.

Loyally,

Dee

AGDLynn · #45 07-22-2004, 05:46 PM

Dee, so happy that your mom is better. Wed. morning I found out that my sis-in-law was taken to the hospital due to high blood pressure problems Monday. She spent 2 days in the hospital. I haven't talked with her yet cause we keep missing each other.

Tuesday was their anniversary. They were planning a night out in Atlanta. Hopefully, they can do that soon.