I knew through the days that you were all praying. THANK YOU!
My shot in the emergency room ended up in a 9 day stay in the hospital for me. Well, at least we were under the same roof, not room, but same roof
Jesus was present there in the Eucharist so we were blessed.
I have to share a little, let me see if I can recall the sequence of events...
1. I heard the Lord say on Tuesday (that would be two weeks ago) 'all for my honor and glory.' I said ok Lord! By Tuesday night, it was clear he was becoming disoriented and could not function on his own.
2. Fr. Deacon Stan got steadily worse, his kidneys shut down completely. The four pints of blood became four more pounds of fulid. He was placed on 24 hr diaylsis.
3. He had too much CO2 so they placed a tube in him - innovated him, I guess with a ventalator - to get it out.
4. By then, he was gone, there was no communication from him for four days.
5. They said he was heart was holding strong, pumping 50% of the blood it saw, which was great and keeping his body going, considering two years before he had had bypass surgery(God even prepared that).
5. They said he was there.
6. Monday, a week ago, our Lord Jesus Christ, sent three priests to pray with him.
a. Fr. Wriggly annointed him in the morning - he
slightly opened his eyes. but just as quickly went back
out.
b. Fr. Isi ( dear priest friend from Nigeria) gave him
to the Lord that if his life was to be a vegtable then to
take him home. If not, then heal him. This was at
midnoon. He pressed on his chest accidently, and his eyes
opened wide, but he went back out.
c. Fr. Frank (our priest) came, it was late noon, early
evening. He annointed him, used relics I know of St.
George, but not certain who else, I think a combination.
Prayed with him. Deacon opened his eyes and tried to
follow and then went back out.
The kids came that evening (I am only going by what I have been told, as I was in the hospital myslef, on the next floor). The kids said he opened his eyes, and followed them around the room.
The next morning, the nurse said, he had his eyes opened and was responding to her commands.
Then his blood gases got better. The next day - actually his hands were strapped down - he managed to pull out the ventalator tube from his throat. His fighting spirit was back
That evening I think it was, they said his kidneys started working.
The next day the dialysis machine coagulated, since it was at night, they had to wait till morning to get it back online. HIS KIDNEYS WORKED THE REST OF THE NIGHT!
They put him back on, but his blood gases improved so much they took him off the ventelator. By then they were removing three liters of fluid and hour from his body.
WELL! YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO PRAYER, AS BROUGHT FORTH A MIRACLE.
They removed 54 pounds of fluid from him. He weighed 244 when we took him in, he now weighs 190, about where he was when this all started. He is NOT on dialysis, his figures are good enough and kidney function too, that they don't think he will have need of diaylsis. His lung function is normal, his heart function is normal, and it is all somehow by God's grace becoming normal. He had been on a feeding tube and is now feeding himself, what little he eats, but he is!
The first food he received after the ventelator was removed - THE EUCHARIST!He is not totally out of the woods yet, he is in MICU, now they have to figure out what has really been happening. He talks a little but tires very easily. A long road to go yet.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST,
IN SO MANY WAYS IT WAS LIKE THE VISITATION OF ABRAHAM! Our Lord sent three priests to pray.
IN SO MANY WAYS IT WAS LIKE LAZARUS WAS CALLED FORTH FROM THE TOMB! As he was there four days.
DANIEL 13: (of Susanna)
35 Through her tears she looked up to heaven, for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly.
44 The Lord heard her prayer.
ALL OF YOU TRUSTED! In my tears I trusted, I could do nothing for my husband, I was in a hospital bed, I could not even hold his hand. People said they walked away from him in tears, not understanding, but trusting.
I had a lot of time to pray for all of you. I am still processing it all. I especially remembered those of us on here who are suffering for our spouse's health. I hope in some small way, my suffering and my testimony as it is right now, can help.
Because remember, my testimony, is that God's people were faithful to pray.
2 Chronicles 7:
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and if my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my presence and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and revive their land.
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Now my eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
I am going to try to sleep a bit! God bless you all. And know that your faithfulness has brought about a miracle.
THANK YOU!
pani rose
