Prayer and pixie dust requests--Updated May 2

[Stephieann]

Quote:
Originally Posted by kimmar067
UPDATE:

One boy, Louis, was kept in Columbia Presbyterian for observation w/a broken leg & arm. Joe and Richie are still at Harlem Hospital - Joe, with bleeding on his brain and Richie is in an induced coma with MAJOR trauma. His whole pelvic area was crushed - injury to his liver (he may lose a kidney as well as a chance of not being able to have children) and he is stable and on a ventilator.




....Drs. had to remove one kidney because it wasn't functioning - still in an induced coma. And now, some really disturbing news - rumor has it that they found Ecstacy in the car....hope that is NOT true...

Kimmar....will keep them in my prayers!!!!

 

[kimmar067]

NEW update:

Kidney, was NOT removed yet; drs. are still trying to see whether it is salvagable....however, he did have a ruptured spleen and broken pelvis...once he is stabilized for at least 24 hours with no other complications, they will arrange to have Richie transferred to Hackensack Medical Center....His face, neck and arms are all swollen and he is HEAVILY sedated on meds....although he is still critical and is in ICU, his mother wanted for his friends to see him, 2 at a time VERY BRIEFLY, to bring home the message: THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU FROM MAKING BAD CHOICES!!! (apparently, there seems to be some involvement of illegal substances... )
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Prayers and hugs to those in need today......

 

[kimmar067]

....VERY SAD......one of our teachers in my school district has lost her 4y-o daughter. She was climbing the drawers of her dresser to try to reach the tv when the whole thing toppled on top of her. Her mom found her lying underneath - they DID revive her, but, once at the hospital, the doctors announced that she would basically, be a vegetable, so they took her off the life-support system, which she subsequently passed.....she just buried her mom two weeks prior....very tragic....

 

[kimmar067]

Sad news:
Richie passed at 4AM this morning from cardiac arrest ~ please pray for his friends and family....

 

[TammyNC]

Prayers being said.

 

[kimmar067]

Sad news:
Richie passed at 4AM this morning from cardiac arrest ~ please pray for his friends and family....

Could it GET any worse? I just found out his grandpa (who he lived with) has a heart attack and I don't know if they told him that Richie passed away yet....

 

[Dan Murphy]

So very, very sad, Kimmar. All involved will be in my prayers. So sad.

 

[kimmar067]

....just returned from one of the SADDEST funerals to which I've ever attended.....pray for Richie and his family, ESPECIALLY his grandma.....

 

[raammartin]

Prayers and hugs heading their way, Kimmar.

 

[bsusanmb]

Dear Dis'ers,
I am so distraught I don't know where to turn, except to the Lord and prayer. My DD was raised in the church and gave her life to Christ when she was 14. She is a sweet, quiet, very pretty girl with a big heart. She became involved with drugs after she graduated from HS, but was able to turn it around. She graduated from an outpatient drug rehab when she was 20. But it wasn't long until she started to lie, steal, and behave badly. DH and I tried everything we could, and finally decided to give her the final ultimatum. She chose to leave the house immediately, with very poor impulse control. She met up with a 49 yo AA man at her NA meeting. He sweet talked her into believing that he was going to save her, care for her, and that no one would love her like he did, not her parents or anyone. He was a known drug dealer and addict who is from PHiladelphia. We tried to talk her into coming home, even forcing her to come home, but she was addicted to crack and dependent on him for her drug habit. They were homeless, staying with various people. I gave her a cell phone so that if she ever neeeded me, I was a phone call away I tried to keep communication open, fearing that he might take her away from the area. We had not heard from DD since Aug, when we had a discussion that she had her whole life ahead of her, and she became biligerent, saying she wanted her own life, not ours. The phone we gave her was in someone else's posession. DH and I finally tracked down leads and discovered that he had taken DD to Phila, without money or clothes, or anywhere to go. He viewed her as his property, and began to pimp her. They were both arrested twice for pimping and prostitution, but let go. DD was staying in variious homeless shelters in Phila. We have made many trips to North Phila roaming the streets looking for her. People say they know her and have seen her. I found out that in Nov, he owed money to drug dealers and they caught up with him. They held a gun to his head and told him that if he made any noise, that he was dead. They then proceeded to rape my DD. They pistol whipped him and he disappeared, admitted himself to a facility, leaving DD stranded in North Phila.
We still cannot find DD, although she did leave a voice message for us in Feb telling us that she heard we were looking for her, not to worry, she is ok, she loves us, and will see us soon.
She then called late one night and was very remorseful, crying saying she wanted to come home but couldn't. SHe said she was so sorry for all she has put us through and she had been through hell and back. We offered to leave immediately (about a 90 min drive) to pick her up, but she said she would call in the am and come home. Of course, she never called.
Please pray for God's love to penetrate her heart and know that God loves her and will forgive her, and that only His love will heal her. My DH has become physically ill from the stress, and I am barely hanging on. My heart aches for her, and what she has been through, and I cannot imagine the pain she has in her heart. She is listed as a missing person now, so if she is picked up, we will be notified immediately. We continue to walk the streets late at night looking for her in the most horrible violent area of Phila.
I praise God that He has helped her to survive. Please help me in praying.
Thank you very much,
a very sad mama

 

[gharrer]

I hope you are involved with ALANON , this group is so much support for families. To have a child who is suffering so much is very painful. I pray that you have the strength and guidance to get through this. Nancy

 

[bsusanmb]

Do you believe that ALANON is a good thing? I know that NA and AA were of no help to my DD. But this may be the particular groups she was in. Her counselor wanted her to go to a professional group where DD would have a role model. She chose to go to a place where known drug transactions take place outside, and the F word is used like it is common language.

Would I have to get up and talk? I don't know if I could, and I probably would have a break down. I am a nurse, and it is so difficult to get up in the morning and put a smile on my face, and give of myself to others when I am in such pain for my child.

Thank you for your encouragement and prayers.

 

[Dan Murphy]

So very sorry, bsusanmb. Your daughter, you, are in my prayers. I can't imagine.

 

[gharrer]

Sorry it took a while to get back to you. My very best friend has a daughter who became dependent on oxycodone and alcohol. My friend found the program very helpful, and she rarely misses a meeting. You need the support of others going throuhg what you are going through. My prayers are with you Nancy

 

[bsusanmb]

HALLELUIAH, MY DD CALLED ME AFTER A 3 HOUR PRAYER MEETING WANTING TO COME HOME! A 37 year old man found her on the street and took her in, encouraged her, helped her off the crack, and helped her to see that she needed to return home! We picked her up in North Phila 3/12/06 and she was smiling and happy. Of course, she is very thin and her health has declined. But praise God she is alive and home in her own bed. We have had a wonderful reunion, and there is a long road ahead of us.
God is so good.
Thank you for your prayers.

 

[philaround]

I've never asked for prayers before, but I think I really need some prayers right now. One year ago I had surgery for lung cancer and lost the upper lobe of my left lung. Scans I have had over the last four months show something abnormal attached to my chest wall at about the site of the incision from last year's surgery. I will be going under the knife again this coming Monday 3/20 to find out what this thing is. I will going to the hospital tomorrow for pre-op testing and then have to get through the weekend. Since they don't know what is growing in my chest they cannot tell me what the extent of the surgery will be. If it turns out to be more cancer they will take the rest of my left lung out. I'm scheduled to be at WDW 39 days after my surgery. The doctor says I should be able to go but he cannot gaurantee it.

 

[TammyNC]

I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers.

 

[kimmar067]

philaround ~

OMG! and prayers to you and your loved ones that it is not as bad as you fear, and a SPEEDY recovery to be able to enjoy WDW....

 

[Poohstar]

Philaround

You and your family are in my prayers. Praying for a good result and speedy recovery. I am sure you will have a great time in WDW.

bsusanmb

I am so glad your DD has returned home. I will keep praying for you and your DD.

 

[Dan Murphy]

bsusanmb, great update, so happy for you all. Hoping your daughter stays on the straight and narrow and has a good life.

Phil, my prayers are with you. Do hope it went well yesterday and things are looking good for you. Hope to see a good update soon.