Posted on 12/31/2020 9:20:49 AM PST by agere_contra
Dear Friends,
as some of you will know: my twin brother Thomas has been dangerously ill for many days with COVID.
I posted a prayer thread, and you were very generous with your prayers. Thank you!
Well now to this current thread.
Tom has been on an intubator for a week. Today they drained his lungs and discovered lung scarring (fibrosis).
They have taken him off intubation to see if he can breath without it. They put him onto an oxygen pressure mask.
His O2 sats went down. They moved him to a ventilator: his oxygen seemed promising on the ventilator but then started going down again.
His kidneys started failing so they started dialysis. This started improving his oxygen count and kidney count.
The problem now is that his lungs are not doing the normal carbon dioxide processing.
We have discussed his treatments with nurses and they have all been completely routine.
His body does not seem to be responding despite the extra help. They will keep him on them as long as he responds. However his heart could stop at any minute.
He’s currently still alive but it will be hour by hour.
So of your charity - dear FRiends - please pray that Tom will be healed. Please also pray for his immortal soul.
Prayers for a miracle healing.
Steve - you echo my own thoughts.
May God bless you all. These prayers are amazingly consoling.
Prayers up
Praying for your brother.
Praying for your brother.
Continued prayers for your brother and a miraculous healing.
Thank you both, and my thanks to the others who have prayed for miraculous healing, or for inspiration and courage from medical staff.
On this the sixth day of Christmas and the turning point of the year, + may God in His infinite mercy hear us, and grant our request +
Amen.
Father God,
Hear the prayers being sent on Thomas’ behalf. We ask for a New Year miracle. Send your ministering angels to surround him. May HOLY SPIRIT breathe new life into Thomas’ body.
Thank You.
In JESUS Name we pray. Amen.
Amen
I have prayed for him, sir.
Thank you.
So sorry to hear this, AC. I will pray for your brother, especially tomorrow at Mass.
Prayers to the great physician for Thomas, for a spirit of life and healing! Send your Angel Lord, to watch over and restore him to health! In the name of your son, our Lord and Savior. (Amen!)
Praying for your brother and for you!
Thank you all very much for your generous, generous prayers. I must sleep now.
+ May God grant that we wake to good news. Amen +
Prayers sent, but note that in some articles they have noted lung scarring, which was thought to be permanent when from other causes, has been reported to reverse and heal after three or four months in COVID cases. It is possible what appears as scarring in COVID cases is actually something else that just looks like it.
Thank you AnonymousConservative. That is very interesting.
There is a slight improvement. Tom is responding slightly to treatment. There is currently no further deterioration.
He is still very, very, very, unwell. But he has lived another day after the day we were almost sure that we would lose him.
Dear FRiends: please continue to pray.
✠ Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One. We place ourselves unreservedly within Your Mercy. May Thomas be healed and restored to his family ✠
✠ We ask this in the Name of Jesus Christ, True God and True Man. ✠
Kicking prayers up a notch.
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