Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 03/10/2010 8:24:31 AM PST by Judith Anne
My son in law, Sam, went into the ER with severe abdominal pain the night before last; a CT scan showed a bowel obstruction, tumor, on the right side. He had surgery last night, and 5-6 inches of bowel were removed due to cancer. The doctors said there was no way to foresee this, as he is fairly young. He and my daughter have insurance to take care of the medical expenses, but they have three children under 15. After the surgery, the doctor said he was "cautiously optimistic" but the pathology reports are not due until Thursday, and at that time they'll start to work up a treatment plan.
This is a tremendous unforeseen blow to this nice young family, I'm babysitting for the grandkids while my daughter spends time at the hospital. She's strong, and so is he, their faith is in the Lord. He's Baptist, she's Catholic, they've been happily married 16 years.
You got it!!! Prayers for all!!
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Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Prayers for your son tonight and throughout Holy Week. This has to be so difficult for all of you.
May the Lord wrap his arms of consolation around you all!
More prayers offered, Judith Anne. Please tell your family that there are a bunch of folks here on FreeRepublic who are thinking of them.
Lord, please encourage Sam’s family so they can bear all this stress and concern. Lift them up and strengthen their spirits. I especially ask you to heal Sam completely and quickly. Let him feel your healing presence every day and be comforted.
Finally, Lord, please do not allow the surgeon to make any errors. Guide him while he cares for Sam. I ask all this in Jesus’ name. Amen
I’m so sorry to hear this. More prayers up for Sam and family.
Oh, dear. Prayers continue for Sam and the family.
Sending prayers.
I am going to say a rosary and a chaplet of Divine Mercy for Sam right now. Don’t lose faith!
Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.
Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
We are praying
I am so very sorry, Judith Anne. Please be assured of my ongoing prayers for Sam.
What a sad and scary turn of events. I am praying for all of you,especially Sam, that He will renew your strength, and lift you all up on eagle’s wings.
If it is His Divine Will, Sam will rally and be restored to his family. I pray in Jesus’ name that this will be the outcome.
Oh gosh, I missed the original thread entirely. Prayers up!
Prayers for Sam and your entire family.
Prayers said!
I’m sorry to hear of this and join in urgent prayer for Sam.
It’s two in the morning here. I’m just reading over the thread, after waking in the middle of the night. I’m on Sam’s house computer, to thank everyone for the time you took to pray on his behalf. Anne and I appreciate them more than we can say.
Just a note to let everyone know — somehow, we got the wrong name for the substitute surgeon while his is on vacation. It is not the one we feared, but a different one, with a better reputation, and we are so grateful! Surely God intervened! We do not know what to expect this week, but pray for Sam to recover his strength and heal.
I don’t know what to do with myself in the middle of the night, so as I pray, I’ll clean the kitchen. That’s something that won’t disturb the sleeping children. At least it’s useful, but, like Anne, I feel so helpless.
We have thin hope, but we do have hope.
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