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Urgent Prayer Request for My Young Cousin, Severe Head Injury - Update at #2982
My family | Thursday January 25, 2007 | GretchenM

Posted on 01/25/2007 9:37:13 AM PST by GretchenM

Edited on 02/14/2007 3:30:51 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

My aunt and uncle sent this out to our family at 6:30 AM today. Carrie is my young cousin, a very gifted artist, and the second eldest among her siblings. She and her family are in Michigan.

Prayer reqeust from my aunt and uncle (Carrie is their granddaughter).

This morning on her way to work Carrie's car slid on the highway and into a tree. She has very bad injuries, especially to her head. Her brain is swelling and she is now in surgery. They plan to open her skull to allow for the swelling, and she is not responding.

They don't give her parents a lot of hope. We are telling everyone so you can join us in praying for our dear Caroline. They called her parents about 7:45 this morning and they're at the hospital now.



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KEYWORDS: carrie; gretchenm; prayer
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To: GretchenM

Trust in the Lord and all shall be well with Carrie.

Prayers continue.........


461 posted on 01/30/2007 5:29:19 PM PST by JulieRNR21 (Thanks be to God from Whom all Blessings flow..........)
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To: GretchenM

Sustaining prayers, Gretchen.


462 posted on 01/30/2007 5:50:20 PM PST by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: GretchenM

Prayers for strength for all involved.


463 posted on 01/30/2007 5:55:40 PM PST by Awestruck (All the usual suspects)
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To: GretchenM

Prayers continue, Gretchen. Carrie has to be one serious fighter. Lovely that the volunteers came by as a follow up.


464 posted on 01/30/2007 6:20:11 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: GretchenM
Our Loving Lord Jesus, we Come Before Thee on Behalf of Thy Precious Child. In Thy Holy Name, we Pray the Pressure will Ease, that we may Give Thee our Thankful Praise. Please Touch her, Dearest Master, for the Sake of her Family and Friends. O Great and Gracious God, Help her and Bless her, we Pray. Send Wave Upon Wave of Infinite, Sustaining Grace. Our Magnificent God, Put Thy Glory on Display and be Praised.

Thank You for Hearing us, O Father our Great King. In Jesus' Name, and for His Glory, amen.

465 posted on 01/30/2007 6:50:23 PM PST by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!)
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To: GretchenM

Looks like we'll just have to add the family to our prayers. God will give them the strength.


466 posted on 01/30/2007 7:53:41 PM PST by McGavin999 (Don't be a Freeploader, contribute to the upkeep of FreeRepublic)
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To: GretchenM

Prayers and more prayers for Carrie and your family.


467 posted on 01/30/2007 8:26:01 PM PST by LibertyGrrrl (http://www.conservativepunk.com)
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To: GretchenM

I'm not sure you've seen this, but we can always be blessed by hearing and sharing other miracles and answered prayers.


468 posted on 01/30/2007 8:35:26 PM PST by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: GretchenM

Prayers continue.


469 posted on 01/30/2007 8:57:15 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: GretchenM

Prayers continue.

Heavenly Father, please grant us the gift of Carrie's continued healthy life here with her family. We beg You for her comfort, for the skill of her doctors and nurses, and for her family, to relieve their anxiety and sorrow.

Heavenly Father, You have said, "Ask, and ye shall receive, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and the door shall be opened," and "Wherever two or more are gathered in My name, there am I."

So, we ask for Carrie, healthy and strong, we ask it together, in your most holy Name.

Amen.


470 posted on 01/30/2007 9:33:57 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: GretchenM

Prayers for Carrie & family ~~Pandora~~


471 posted on 01/31/2007 3:50:30 AM PST by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ......efg and dilligaf?)
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To: GretchenM

More prayers for Carrie.


472 posted on 01/31/2007 4:18:02 AM PST by Colorado Buckeye (It's the culture stupid!)
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To: GretchenM

Gretchen,
I hope Carrie is doing better by now. God Bless you and your Family as you cope. I continue praying for a healing of this young woman.


473 posted on 01/31/2007 5:19:17 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: GretchenM

Continued prayers for Carrie!


474 posted on 01/31/2007 7:20:47 AM PST by JZelle
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To: GretchenM

Gretchen, I hope Carrie's condition has improved overnight. I'll continue to pray for her and her family. They will need the Lord's strength to get through the upcoming days. Thank you for keeping us all updated. Bless You.


475 posted on 01/31/2007 8:13:22 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: snugs; Brad's Gramma; silent_jonny; onyx; JulieRNR21; Just A Nobody; DrDeb; SnarlinCubBear; ...
Prior updates at
88, 119, 191, 245, 295, 337, 356, and 388, 434

Update Tuesday (Yesterday) Afternoon

Accident + 6

Some of the family have been at the hospital; also, her boyfriend, B, and his parents were with her. Carrie's Aunt P and Uncle D, her father, sister L, the older children, and everyone else went to the prayer "Gathering in Support of Caroline" at the church [to do some serious warfare praying, as her sister, L, would say].

Some of her numbers are OK. The inter cranial pressure was 19 or 20 [which is bad]. We think they want to get the fluid moving around to reduce the swelling and get that number reduced.

Carrie's younger brothers went to public school today. When Carrie's dad took one of the boys to his room, the children came running out to greet him and show him where his locker is. He really liked school today. He even has a lot of homework. The children are helping each other.

Carrie's Aunt P was amazed at how many people came. Aunt P and Uncle D brought some snacks, B's folks brought food too. [This has been very hard on Carrie's boyfriend and he could use an extra prayer or two.] B's mom brought some bubbles for the kids to play with if they didn't want to do puzzles. Carrie's mother said B and his family are really nice people. We need for Carrie to be better because they surely think the world of her too.

We appreciate all your notes, concern, and prayers.

Love, [my aunt and uncle]

I had hoped to have a more current update by this morning. My aunt and uncle communicated their desire to go to Michigan and help, if Carrie's parents felt that would be a good idea. I have been anticipating this as they are people of action and I can imagine how difficult it has been to be far away in such a time of need, and once Carrie was not able to be brought out of the coma on Monday, it was clear that more hands and hearts and wisdom and help could be a good thing.
476 posted on 01/31/2007 9:52:24 AM PST by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
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To: GretchenM

Carrie has a wonderful, loving family. Prayers for Carrie, her family and boyfriend. Thanks for the update.


477 posted on 01/31/2007 9:56:02 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GretchenM

Thanks for the continuous updates. More prayers have been said and sent.


478 posted on 01/31/2007 9:58:18 AM PST by jdm
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To: GretchenM
This has been very hard on Carrie's boyfriend and he could use an extra prayer or two

More prayers for him and all the family going up. Thanks for the update.

479 posted on 01/31/2007 9:58:39 AM PST by Lead Moderator
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To: GretchenM

Thank you for the update! I continue to lift Carrie and family up in prayer, praising God for His tender mercies!


480 posted on 01/31/2007 9:58:50 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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