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Hello, Thank you for reading. My dear friend, Sue's mother is in intensive care for a host of ailments. We have nearly lost her several times. She is on a ventilator and barely hanging on. She is in renal failure and has had surgery to repair a ruptured intestine and bowel. She also has lung and heart issues. I know it is a lot to pray for. She is 70ish and still has a lot of fight in her and is a woman of faith. She is now battling 35 lbs. of fluid due to the failure and is in...

I would like to ask for prayers for my father. He has a very unsual condition. He had heart surgery two years ago and was released from the hospital with nearly 20 lbs. of fluid retention. This ultimately developed into pnenmomia and the ensuing coughing was violent enough that he tore the wires that had been used to wire his sternum after the surgery. I guess this is extremely rare. He is very uncomfortable now and he has something akin to spasms in his chest from this condition. He went back to his surgeon and was told they could re-operate...