Need prayers

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Registered: 04-08-2005
Need prayers
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Tue, 10-04-2005 - 1:50am

Ok I wasn't gonna post anything on what has been going on lately with my mother, but now we really need prayers for her. Last Wed. I took her to the ER because she has been having very bad pains in her back for like the past 3 weeks but never wanted to see a doc. Well that day the pain got worse. She said her chest hurt and that she could not even lift her arms up. So I took her in and they did all kinds of tests and everything came back ok except the xray. The xray showed that she had 8 bone fractures on her spine. My mother and I were like WHAT? how in the heck did this happen. Well a few years ago she was diagnosed with osteoporsis but she had been taking oscal and drinking lots (I mean lots) of milk. So she thought she was getting better. Well to make a long story short they admitted her right away and tomorrow they are going to be doing a somewhat new procedure of injecting concrete into her spine where the missing vertebraes were. My mother is 73 years old and has always been in great health, even the nurse was surprised when we answered "No" to all kinds of past history stuff and especially when he said "ok list me your medications" she told him "none" and he said "your my kind of lady"..lol. She has always been independant and can do more stuff than I can do. She cuts her own yard front and back. I can't even do half of it..lol. So she is very depressed right now cause she has never had to count on anybody taking care of her. Please say a prayer that everything turns out ok. The doc was very hesitant to do this surgery cause of her age and the pain that it will cause, but we told him not to under estimate her. He is gonna try to do all 8 but he admitted that he has never had to do that many at one time. This is going to be a hard week for me cause of my mother and Aston's surgery is coming up on Friday as well. So please say a prayer for me to hold up emotionally and for Aston (my poor baby) that everything goes well.

Olivia

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: iolivia1972
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 12:01pm
I have been praying for you momma since last week.
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Registered: 02-20-2005
In reply to: iolivia1972
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 12:20pm

I'll be praying for all of you Olivia!


BTW... don't ever feel bad about posting when you need prayer or support for anything... that's what we're here for! You can also e-mail me anytime you need prayer ;o)


(((HUGS)))

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Registered: 11-13-2003
In reply to: iolivia1972
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 1:42pm
Im sorry your mom is going through this. Hopefully the surgery is a sucsess and she is no longer in pain.

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Registered: 11-05-2004
In reply to: iolivia1972
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 1:51pm
Aww, Olivia, how awful :( I hope everything turns out ok, let us know how your mom and Aston do with their surgeries.

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Registered: 11-26-2004
In reply to: iolivia1972
Tue, 10-04-2005 - 11:59pm
Olivia, I will be praying for your mom. I hope the surgery goes great and he's able to fix all 8! I will also be praying for little Aston! (((Hugs)))
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Registered: 04-08-2005
In reply to: iolivia1972
Wed, 10-05-2005 - 1:25am

Thank you everybody for your kind words and prayers. Please keep them up because my mothers surgery was rescheduled for Friday (the same day as Aston's). Her surgeon could not find an anesthesiologist (sp?).

olivia

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