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Prayer Request Archives
From Hank:
An add-on prayer
request (12/23/06).
From Jim
Weeks—Post Script on
Violet Weeks
(12/27/06):
Jim Weeks.
Personal prayer request.
(05/25/07) I
would appreciate your
prayers for me. In
addition to the
physical, lung problems
my wife and I have been
going through, my doctor
prescribed a much
stronger pain medicine
for the back and hip
problems that have been
plaguing me. This
medicine, Hydrochrodone,
is a narcotic, but my
doctor thought at my age
this would cause no
problem. It took care of
the pain, but I began
experiencing such a
cloud of depression and
severe sleeplessness
that I have stopped that
medicine for the last
few days and gone back
to previously-used pain
medication in hope the
new symptoms would
disappear.
This has not happened
and I am waiting for a
call-back from the
doctor to see if she
will require me to come
in to see her before she
prescribes an
anti-depressant. Se
le vie!; and thanks for
praying!
Brother Jim Weeks.
(06/09/07)
Henry,
Dearest Friends and
Family,
Some of you may or may
not know that Jeannie
and I are expecting a
baby in September. When
we went to find out the
sex of the baby before
school was out, we found
out that we were going
to have a little boy.
During the sonogram,
some red flags showed
up. The baby’s kidneys
and bladder were very
enlarged and the level
of amniotic fluid was
very low. We went back
a few days later for a
second sonogram and the
results were the same.
Dr. Knox told us that he
was going to refer us to
a doctor in Wichita that
could possibly help us.
When we arrived in
Wichita, they did a
fetal bladder tap where
they went through
Jeannie’s stomach into
the baby’s bladder and
drained it. The results
from the urine that was
in the bladder were not
good. We went back 10
days later for a second
tap and the results were
again the same.
What Dr. O’Hara told us
was that we needed to go
to KC to the KU Med
center and see a doctor
there that could
possibly put in a fetal
catheter which might
help the problem. We
visited with the doctor
in KC and he told us
that he was afraid that
since there was an
absence of amniotic
fluid during the crucial
development of the lungs
that there probably
would not be much that
he could do. He
performed a sonogram
while we were there and
it showed that the
baby’s kidneys are
beginning to shut down.
The doctor said that he
could still do the fetal
catheter but he would
advise against it
because of the risk of
infection in the baby
and in Jeannie. Also
this procedure could put
Jeannie into pre-term
labor which would not be
good for the baby
either. The procedure
also only had a 5%
chance that the baby
would even make it to
delivery. If we make it
to delivery, the baby
will most likely be put
on dialysis immediately
if the lungs are
developed. If the lungs
are not developed, the
baby will most likely
suffocate. So what we
are faced with is trying
to decide what to do and
what would be best for
Jeannie and the baby.
After a lot of praying,
crying and more praying,
we have decided that it
would be best to not
have the procedure done
and put this in God’s
hands and to take it a
day at a time and see
what God has in store.
God can work miracles
because we have heard
many testimonies during
all of this how it has
happened when some
families were not given
any hope. People have
asked what they can do
for us and the only
thing we can say is to
please pray for us and
to pray for our
daughters during this
difficult time.
We have named our
baby boy David, because
he has to fight like
David in the bible when
he conquered Goliath.
Any prayers would be
greatly appreciated.
Wade and Jeannie |