Do any of you have prayer requests??

[beeniesmom]

Please pray for my family and friends in Italy. I still don't know if anyone in my family was affected. I am feeling so sad for all the people that died or that are homeless.

[beeniesmom]

My family in Italy is safe but they all felt the quake. They live 180 miles away from the epicenter. It happened at about 3.30 am. and everyone in thier condo evacuated. I just saw on CNN that the death toll has risen to 150.

[Catty1]

I wonder how kittycats_delight is doing? She is over there!

Glad to hear your family is safe, beeniesmom.

Prayers for everyone - so much destruction and uprooting.

[Medusa]

I'm glad that all is well w/your loved ones. How frightened you (and they) must have been.

[cassiesmom]

Dear ones, would you say a prayer for my family's friend George, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor around Labor Day. He has had surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy. A repeat MRI of his brain shows that the radiation and chemotherapy have basically done nothing and the tumor has begun to re-grow. He starts a second round of chemotherapy on Monday, Dec. 14 with a second-line drug, Avastin (every two weeks).

Thank you,
Elyse

[krazyaboutkatz]

Prayers and positive thoughts are being sent to everyone in need.

I have two prayer requests. As many of you know my Sunny has been diagnosed with cancer. It's oral squamous cell carcinoma and it's a very aggressive form of cancer. Please send some prayers and positive thoughts his way. I hope to have a lot more good quality time left with him.

The second request is for my SIL's nephew. He's only 7 years old and he's been diagnosed with cancer. He was playing soccer and got hit in the chest really hard. Then he was complaining of being in pain. They took him to the doctor and he had internal bleeding which they were able to stop. They then took x-rays or an ultrasound and this is when they found several tumors on his liver. My mom told me this bad news today. She said that one form of this kind of cancer usually responds well to treatment but the other form doesn't. Hopefully he has the kind that will respond well to treatment. Thanks in advance.

[Catty1]

My aunt...about 74, next oldest to my mom...

She smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish all her life. A few years ago - 7 maybe? - they found she had lung cancer. They removed a lower lobe from one lung; she stopped smoking totally after that. A year or two later - the lobe from the other lung. In both cases, they got it all.

A couple of months ago, x-rays showed a shadow. After all the scans and tests, she went into surgery again to have an upper lobe removed.

The cancer has moved into her lymph nodes; it's inoperable. The surgeons just closed her up again.

My mom once said that my aunt "was born angry". She had a hilarious and outspoken sense of humour.

They are going to maybe try chemo.

I am asking for prayers for my mom, her sister. Also - for my aunt - yet I feel she deserves peace after being at war with her world for so long.

Thanks.

[Catty1]

My aunt, the one with cancer...I phoned her yesterday and she was sort of ok until I told her my mom had kept me informed. She started crying and said "I'll be fine," and that she would just go home and get ready for the chemo (it'll only give her a few extra weeks - and she does NOT have a good time with chemo). I told her she was a brave woman, and told her I loved her. "I love you too, sweetie," she said.

She was a radiology technician when younger. She is an amazing knitter - knits baby kits for the local hospital, and made beautiful sweater's for her nephew's two little boys. She does have a heart. Her dad was alcoholic and beat up mom...I guess each child responds a different way. I feel sorry for her - she did do the best she could, and she and my uncle raised two great boys.

If anyone can spare prayers - my wish for her is that she finds some serenity and peace within herself. A remission from cancer would be the ultimate miracle, but it doesn't seem likely.

Prayers for one wee moment of pure joy and peace.

Thanks.

[Catty1]

Trivial prayer...but asking anyway.

Tomorrow I am going to a client's place to install a 2GB RAM kit. I bought this before Christmas - it was $62.+ including tax.

I can't find the d*** thing anywhere...not in my car, office...checked all coat pockets...I have NO idea where else to look!

I remember putting them in my carry bag after I bought them, and one of the staff was hauling an old computer tower out to my car.

I can only hope that when I go to the store to buy it AGAIN, that somehow I will have dropped it there.

This just sucks...and it's not a type I will use frequently at all. OH WELL.

[cassiesmom]

Dear ones, would you say a prayer for my family's friend George, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor around Labor Day. He has had surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy. A repeat MRI of his brain shows that the radiation and chemotherapy have basically done nothing and the tumor has begun to re-grow. He starts a second round of chemotherapy on Monday, Dec. 14 with a second-line drug, Avastin (every two weeks).

Thank you,
Elyse

Update. George has been in hospice care for about a month or so and he died at home yesterday morning. Several family members were present- his wife, son, brother and sister-in-law. It's been almost a year since his diagnosis. He was the person who gave me my final confirmation exam in junior high, and he gave it to me in a way that made me really think about all I had learned in confirmation classes and how to apply it to my life. Not just going through the motions of confirmation as an age 13 ritual. I am sad but also a little bit relieved because he had been having really bad headaches the past several days.

[pomtzu]

My sincere condolences to all of George's friends and family. May he now rest in peace.

[Catty1]

Hugs and prayers to George's friends and family, and especially to you.

LabLoverKEB - I hope you are up and at 'em soon!

Prayers and hugs to all that need them.

[Karen]

Prayers, please for all of our buddy Phred.

From the Labor Day Picnic Thread:

We're terribly sorry to have to make the following Announcemet:


Phred and the Three Amigos ~ Cinder, Smokey, and Heidi ~
are going to have to sit out the Findlay Labor Day Gathurin.


It's been a long time arriving ... it's crept up almost un-noticed; but the
Keen Observer couldn't help noticing the onset ...

Olde Age and the ugly symptoms of multiple ailments have moved onto
The Ranch and *kicked* Ole Phred pretty hard!

First it was the Heart Attack with multiple stents and one for a Kidney.
Next the Kidneys got weak ... and now we're only a few "points" away
from needing Dialysis for outright Kidney Failure.

The ole Heart keeps trying ... but it's loosing the battle of too much fluid
and high pressure because of the Kidney problems.
Net result is ole Phred has NO Energy.
Breathing therapy has helped ... but I still do too much struggling to breathe!

And now we have a new hurdle to fight ... the old "Circulation problem"
that only bothered one foot has spread to both feet ... complete with
foot and leg swelling. Walking has become difficult.

We're gonna **MISS* all you Guys, Gals, and Pups this Sunday ...
A few PT Prayers will surely be appreciated ...
We're hoping to return for Memorial Day, 2011.

/s/ with ,
Cinder, Smokey, Heidi, and me / Phred

[floralninja]

Could you guys pray for me? I'm going to Iraq in a few days and my brothers have already all been there, and they all died but one whos missing a leg, so im a bit nervous. :S

[Karen]

Welcome, and tell us about yourself. What branch of the service are you in? And what pets do you have, as this is Pet Talk, after all. And yes, we pray for all the troops in harm's way.