Prayers again, please

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Hi Friends

I can't believe this, but I need to ask all of you to please put my

family in your prayers again. I am the one with the son who fractured

his skull only four weeks ago. He is doing okay while recovering

slowly. I have since developed pericarditis, which isn't the first

time, and am dealing with a ton of new drugs to try to control it

before it gets worse. I just was released from the hospital on Sunday

night. Then, Monday morning my mother, who will be 79 on June 30, was

in a very bad car accident. She was crossing a quiet street near her

home on a green light and was hit by a driver running a red light at

65 mph. She had to be cut out of the wreckage and air lifted to the

hospital. She has sustained a head injury, and numerous fractures to

her pelvic area. She already had a bad hip on the right side. These

fractures are all on the left side.. the driver's side where she was

hit. The doctors are still trying to decide if they can do surgery

since she has a blood clotting condition..the reason she never had

the surgery to repair the bad right hip. I had to sit in the ER with

her looking at the woman who hit her all day on Monday while they

stablized my mother. Needless to say, my lupus soared that day! The

woman who ran the red light was released the same day with minor

injuries, of course.

My mom is now admitted and cannot stand at all. They will begin

physical therapy for her tomorrow that will be excruciatingly painful

for her to endure just to try to teach her to walk again.

This is a woman who was still living alone, driving, taking care of

herself as well as a dog and a parrot. She loved to garden and

enjoyed life immensely. Now, it will be a miracle if she ever walks

normally again.

But we will work hard to try.

I am the only daughter so my work is cut out for me to take care of

her. I know we can get help, but I want to be there for as much as

possible.

My doc is warning me already I have to back off. But how can you do

that??? She is my mom!

PLEASE put me in your prayers. Seeing my little mom in this much pain

has been about the worst thing I have ever endured.

I need God to give me strength to get through this.

Thanks for listening. No one but my lupie buddies would understand

the dilemma of being sick already and having something like this

happen in your life.

Your friend and fellow lupie,

Sunni

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SUNNI

Prayer are going up sweet lady.

God does hear and answer.

Ruth in CA

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