Prayer Request Update - 10/8 - 9:50am

I have placed links to the Brazil missionary team and links to those that having Caring Bridge websites. All you have to do is click on the link and it will take you to their site. If you have another of the websites that I can put on here, please let me know! Thanks ... Molly.

Please keep Joel McGee in your prayers. He went to the doctor yesterday and tested positive for Type A Flu. John said the doctor thinks it may be swine flu.

Ed & Cheryl Bullard's grandson, Trent Bullard, has been confirmed with the H1N1 virus.

Peggy Robinson's brother-in-law, Sonny Daughtrey, had open-heart surgery yesterday (10/7). He had 3 arteries that were 95% blocked. He was in surgery for over 8 hours and the Dr. told the family it was one of the worst cases he had seen. They also found a spot on his lung that is being sent for a biopsy. He is in ICU at PRMC-S.

Norm Davis will be having cataract surgery soon. His wife Patsy told Debra Usry that the Dr. says it looks like he's also had a heart attack.

Annetta Cooke's nephew, Dustin Anderson, will be deploying to Iraq within the next couple of weeks.

Lesa Bulls sent this update on Kenneth McDonald: "He is resting comfortably on his new air bed in ICU....still on the ventilator. He has been diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome....a complication from his lung infection. The recovery will be slow and he will be supported with oxygen for some time while his lungs heal. He has also been diagnosed with diabetes. Keeping his blood sugar under control has been a challenge. First it was too high, yesterday...too low. Diabetes also slows the healing process."

John Urbano has been moved to PRMC/North - 3rd Floor for rehab. He had taken a turn for the worse...and then gotten better! He is VERY happy to be back in Paris.

Dinah Borders' friend, Shirley Jones, is in PRMC/S with many health problems.

Amber Ryser Bridal Shower (Glen & Maeda Lee's sister-in-law). This will be Sunday, October 18th from 1:30-3:00pm at the building. Amber has made no selections made but she loves to cook and loves recipes and cookbooks. (If you have any questions, contact Debra Gage.)

Prayer Request Update - 10/5 - 12:44p

• Bill & Jean King as they are continue to recover from a serious car accident in Savannah, Georgia. Click on this link for their Caring Bridge blog.
• June Preston - at home with hospice.
• Gerald Jack - congestive heart failure
• John Welch Jr. as he is battling cancer.
• Payden Daniels is continuing to have seizures. Kimberly was to take him to see Dr. today.
• Sonny Daughtery (brother-in-law of Peggy Robinson) had a heart cath this morning. He has 3 arteries that are almost 100% blocked. Dr. Hashmi said he didn’t know how he was walking around.
• MiKyla Pickering (North Lamar student) is having complications with her leukemia and is in Children’s Medical/Dallas at this time. Click on this link for her Caring Bridge blog.
• Kanyon Phillips (Spencer’s grandson) is continuing to be at his “eating camp” in a Dallas hospital. Click on this link for his blog.
• Goldie Boaz Walraven (Dinah Border’s friend) is recovering from her lung surgery last week in Scott & White Hospital.
• Emmitt Williams (John’s nephew) begins his 2nd round of chemo on Tuesday.
• Jeanne Caldwell (friend of Christ’s) has 2 children with swine flu and another child with health issues.
• Curry Scott (friend of Mark & Gena Barnett) was recently diagnosed with brain cancer.
• Mergie Farr (also a friend of the Barnett’s) is a 72 yr old woman that was trampled by a steer this week. She broke her shoulder, left hand and most of her ribs.
• Judy Mason (friend of Linda Erwin) has breast cancer and in some lymph nodes. She will be having more surgery and chemo & radiation.
  
  SIMPLE SUPPER: This weeks' entree will be Chicken Casserole. If you didn't get the chance to sign up Sunday morning, please call the church office by Tuesday noon to reserve your spot!
  PANTRY NEEDS: Spaghetti Sauce & Pasta

Keep The Date

Oct 21: Blood Drive – 3:30p – 8pm in the Outreach Bldg.
Oct 25-26: No Debt/No Sweat Seminar
Nov 5: Men’s “42” Night
Nov 20-22: Family Retreat

Prayer Request Update - 10/3 - 12:33am

Kimberly Daniels' son, Payden, has had seizures 2 nights this week. Now that he's seeing a neurologist in Dallas and has an injection to take after the seizure has lasted 3 minutes, she has to call 911. They were in the ER on Wednesday & Thursday nights. The one he had on Thursday night lasted 8 minutes! She gave him his "emergency seizure medicine" and he then had another one about 30-45 minutes later! Kimberly has asked that we "send out some prayers for my little man..they have up-ed all his meds again..so hopefully things will calm down again!!".

Prayer Request Update - 10/1 - 1:35pm

Jimmy Exum was involved in a hay-baler accident this morning. The baler broke and he was pinned between the fender and the round bale of hay. He's at PRMC-South ER now. He has lots of scratches, and is complaining of pain in his chest. He is the dad of my co-worker, Ashley.

Please pray for all those that have the flu. It's really bad this year and SO many are sick.

Prayer Request Update - 9/30 - 9:20pm

Dinah Border sent this message this afternoon: "One of Gary's classmates, Goldie (Boaz) Walraven, has asbestos lung cancer and had surgery last week. She is still in surgical ICU. I just learned that one lung was removed and part of the heart sack. She will be in the hospital and rehab about three months. (She went to Central School at Sumner and graduated in1962 with Gary. Goldie is the "funnest" girl in the class and a joy to know.)"

Debra Usry took her granddaughter, Shawna Simpson, to the ER last night. Shawna was having pains in her leg. She has a small fracture in her leg, between the knee and shin, and she has a syndrome that causes her bones to grow faster than her muscles are.

A elderly friend of Mark & Gina Barnett's, Modgie Farr, was helping her husband work cows late this afternoon and ended with Modgie being trampled. She was flown to a hospital in Oklahoma, then to Parkland in Dallas with very serious injuries.

Mikyla Pickering (the North Lamar student with leukemia) is back in Children's Medical Center/Dallas. Her Mom, Kenda, expects her to be there at least two weeks.

Prayer Request Update - 9/30 - 10:06am

Please keep Tracy and Kenneth McDonald in your prayers. (Many of you know Tracy as "Fitness Tracy".) Her husband Kenneth, 45, is in PRMC South ICU with double pneumonia. He was put on a ventilator early Monday morning and the doctors have said it may be 2-3 weeks before he can come off of it. They do not know the cause of the pneumonia yet. The cultures are not growing anything, so it is possibly chemical. He was tested for the flu and that was negative. Tracy said Kenneth’s oxygen saturation levels stayed up all day yesterday and his white cell count was better. Yesterday, his lungs were not absorbing the oxygen, his S.A.T. levels were not as high as they wanted them. So, some better news but, still on the vent with sedation. The doctor just said it will be a long road. (The McDonald's are friends of the Bulls.)

Prayer Request Update - 9/29 - 12:10pm

Robert Henson's Mom passed away this morning. Services are pending in Childress. Please Keep the Henson family in your prayers during this time and as they travel.