Thursday, September 30, 2010

Prayer Requests - 9/30 - 11:15pm

My friend Debbie (McNeal) Naron's Dad, Elmer "Butch" McNeal, is in PRMC/S - ICU with pneumonia. His oxygen levels fluxuate from 40 to 80.  This number needs to stay HIGH.  Please pray specifically for his lungs to clear and the levels to return to normal.  Please keep their family in prayer.

Jessica Daniels posted this message tonight:  "My Poppy, Billy Kee, is out of surgery and doing GREAT!! They fixed everything they were going to and he is talking recovery. He will be in the hospital a few more days and then will come home better!!"

Rene Crews sent this message today:  "My friend, Kim Jones, has Pancreatitis. She got sick yesterday and may have to go to Dallas today.  She is scheduled for a C/T scan Monday and another test on Wednesday of next week."

Prayer Request - 9/30 - 2:54pm

Corey Gray had surgery this past Tuesday, and is still in ICU at Presbyterian/Dallas. What started out, a year and a half ago, as plastic surgery to repair his eye, to this weeks' surgery where they had to cut him ear-to-ear across the top of his head and MOVE his brain...it's been a long hard ordeal for him.
When he to the Dr. the first time in Feb. of 2009, for plastic surgery to repair a childhood injury to his eye,  they did a CT scan and found a blocked sinus and a cyst that had formed and had bore through to his brain. In the previous 3 surgeries, they were able to go up through his nose....this last one was the surgery (the last resort) that they were hoping to avoid.
Before his surgery, on Tuesday, they put a camera in his head and a tube in his back to drain the spinal fluid out so they would be able to work easily on his brain. Which is now causing him terrible headaches. (Hopefully the drain will come out today.)  During surgery they had to do skin, bone and "belly pocket" grafts.
They gave him new meds yesterday and he's allergic to them and is miserable today...hopefully this will have worn off by this afternoon.
He will continue to be in ICU for another day or 2 and hopefully will be home by Monday.
Please keep Corey, Carol Kay and their girls in your prayers.

Prayer Request - 9/30 - 10am

Martha Lenoir had breast cancer surgery yesterday and is in PRMC/South - Room 501.  Martha weighs less than 90 pounds and will not be able to have radiation or chemotherapy treatments.  Please keep Miss Martha in your prayers!

Prayer Requests - 9/30 - 8:58am

Michelle Anderson is having numerous tests run at this time.

Lesa Bulls' Mom, Mazie Brockinton, is having serious health problems.

Annetta Thomas' son, Army Sgt. William (Billy) Thomas, had to have an emergency appendectomy recently. 

Dana Hoog sent this message:  "Please put Oleta Dickson's sister and brother-in-law, Martha and Jackie Davis on the prayer list. Jackie is in end stage kidney failure and they have stopped dialysis. They live in Hugo and are going home with hospice. Please pray for Oleta and Dalias also."

Terry Henson  sent this message last night:  "My neighbor Julie Collins lost her cousin in a murder/suicide on Sunday.  He lived in Florida and only 46 years old.  She is requesting prayers for the family and herself to deal with the way he died."

Linda Erwin sent this message:  "Kristi Zastoupil’s husband, Zach, has been battling pancreatic cancer for about 5 years. Right now he is in the hospital and very critical. Please lift Kristi, Zach, and their children up in prayer.  Kristi is a Reading Recovery teacher from Trenton who is in our Professional Development group."

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Prayer Requests - 9/28 - 10:14pm

Please keep Jessica Daniels' great-grandfather, Billy Kee,  on your hearts.  He's been taken to Baylor in Dallas.  Please pray also for the doctors & nurses as they work on him, and for the family as they travel.

Stephen Rhodes, son of Monica Rhodes, broke his arm at Chisum Middle School today.  He had surgery, but didn't have to have pins put in!!  (Monica's husband passed away this summer.) 

Mike Crews uncle, Corky Bassinger, will be having triple by-pass on Thursday in Plano.  He is also diabetic, which makes things a little more stressful!

Prayer Requests and Reminders - 9/28 - 3:20pm

Requesting Prayers:
  • Anna Zant asked for prayers for Joe & Christine Mashburn and their whole family.  Specific prayers are for health, patience and strength.
  • Danny McElroy (Linda Easton's brother) will be having heart surgery.
  • John Miller (friend of Derald Bulls) had a stroke last week and they are hoping for no long term damage.
  • Joyce Brown (friend of Wayne Kerby) just diagnosed with cancer.
  • Angela Heath (friend of Tammy Huffman's from Enloe) - is in ETMC/Tyler (6th floor Oncology) and had a biopsy today.  The Dr. is not sure if it's lymphoma or leukemia.  Her platelet counts are so low they are not letting her leave the hospital and are administering treatments there.  She has 2 daughters, a 4 year old and a 4 month old.  They have no insurance, her husband just started a job with the Post Office.  Her Mom just had a kidney removed, a month ago, due to cancer.  His Mom just died recently from cancer.  PLEASE keep this little family in your prayers.
  • Kenda Blackshear & her one month old baby Olivia, both have the whooping cough.  Have no idea how long they will be in PRMC/North.  (Olivia is still turning blue when she coughs.)
  • PRAISE - Robert Huffman (Tammy's husband) got the job they'd been hoping for.
  • PRAISE - Linda Warren (Tammy Huffman's Mom) is doing so much better, that she will be going back to work soon!
  • PRAISE - Scott Chaix (Janet Christ's friend) tests showed NO cancer!
  • PRAISE - Karl Louis is doing MUCH better.
  • PRAISE - Sonja Carter got a good report last week.
Our Sympathy Goes To These Families: 
Janelle Green on the death of her nephew, David Bryant Palmroy.  He passed away on Sept. 12th in Irving.
Perry Hanley on the death of his sister-in-law, Helen King.  She passed away on Sept. 18th in Dallas.

LIBRARY:  Annetta Thomas has volunteered to catalog and maintain the church library. If you would like to donate a computer for the library (that isn't antiquated), please contact Annetta or Margaret.

TRUNK OR TREAT:  Tanya has a sign-up sheet on the Welcome Center for those wanting to host a car or help in other ways. This is SO much fun for the kids and adults too!

SIMPLE SUPPER: This week’s entree will be a special Chili Dogs. If you didn't get the chance to sign up on Sunday morning, you still have the chance to come and eat with us by calling the church office by noon on Tuesday. Still only $2 per plate.

BENEVOLENCE CLOTHES CLOSET: Fall/Winter clothing is needed for the closet. Especially back to school clothing for children of all ages!

PANTRY NEEDS: 1 lb. pkgs of dry beans or peas

KEEP THE DATE:
Sept 30:  Prayer Breakfast for the Youth Group @ Daylight Donuts @ 7:15am.
Oct 3:  Life Groups
Oct 10: Faithful Readers @4pm
Oct 19: H.A.L.O. @6pm
Oct 31: 5th Sunday Format
Oct 31: Trunk or Treat
Nov 10: Blood Drive
Nov 19-21:  Family Retreat - sign-ups will begin soon.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Prayer Request - 9/27 - 12:17pm

Baby Olivia Blackshear is doing better and not having the coughing spells as often, but is still not able to go home. Every time she coughs she turns blue and they have to give her oxygen to help her catch her breath.  They say the cough usually lasts a couple of weeks and it just has to "run its course".  They are going to do another chest xray today to make sure she isnt getting pneumonia.

Her Mommy, Kenda,  is starting to feel a little better but still has coughing spells as well and is sore all over from coughing so hard. The doctors send her home each day for a couple of hours every day to make sure she is getting some rest. They are all exhausted and just ready to take their little girl home.
Please pray specifically that Olivia's chest xray will look good today and that she won't have pneumonia!! "