This is the first time we have used our blog to ask for
prayer on a family matter. Our daughter
Julie and her husband Chad
are foster parents to two siblings, a two year old boy and a one year old girl.
They came to Chad and Julie because the girl has
inoperable cancer in her brain and Julie has some nursing experience.
The tumor was considered inoperable because it is too close
to vital parts of the brain that cannot be messed with. Now, something worse has come up and they are
going to try to remove as much of the tumor they can tomorrow (Friday, November
8). Please pray. The following is an E-mail Julie sent out
last night.
I'm writing you from a hospital
room with my baby 5 feet away hooked up to monitors. She's been admitted into
the hospital for observation with plans to do major surgery on Friday. Up
until now the doctors have been calling her tumor inoperable because the risks
were far greater than the benefits. That has changed. There is fluid building
up in her brain because of the location of the tumor. She's had two minor
surgeries in the past month to try and help the fluid drain but it's not
working very well. So they've decided to go in with a scope and try to remove
as much of her tumor as possible. It's far too dangerous to remove all of it
because it's around very critical structures of the brain, but they will take
out all they can. I love her surgeon and have a lot of confidence in the team
and I trust God to keep her safe. Please pray for her with us. She is still
acting her happy cheerful self most of the time. Sometimes I think she probably
has a headache. It doesn't slow her down much but every so often she'll hold
her head and cry. She's also sleeping a bit more than usual. She was scooting
around and being silly, making everyone laugh in the play room here at
Doernbecher earlier today though! Thanks
for praying! ~Julie
Please pray for Sissy and for my daughter who loves her very
much and wants to adopt her and her brother.
