November 9, 2007

• Amazing news — Kelly is cured!!! Here is a note from my sister:

  “It’s a miracle, really.  What was wrong with
  her?  They have no idea.  Multi-system failure with coma and fever for a
  month… every antibiotic known to man… ARDS, kidney failure, pancreatic
  failure, etc., delusions and hallucinations.  What started the domino effect??  
  What made her better?  Riding it out with prayers.  She’s just
  barely short of being 100% back to how she was prior to the illness.  I still
  think it was a virus.  Our bodies run in such a precarious balance.  And hers is
  already compromised, and it totally short circuited.  All the prayers 
  surely saved her life, giving her strength to get through the infinite list of
  complications and system failures.  She’s been home for two weeks.  She went to
  a rehab hospital for two weeks before that.  When she was coming out of her coma, we (Gaia and I) tried to get a giant
  rat’s nest out of her hair, for hours, with no avail.  So we (I made Gaia do it)
  cut off all the hair on the back of her head to 1/2 to 2 inches :-/  We left all
  the hair from her ears forward mostly intact and then pulled part of it back in
  a barrette where it hung down giving the allusion of hair on the back of her
  head, thus trying to keep our butts out of hot water.  She was still out of it
  enough that she has no memory of it.  She went to the hair dresser’s last week and had it all evened
  up and she looks pretty cute with very short hair.  Frankly, she’s just grateful
  to be alive and has not complained once about her new do.”

  Praise God and thanks for all your prayers concerning her.

  On the other front, my friend Terri, is having a very difficult time, as is to be expected. 
  
  

  She got the call Tuesday morning about 4:30am from her mom.  I guess Todd,
  the son and her first born, was vacationing in the Philippines.  The father (not
  married to Terri since Todd was 4) got a call from the Philippine Consulate that
  Todd was found dead in his hotel room.  The father’s wife called Terri’s mom. 
  It wasn’t murder or self inflicted, so I guess since it’s not under
  investigation, they won’t do an autopsy – and the Philippino’s do not embalm –
  so they would cremate the body before sending him home to Maryland.  This is killing Terri, because
  she wish she could just see him one more time for closure, etc.

   

  Todd had accepted Christ as a boy (like 10 or so), but wasn’t walking in the Truth as far as Terri knew.  The last time Terri saw him was 3 years ago, she shared some
  about God with him and he became very upset at her — that’s the last time he
  spoke to her.  He hadn’t even been in touch with his Dad or step-brothers in a
  year and half.  So Terri is sad not knowing the condition of his salvation.
  

   

  The funeral will be in Maryland – but don’t know when yet.  This too is upsetting as we can’t support
  her during the funeral.  She has good friends that are staying with her, so
  that’s good.  Her parents live in Maryland so she will have some support there when she goes back.

  That’s all the updates for now.
  ~Di
  

   

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