Saturday, September 01, 2007

Emergency Prayer Request

Joan Stromberg (Ecce Homo publisher) writes:
I'd like to ask for prayers for my 12 year old son, John, who was rushed to the emergency room this week with hydrocephalus. There is a lot of pressure on his skull, loss of vision, stumbling and loss of depth perception. He has about three times the amount of fluid in his brain than he is supposed to have. He will have to have brain surgery to have a shunt inserted tomorrow.

Since I've been spending most of my days at the hospital, I haven't been able to fill orders. Please be patient with me and we'll get to your order as soon as possible. Any prayers you could send our way would be greatly appreciated.

This note is from yesterday, so John's surgery is today.
Prayer Before Surgery

Loving Father, we entrust John to your care this day; guide with wisdom and skill the minds and hands of the medical people who minister in your Name, and grant that every cause of illness be removed, John may be restored to soundness of health and learn to live in more perfect harmony with You and with those around him. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I will be praying for John and his family!

EC Gefroh said...

Praying Maureen. I am also posting this prayer request on the http://onecameback.blogspot.com/
One Came Back prayer blog.

Simple Faith and Life said...

We prayed a Rosary for him and will keep him in our prayers.

Anonymous said...

Praying. Have you heard any update?

Christine said...

I am just seeing this and I am praying for your son.