We are extrememly grateful for technology. The Lord has been singing over Jenny and her nurses 24-7 thanks to a ihome. We have claimed "Mighty to Save" as our anthem throughout this experience.
There are 3 specific prayer requests today:
1) Her heart needs to be able to sustain her blood pressure ON HER OWN! This is critical and it is the #1 need today. Jenny has got to get off blood pressure meds. It is crucial.
2) Her liver is not functioning right now and we need it to function.
3) Her kidneys are not functioning and we need to begin to function. The dialysis is like a fake kidney.
Thanks for praying today, and let's believe for great things.
Around 11:00 they wanted to see if Jenny would wake up and respond to a few commands. David, Beverly, Rick, Jonathan, Josh and Kayci were with Jenny along with a nurse. We were asking Jenny to do two things: 1) lift her eyebrows, and 2) move her hands. When she moved her eyebrows we wanted to throw a party. It was like it was Christmas morning or like the Cowboys had won the Super Bowl (hey, it could happen). Then, she began to lift her left arm. We couldn't control ourselves.
This only lasted a few moments because they wanted to put her under again because she needs the rest and she needs the machines to breathe for her right now. But to interact with Jenny like this was enough to sustain us for a few hours.
The past 15 minutes have been brutal for Jenny and the family. Jenny's blood pressure has dropped significantly! Doctors are doing everything to stabilize! Pray right now! Pray hard! Ask God to cast out the sickness in the name of Jesus and heal Jenny! Ask God to increase her blood pressure right now! I will update as soon as I hear from family. They are all back there. Pray!!!
This is a roller coaster and some might say it is too emotionally draining to update this often or with so much detail. But this is what the family wants. If we think it is hard on us...imagine how it is for them!
Jenny's blood pressure is going back up! Slowly. But it is going back up!!!
I have a theory as to why that might be:
- 3 doctors working on her right now.
- 7 nurses working on her right now.
- 2500 people in the CarePage loop praying for her right now.
- Thousands more praying for Jenny around the world.
- The Great Physician being The Great Physician!
Keep praying!!!
Jenny is stable. They got control of her Blood Pressure (BP.) They gave her more BP meds.
This is good news!
So now we are back to the prayer request of:
- Get Jenny off of the BP meds without her BP dropping!
I'll keep you posted.
Jenny's blood transfusion has just begun. Things are understandably tense. The immediate family is back in the room with Jenny. Pray. Please pray right now! I spoke with someone today who said when she gets these updates she turns off her TV or shuts her computer or silences her cell phone and just prays!
I would ask that we each do that right now. Stop whatever we are doing and just pray!
And if you could do one more thing...when you're done praying (you know what I mean...) please forward this site to someone else you think might be willing to join this army of prayer warriors! We have over 2500 prayer warriors at this point. How cool would it be to add 500 more and top 3000 by the time Jenny is finished with her blood transfusion?
Jesus, your blood given freely saves our spirit. May the blood that Jenny is receiving save her flesh! We claim your resurrection power!!!
7:46pm Carepages
Jenny is having complications with the blood transfusion. We do not know how serious. The doctor has been called in and he is in route.
7:51pm Stacey: Get the kids IN BED and you need to come!
Please pray that the doctor who can make the decisions that need to be made regarding the blood transfusion complications GET HERE (like physically drive and arrive) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Please pray for him to arrive NOW!
More updates to follow as soon as I get 'em!
I completely remember this like it was yesterday. I remember praying, praying that the doctor would arrive! We all did.
8:58 pm Carepages
The good news is that the Doctor made it! The bad news is that Jenny has internal bleeding. This is reversible. They are giving her plasma. They are trying to determine where the bleeding is coming from. They are still moving forward with the blood transfusion (They have to at this point) Just keep praying!!! The family is really weary. Thank you for your prayers!
Dr. Long made it! Family can't be in the room. The moment is tense! Some feel confident. Some are so scared. God is there. God cares. God be with Jenny!
I'll keep you posted.
10:36 pm Jenise: Just wanted you to know I'm thinking about you and praying for you too!! and Stacey! Hang in there sweet friend. Sent you an email reply but thought you bight b too busy to check so I'm sending this too. Love you so much... wish I were there to help you!
10:38 Kimberly Holmes: Good news? Begging for good news!
Just got a thumbs up from the doctor!! That is all we know!
Kimberly: I'll take that any day!
11:21 pm Jami: I hate that this is such a rollercoaster of emotion- can't imagine how draining on you it must be! Just picking up my apartment, listening to Zoe, worshipping, and PRAYING/BEGGING/PLEADING!!! Love you!
11:30 pm Carepages
Apparently the gall bladder has gone from a 14 back to somewhere close to a 5. (5 is normal, but they didn't say the #5 and they didn't say normal) But here is the cool thing! 2 hours ago they were about to do a massively high risk procedure with a minimal chance of survival and now they have determined that it is not even needed! Keep praying!
Her main doctor wasn't here. We updated and we prayed and the doctor arrived within minutes!
We prayed for Dr. Long to get here and within minutes, she arrived.
We prayed for a successful surgery and they didn't even have to have surgery!
Keep praying!
Specifically for this:
- Doctors to have wisdom.
- To find the source of the internal bleeding.
- For Jenny to stay stable.
- For the blood transfusion to finish up strong!
- For the family who are absolutely worn out!
Keep praying!
PS: she started the blood transfusion with like 2500 members and I said it would be cool if we had 3000 members. We are 25 away! Wow!
11:33 Me to Jami: Thanks girl! Pray during the time they move her!
Jami: Will do! Not going to bed anytime soon.
I CAN'T LEAVE OFF HERE! I must go into the next day! It was ONE LONG DAY/NIGHT!
12:05 am Carepages:
I wonder how that big old nasty gall bladder just shrunk so significantly to a point where it didn't even need surgery while the doctor was driving from Keller to Grapevine? Hmmmmm? :)
12:06 I send out a mass text: MOVING HER NOW! PRAY!
12:10 Carepages:
After 3 docs examined Jenny for an hour, they still are not sure what is causing this new infection and the internal bleeding. The bleeding is better.
Here's the crucial thing right now. They want to do a CAT scan, but there are major risks, which is why they haven't done it yet. They want to do a full-blown scan...from the neck all the way down to the feet. They have to travel 3 floors and down 2 hallways. This is VERY, VERY RISKY!!! It is going to take an entire team to make this short trip...many doctors and nurses. If something goes wrong in a hallway or an elevator, it might be hard to control it.
PLEASE PRAY FOR A SAFE TRAVEL! We need Jenny to remain calm. We need her blood pressure to remain where it is. We need these doctors and nurses to guide her in peace.
They have found one spot and they are eager to find what it is. If the CAT scan reveals what it is, they will operate.
We know it is late, but stay tuned for more updates.
Keep on praying for the activity of God. We trust that he is moving.
12:42 pm I sent this out: Dav asked me to go back and talk to Jenny before they moved her. I did it! God gave me the strength! We are waiting right now to hear ANYTHING!
Remember, they didn't know if she would even MAKE it to the CAT scan! They had me come 'talk to her' in case she didn't. OF COURSE, her family got to go too! They all went before I was summoned. I remember Stacey coming around the corner into 'our church' and motioning with his head for me to come with him. During the LONG walk down the hall, he is preparing me, telling me what my job is, and that I can do it. I remember crying my eyes out during this walk. Looking at the floor, praying my heart out. I walked through the ICU waiting room and down the ICU hall, into her room and gave her my BEST pep talk ever, and i like Pep talks!
1:12 am I send out MASS text: She made the trip!! WHHOOHOOO! The boys were doing chest bumps! Waiting!
1:12 am Jami: YAY! Waiting right here with you!
1:16 am Kelli: AWESOME (They had gone home)
1:49 Carepages
It is a surreal scene. A remnant of family and friends gather and hold on tight to the most tangible thing left - prayer. We get silent. Smaller pockets of prayer break out. More silence. Praise music fills the room. Addison Road's What Do I Know of Holy is what captivates our heart at this moment. Beverly is ministering to another family in the room.
Jenny is down on the first floor under going a CAT Scan.
People are praying all over the world.
God is not asleep. He is not dead. He is very much alive.
We are waiting for Jenny to get back from the CAT Scan.
We'll let you know as soon as we can.
Kayci is dancing.
Angels are among us.
God is here.
2:08 am ME to everyone: No secondary infection! Pray as they wean meds! Pray for a kidney!
I sat in a different chair, in a different part of the room than I had every sat in before. It was so quiet now as many of the members had gone home and now we were a smaller congregation all in the ICU waiting room, but SO many were still on their computers hitting refresh!
2:19 Carepages:
You know something you almost never see in an ICU waiting room? Chest bumps! Seriously! Just saw some of that as friends and family celebrated the baby step of Jenny making it from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor, thru a CAT Scan and back to the 3rd floor again! Safely! The doctor said it was a "stress test for sure and she passed!"
Praise God!
We celebrate and...
We wait.
Wait with us and pray!
Keep praying!
We are going to follow the example of our brothers in Acts 16 and pray and praise our way out of this prison of pain and sickness!
We love you!
You love Jenny and you love Jesus!
We do too!
Josh Ross just said, "that was the coolest chest bump I've ever done!"
Amen!
I remember driving home. I remember PRAISING THE LORD the whole way home. OUR GOD IS GOOD!
3:14 am Carepages
We leave this night with good news worth praising God for. After a smooth trip to get the CAT scan, we were informed by the docs that they were unable to discover another infection. Jenny's blood pressure is stable. An infection would have meant surgery tonight, and they did not want to have to do that because there are way too many risks with Jenny's present condition. So, no surgery, no foreign infection. Hallelujah, Praise God Almighty.
The goal tonight is to begin weaning her off blood pressure meds. She is on 3, and by the morning the doctor wants her off of 1. Then, we'll go after the 2nd one and then the 3rd. After that, we will continue to reverse everything as Jenny is weaned off all of the machines that she is on.
We are going to sleep. It is 2:00 and we are tired.
We love you all! There were so many updates tonight. We kept giving you specifics and you can't laying them before God. We marvel at God's willingness to speak into each one of those requests.
I will not post again until around 10:00am.
(There were 12 comments on Carepages from the 3-4 am time frame. So many walked this night with us)
4 comments:
Read every word. And I SO remember that night with my phone right by my bed. I was up several times that night checking for updates and praying.
Tonight I'm praying for you, friend, and for D & M. Praying for this month to be a month of heart healing and of supernatural comfort and grace.
Thanks for reliving that for us to read. I know it isn't easy.
I hit F5 on my computer constantly during those long days at the hospital. So many prayers and tears.
Still praying.
I SO remember that night too.... I had three chats going on FB at the same time (Tiff Sublette, Susan, and can't remember the other... might have been you!), coffee in hand, and we were all hitting refresh separately so we could tell the others when the updates would come. This night changed my prayer life forever. Not kidding.
I feel like saying "thank you" for posting all of that... I hope it is a blessing somehow to you to relive it.
Love you. Still praying. And as I tell David periodically, I'm forever "TEAM BIZ." :)
It still makes my heart race. I will never forget the gut-wrenching feeling of complete helplessness mixed with such hopefulness for what I knew God could do. What I desperately prayed he would do.
Thank you for sharing so much of your journey, Paige. Your strength amazes me.
Prayers and love...
Summer
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