My TX family needs serious prayers

[mamabearCali]

Hi yall, I would not post but my family is in desprete need of prayers/God's guidance.

In my extended family in TX in the past month my Aunt Virginia (age 57) broke her ankle so bad that she is unable to walk--she is a LPN and the family's primary resource for medical consultation. The next week my grandfather and grandmother both had heart attacks--they are recovering at home, but slowly. Today I found out my uncle (also under 60) had a heart attack and died this afternoon. All of this is bad, but what is much harder is that he and his wife (Susan is her name) have three disabled children one very severely (non-verbal, non communicative) the others less so but still in need of supervision (think of an 18 year old with the emotions and intuitions of a 10 year old). My uncle (the one that died) and my grandparents (the ones that are convalescing and cannot do much of anything) were the ones that cared for the children. My Aunt is the bread winner for them all. Her sister (the LPN) would help her with the children, but she is wheel chair bound for the next two months. We are at a loss as to what to do to help them as we live 1500 miles away.

Please pray yall. This is a bad situation getting worse day by day. Susan has some insurance on him, but nothing can replace a father.

[Jumping Frog]

I am sorry for your loss and for the troubles your family is going through. Personally, I find comfort in remembering, "With God, all things are possible".

I'll pray for them.

[longtooth]

I & many others very shortly will be praying for you.

[MoJo]

Prayers up.

[carlson1]

We will be praying for your family. Remember that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

[texanron]

May God be with your family and you in the difficult days ahead to bring y'all comfort and understanding.

[varko]

Prayers sent.

[mamabearCali]

Thank you guys so very much for all the encouragement. The funeral will be held on Sat. Sadly there is no way I can be there. Even if we wanted to spend the funds to make it happen, I can't go because I am 37 + weeks pregnant. But I am sure the prayers are helping my Aunt and her little ones make it through very difficult days.

[RPBrown]

Our prayers are sent as well.

[mamabearCali]

I must now add on to this prayer request. The middle child of this same aunt is now very very ill. She is severely disabled (severe autism), and she has not been able to eat for 3 weeks. She has not been able to keep even liquids down for days. They have run bunches of tests on her at the hospital, but so far nothing is coming up. Right now IV liquids are keeping her alive. My aunt I am sure is beside herself.

[carlson1]

We will continue prayers.

[fulano]

I feel your pain. I lost a good friend just before Thanksgiving and was asked by the family to get the obituary into the newspapers. That was an emotionally difficult job and sobering as well; gave me insight into such a personal loss.

My prayers to you.

[mamabearCali]

Updating....

The news is not going well for Kathleen (my cousin). The Doctors in charge don't know what is wrong. They have run test after test, but at this point they are recommending hospice care----WHAT!?! This is a little girl with a stomach problem not a person with cancer/a grandmother with congestive heart failure. The nutritionist assigned to her has not given up yet, but the Dr. and her are in conflict. The nutritionist says to go and get something to try and get the little girl to try to eat and the Dr. says how dare you do that without my say so! But the Dr. seems to have given Kathleen up for dead. To add to all of this Kathleen attacked my aunt (bit and scratched her up--she is autistic after all and can be violent) my aunt slapped her to get her off of my aunt's face, the nurse walked in saw all this and reported my Aunt to CPS. So now my Aunt has all that to deal with as well. The social worker is of the opinion that you should be able to get a biting teen off your face without touching her at all. And is threatening all sorts of lovely things.

Susan is doing remarkably well and has great faith that God is in control. However if anyone knows the name of a good family lawyer in TX, it would probably not go awry. Prayers please!

[Matto79]

My family and I are keeping you in our prayers. Just keep lifting everything up to Him!

[mamabearCali]

Update. Praise God!!! Kathleen is home now and has finally been able to eat and drink. It appears that she caught a nasty virus that put blisters all on the inside of her stomach. So that has mostly passed on. She has even been able to use the bathroom by herself vand that has not happened in a very longtime. Susan (my aunt) has contacted a lawyer so hopefully that will put CPS in their place and they can go off and protect children that need protecting. Keep praying, but things are looking much much better.