Prayer Thread Part 3.

Prayers said for you to get well quickly !

Prayers for all.

Snuffie, can you get ivermectin there? Or get a nicotine patch?

Doctors are really great for traumatic injuries, but they often suck at actual illness. Hope you feel better soon!

I have read the past two pages and have all here in my prayers. I'm pleased to read familiar names.

Bastetcat sent me a photo of her and her husband snuggling; they are a beautiful couple!

I won't make any hollow apologies for my lengthy absence. I just don't feel up to posting or even reading when I am not well. My being forced into early retirement eroded much of my confidence and self-esteem despite knowing I am not my job nor does it define my value as a person.

A couple of members have kept in contact with me via text so I promised them I would make an appearance to provide a personal update.

Mrs. went with me the Friday afternoon of March first, to a branch clinic, located in the next county from us, of the main hospital in downtown Richmond as she didn't feel well and was unable to even keep water from coming back up. There they ran a battery of tests including blood work, x-rays, CT scans, and an MRI. All while keeping her on oxygen, an IV, a heart monitor, and continuous blood pressure monitoring.

The tests revealed she was suffering from an Intussusception. A condition in which one segment of intestine "telescopes" inside of another, causing an intestinal obstruction (blockage). The obstruction can cause swelling and inflammation that can lead to intestinal injury.

Intussusception is a serious medical condition which left untreated can cause death in one to two days.

She was on day one and one-half of the condition. The doctor stated she was within a few hours of death.

The complete blockage caused a massive internal infection which they began treating with antibiotics they added to the IV they had already placed in her.

After conferring with another doctor at the main hospital, she was taken to it in Richmond by an advanced life support EMS squad. She asked I go home since I could not ride in the squad and I had no current skills of driving in dense city traffic. So I went home to feed the cats and wait. I had not driven since the first week of September. And it was now dark and raining heavily.

A surgical team was assembled who performed surgery on her at 10:00 PM Friday night where her abdomen was opened and four inches of her small intestine was removed and the ends sutured back together. She now has an incision healing in her lower front with medical staples holding her insides in.

The hospital transported her back to our home Tuesday so I would not need to risk driving in city traffic after so many months without having driven. I am now her caregiver at home while previously she was mine.

Now for me: While feeding our semi-feral mamma kitty and her one kitten at 6:00 AM in mid September, I went out to our deck to feed them via the kitchen door whose screen door had previously been propped open by contractors working in our home. My cat followed me out the door and mamma kitty puffed up twice her size and proceeded to chase him through every room in the house. I quickly turned to follow her inside to rescue my cat and take mamma back outside.

That's when I slipped on the morning dew on the deck and fell face down as I extended my arms to brace against the fall. That fall fractured my right humerus, the bone between my elbow and shoulder. Being right-handed I was unable to lift myself from the porch, nor could Mrs. being much smaller than I. So there I lay on a wet deck in my underwear until the county EMS arrived to pick me up and transport me to the ER at the medical center.

Never have I experienced such pain. The ER doctor had to administer both morphine and ketamine to me so a splint could be placed on my arm prior to my admission to the hospital. I then spent the next week there until an Orthopedic Surgeon saw me and placed my arm in a multi-part brace and told me that upper arm fractures cannot be placed in a cast.

Prior to my injury I was scheduled to have leg surgery to correct a circulatory issue which was causing my legs and feet to swell. The surgery was put off until February and by then my legs were twice their size and walking was all but impossible for me.

The surgery was performed and now my legs are almost their normal size, though incredibly painful and I have resumed walking with difficulty.

As for my broken arm? I removed the brace so I could drive home, to the grocery, pharmacy and doctor appointments as needed.

My Orthopedic Surgeon took this picture of my arm Friday, seven months after I broke it. I've been going around like this for a week without the brace. Apparently I have a high pain threshold. He has ordered a bone stimulator I will need to wear to encourage bone healing. My humerus is now holding together by a tiny filament of bone from each end and my arm muscles in contraction around it are holding it in place and minimizing bone motion. OUCH!!

Thank you all for your prayers for each other and Mrs. and me.

Oh, here's that arm picture from Friday. 'Still broken after seven months...

https://imgur.com/xy0A9LV

Louis you and whole family have been through a lot

Give yourself a break

Take a deep breathe many are praying for you

God bless be at peace

You know folks I just want to say don’t get discouraged

Prayers of the righteous can move mountains

But sometimes people have decided in the mud is where they want to stay

Sometimes the unwilling have just made their bed

You want the best for them but it just can’t be

Sometimes we can feel very alone

Soldier on

Oh, Louis!
You're both in all of our prayers. Thanks so much for coming on and letting us know all of that information.

Much love and continued prayers for you and your wife!

Oh my, I hope the bone stimulator will help you heal. You must have a high pain threshold. Mine is wimpy. Will be praying for you, Buddy.

Hope you recover fast, Snuffie!

Big hugs for you Snuffie and praying for a full recovery.

Praying for you and the Mrs.

I have not been on for a while, but praying for all, including request that I may have missed.

Many blessings

WOW !!! Louis, you have truly been through unbelievable trials ! Prayers said for the total healing of you and your wife !

The prayers of the righteous come to fruition

Prayers said for all !

Prayers for all in need.

Wow Louis - you and wife have both been through and with your arm as it is you are still going through it.

Sending healing blessings to you both.


. . . and to also remember everyone else who needs prayers.

Last Edited by MySoul on 03/12/2024 02:49 PM

Love to all of you!

Prayers for Louis, Snuffy, Bastetcat, Sooner, and for requests I've probably missed. Prayers for all of us in need and we are all in need of God's loving grace.

Thank you all for your prayers.

I wanted to post a few paragraphs and say thank you to everyone however anytime I try to write any more than this it's just not showing up.

I'll try to post tomorrow from the laptop.

Thank all of you for your prayers and prayers for anyone here who I've missed. I'm sorry but I'm being short I'm in a tremendous amount of pain from going to a doctor's appointment today.

I'll make a point of being on tomorrow when I've got the laptop and I'm not talking to my phone so it can type this for me.

Prayers said for all !

My Prayers for you all.



Louis, I don't understand why they didn't pin the bone in your arm. IT must be so painful.