(From Ashley, on behalf Lisa & the rest of Naomi's family)
Hi everyone,
Just spoke to Lisa, here is the most recent info on Naomi:
Praise and glory to God and his son Jesus and the Holy Spirit forever and ever! Naomi is still in critical condition but is heading in the right direction. Her white blood count is now 9 which is where it should be so the infection is going away. They are currently using a diauretic and her kidney function is good. They are planning on weaning her off the norepinephrine for her heart. She is currently still on a ventilator but they are hoping to wean her off of that as well.
Lisa's prayer request is for total restoration for Naomi's brain, heart, lungs and that she no longer has to be dependent on anything. Also that her children can be around her when she wakes because they really miss their Mommy!
Special thanks: Phil, Denise and Margaret for setting up and posting on the Pulling for Naomi blog. Sherry for being able to visit and pray over Naomi twice. And for everyone gathering together and praying over Naomi! Thanks also for the doctor, nurses and medical staff for providing Naomi with excellent medical care.
Bible verses from Lisa:
Matthew 21-22
Matthew 8:1-3
Matthew 8:5-17
Matthew 8:23-27
Thanks everyone, praise God that Naomi is on the mend!
Love,
Ashley
6 comments:
If you know REALLY know Nancy you would know that she is not a religious person. Nancy is a person of surrounding friendship.. She wouldn't just want prayers from people she doesnt know or barely knows she would would want friends and family surrounding her...Family that she has spent the last few years with. So now i pray that god gives Lisa the knowledge to realize that Nancy NEEDS and would want her family (ALL of her family) by her side.....
As the creator and administrator of this blog, I feel the need to respond to the post "The rest of her family said..."
I only met Nancy (who I know as Naomi) a few times at Lisa's parents' old house. I would agree with you, based on my recollection of her easy smiling and gregarious personality, that she is a person that values her friendships. I am aware that she is not a religious person. Many non-religious people I am friends with seem to think that I'm an okay enough guy, but think that the faith I believe in is a bunch of hogwash. Embarrassingly, many times we as Christians conduct ourselves in a manner that justifies the criticisms we receive (in my mind, this only further affirms the Christian belief that all people have a sin nature). But even though someone may dis a Christian's faith, it does not (nor should it ever) make us stop praying for the person, even if they don't want the prayer. Indeed, we Christians pray for others whether we know them personally or not, whether they share our faith or not, because we love them (not always perfectly, but we try). Praying for someone is one way we show that we care. I would like to think that Naomi would, though she may disagree with the faith, appreciate that people she hasn't met have compassion enough for her & her loved ones to pray for her restoration to health, pray for extra insight for her medical team, pray for the comfort, endurance & finances of her family during this crisis, and so much more.
As to which members of Naomi's circle of family & friends are by her side and how often, I don't know the specifics of your situation. There are visiting guidelines, advance directives, medical powers of attorney, patient stress, and many other things that come into play. You'll have to square all that up between yourselves, the medical staff, and the hospital's social worker. I readily acknowledge that there's a whole lot of stress during a crisis like what you're suffering through now. Please consider, though, that expressing your frustration in public will likely only add to the strife among you all that care about Naomi, and would perhaps better be kept in the private arena. Naomi will likely pick up on the friction (even though she's sedated), which will stress her, and that won't be good for her health. For this reason, as blog administrator, I will delete future comments that contain personal attacks.
I have some experience in all of this, though I wish I didn't... my wife was in the hospital for 8 1/2 months and expected to die, and I had to keep life normal for the kids at home and still carry on with work (she survived, but we lost our son). I set up a blog for my wife to get her situation out there so that people could keep up on her progress, know our needs, and pray for her (and blogging acted as an outlet that helped keep me sane, too). I set up this blog for Lisa to keep us apprised of Naomi's situation for the same purposes.
It's reasonable that you'd like to cope with Naomi's struggle on your own terms, and perhaps setting up your own blog and having control of the style and content would be conducive to that end. It's free and easy to do with Blogger and I'd be happy to help get you started.
Regards,
Phil Williams
Wow I'm really floor'd that someone would say anything negative about this blog! I want to say that I know there are lots of people from the original hospital cheering for her and look forward to hearing the update. We are not considered friends but nor family but she has really touched us! I would like to say the Lisa is her ANGEL! I witnessed myself!!
As your friend of 35 years I know that you have a pure heart and that everything that you are doing is out of love and a desire to have Naomi restored to her family and ALL those who love her. I also know that Naomi would want you to do whatever you could to ensure that she is returned healthy and whole to her children and family. I will be praying earnestly along with you--even though I wouldn't count myself as terribly religious.
Ok people all i said was Nancy NEEDS her family (close friends)not just people she doesnt know or barely knows praying over her...And lets keep it really Lisa is no angel.. She is a very caring and loving sister but no angel..... Lets not take this out of context. And for everyones info you are not getting all the updates on NANCY just what they choose to tell you...
I appreciate this blog so I can be updated on how to pray. Also, I have found much needed of encouragement by watching a lot of people pray on behalf of Naomi. I know trials can bring deep stress, so we all need hope. When I encounter people that can be messangers of hope, that is a blessing. The word angel comes from the Greek word that means messenger. Lisa is sharing the message that our God is amazing and He can save and heal. She is also sending the message out to pray for her sister. If I was very sick, I would want someone to get the message out to everyone and their brother's neighbor to pray for me, send me a card or bring me some ballons.
So, in many ways, people act like angels-sending messages of hope, care and grace. So in this rough world, it is nice to notice when people do nice things. Lisa is doing a nice thing, a great thing, for doing what she can to help her sister.
Prayer is one way. Updating is another.
None of us are perfect. But we do what we can. And for some of us, without many resources or much of anything esle, all we can do is pray and care. I am glad for this blog, for the opportunity it affords me to pray and care for a woman who needs a healing touch and the light of hope.
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