Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Mar 2, 2009 22:17:54 GMT -5
I JUST GOT THIS UPDATE ON GWEN'S SON JEROD. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING EVERYONE!!!!!
IN GOD'S LOVE
MS DEBBIE
3/1/09 WELL, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JEROD WAS MUCH MORE ALERT AND ABLE TO ANSWER YES AND NO QUESTIONS. HE FOLLOWED US WITH HIS EYES. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP THAT WAY. THE SONOGRAM FOR HIS HEART WAS NEGATIVE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE BIOPSY OF HIS LUNGS.
MONDAY WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE DOCS AT 2:00 TO FIND OUT WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE AND WHAT TO EXPEC
T. HOWEVER, TODAY, JEROD'S LEGS STARTED BLEEDING. IN THE MORNING THEY HAVE TO TAKE HIM BACK TO SURGERY TO STOP THE BLEEDING. PLEASE KEEP HIM AND US IN PRAYER AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING SO FAITHFUL.
LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, GWEN
2/ 27/ 09 WELL, WE GOT THE RESULTS OF THE SONOGRAM OF THE HEART AND IT WAS NEGATIVE - MEANING NO INFECTION OF THE HEART THAT THEY COULD SEE. PRAISE GOD! WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL LATER THIS AFTER NOON AND WE ARE SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN PITTSBURGH SO I WON' T BE ABLE TO GIVE ANY UPDATES. THE HOSPITAL COMPUTERS HAVE MYSPACE BLOCKED AND NOW THEY HAVE HOTMAIL BLOCKED WHICH IS MY REGULAR EMAIL . ON MONDA Y WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE DRS TO DETER MINE WHAT THE NEXT STEP WILL BE. JUST KEEP US ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS. I WILL UPDATE ON MONDAY EVENIING OR AS SOON AS I AM ABLE. LOVE TO YOU ALL.
GWEN
2/26/09 WELL, WE GOT THE RESULTS FROM THE CT SCAN. THE INFECTION IS IN HIS LEGS - WHAT IS LEFT OF HIS LEGS. JIM, JON, AND I WITH GOD'S HELP HAVE MADE THE DECISION THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE CUTTING OF HIS LEGS. SO NOW JEROD IS IN GODS HANDS AND WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST HIM FOR WHATEVER IS HIS WILL. THANK YOU TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT AND PRAYERS YOU HAVE SHOWN TO US. WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT YOUR LOVE. HUGS, GWEN, JIM, AND JON
2/25/09IT IS 3:30 PM ON 2/25 AND WE NEED PRAYER. JEROD HAS ANOTHER INFECTION - NOT SURE WHERE. THEY ARE DOING A CT SCAN AND BRONCHOSCOPE TO TRY TO FIND OUT. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE BOTTOMED OUT AND HIS TEMP IS 102 AND CLIMBING - PLEASE JUST PRAY. THANK YOU ALL GWEN
2/24/09JEROD MADE IT THRU THE SURGERY JUST GREAT YESTERDAY TO CLEAN HIS STUMPS AND MAKE SURE THE INFECTION IS GONE. HE WILL GO BACK IN ON THURSDAY TO DOIT AGAIN AND MAYBE CLOSE IT UP. TODAY THEY ARE WORKING ON TURNING THE
VENTILATOR DOWN TO 50%. PRAISE GOD THE WHITE CELL COUNT IS STILL COMING DOWN, SO HIS LUNGS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR UP. HE STILL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT THE LORD AS BROUGHT HIM THIS FAR AND HE WILL TAKE HIM ALL THE WAY. A WONDERFUL FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS FEELING SAD AND ALL ALONE TO
PICTURE MYSELF JUST RESTING IN JESUS ARMS. I NEVER HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT,
SO NOW I PICTURE MY SON RESTING AND HEALING IN JESUS ARMS. ( THANK YOU
ALICE ). WE CAME HOME YESTERDAY FROM THE HOSPITAL AND STAYED HOME LAST NITE TO REST. SINCE JEROD IS
STABLE I THINK WE WILL BE HOME TONIGHT AND GO BACK TOMORROW. NEED TO GET FILLED UP AGAIN BEFORE I GO BACK AND BE STRONG FOR JEROD . THANK
YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS AND PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. JESUS AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE WHAT KEEPS ME GOING RIGHT NOW. I SO APPRECIATE ALL THE
WONDERFUL, CARING MESSAGES AND COMMENTS. WILL GIVE UPDATES AS I AM ABLE TO GET ON HERE. LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL, GWEN
2/22/08 JEROD HAD A GOOD NIGHT AND THEY ARE STARTING TO WAKE HIM A LITTLE.
PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING AS THEY ARE GOING TO TELL HIM SOON ABOUT
HIS LEGS.. THANKS SIS - LOVE YA HUGS, GWEN
2/21/09 WELL, I HAVE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE FOR JEROD. THE RAGING INFECTION IN HIS BODY CAUSED FLESH-EATING BACTERIA ON HIS LEGS. LAST NIGHT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION - EITHER WE DO NOTHING AND LET HIM DIE OR THEY GAVE HIM A 10% CHANCE TO MAKE IT THRU THE SURGERY THAT WOULD TAKE HIS LEGS. WE MADE THE DECISION FOR LIFE - THE DRS. AMPUTATED BOTH HIS LEGS FROM MID-THIGH DOWN. THAT WAS THE HARDEST DECISION I EVER MADE IN MY LIFE. JEROD PULLED THRU THE SURGERY. NOW WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE HIM TIME FOR HIS BODY TO RECOVER FROM THE INFECTION. THEY ARE GIVING HIM 4 DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS AT A TIME, HE IS ON FULL RESPIRATOR, AND FULL DIALYSIS. THEY STILL HAVE HIM IN THE SPECIAL BED TO HELP OXYGENATE HIS BODY. GOD HAS SPARED HIS LIFE AND IS WITH US ALL THERE AT THE HOSPITAL. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR HIM AS HE IS SO VERY SICK. HE HAS SUCH A LONG, LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND MESSAGES AND MOSTLY FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE PRAYING THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW US. YOU ARE ALL SO VERY AWESOME. I CAN GET ON THE COMPUTER AT THE HOSPITAL TO SEND EMAIL TO MY REGULAR EMAIL BUT THEY HAVE MYSPACE BLOCKED. WE ARE STAYING THERE MOSTLY, BUT NEEDED TO COME HOME TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS HERE. SO WHEN I CAN, I WILL LEAVE AN UPDATE ON HERE. I TRY TO SEND UPDATES ON THERE DAILY. THANK YOU ALL AND I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU ALL A HUG. GWEN
2/18/09 THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN JEROD A 50/50 CHANCE OF PULLING THRU THIS. THEY HAD TO START HIM ON DIALYSIS TODAY AS HIS KIDNEYS HAVE FAILED. THEY DID A BRONCHOSCOPE ON HIM AND FOUND PUS AS WELL AS PNEUMONIA IN HIS LUNGS. THE INFECTION HAS SPREAD THRU HIS BLOOD AND HE IS IN SEPTIC SHOCK. THEY HAVE TO DO THE DIALYSIS TO TRY AND CLEAR SOME OF THE FLUID AS WELL AS INFECTION FROM HIS BODY BEFORE HIS LUNGS GIVE OUT AND BEFORE THE HEART FAILS. MY GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES AND HE CAN HEAL JEROD IF THAT IS HIS WILL. I HAVE GIVEN HIM TO GOD SO NOW I JUST NEED TO TRUST HIM TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. NO MATTER WHAT HE FEELS IS BEST, I KNOW GOD WILL GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO HANDLE IT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS AND THE SWEET COMMENTS AND MESSAGES. YOU ALL KEEP ME GOING. JUST KEEP PRAYING THAT THESE DOCTORS ARE UNDER GODS CONTROL.
LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL,
GWEN
IN GOD'S LOVE
MS DEBBIE
3/1/09 WELL, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JEROD WAS MUCH MORE ALERT AND ABLE TO ANSWER YES AND NO QUESTIONS. HE FOLLOWED US WITH HIS EYES. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP THAT WAY. THE SONOGRAM FOR HIS HEART WAS NEGATIVE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE BIOPSY OF HIS LUNGS.
MONDAY WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE DOCS AT 2:00 TO FIND OUT WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE AND WHAT TO EXPEC
T. HOWEVER, TODAY, JEROD'S LEGS STARTED BLEEDING. IN THE MORNING THEY HAVE TO TAKE HIM BACK TO SURGERY TO STOP THE BLEEDING. PLEASE KEEP HIM AND US IN PRAYER AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING SO FAITHFUL.
LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, GWEN
2/ 27/ 09 WELL, WE GOT THE RESULTS OF THE SONOGRAM OF THE HEART AND IT WAS NEGATIVE - MEANING NO INFECTION OF THE HEART THAT THEY COULD SEE. PRAISE GOD! WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL LATER THIS AFTER NOON AND WE ARE SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN PITTSBURGH SO I WON' T BE ABLE TO GIVE ANY UPDATES. THE HOSPITAL COMPUTERS HAVE MYSPACE BLOCKED AND NOW THEY HAVE HOTMAIL BLOCKED WHICH IS MY REGULAR EMAIL . ON MONDA Y WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE DRS TO DETER MINE WHAT THE NEXT STEP WILL BE. JUST KEEP US ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS. I WILL UPDATE ON MONDAY EVENIING OR AS SOON AS I AM ABLE. LOVE TO YOU ALL.
GWEN
2/26/09 WELL, WE GOT THE RESULTS FROM THE CT SCAN. THE INFECTION IS IN HIS LEGS - WHAT IS LEFT OF HIS LEGS. JIM, JON, AND I WITH GOD'S HELP HAVE MADE THE DECISION THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE CUTTING OF HIS LEGS. SO NOW JEROD IS IN GODS HANDS AND WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST HIM FOR WHATEVER IS HIS WILL. THANK YOU TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT AND PRAYERS YOU HAVE SHOWN TO US. WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT YOUR LOVE. HUGS, GWEN, JIM, AND JON
2/25/09IT IS 3:30 PM ON 2/25 AND WE NEED PRAYER. JEROD HAS ANOTHER INFECTION - NOT SURE WHERE. THEY ARE DOING A CT SCAN AND BRONCHOSCOPE TO TRY TO FIND OUT. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE BOTTOMED OUT AND HIS TEMP IS 102 AND CLIMBING - PLEASE JUST PRAY. THANK YOU ALL GWEN
2/24/09JEROD MADE IT THRU THE SURGERY JUST GREAT YESTERDAY TO CLEAN HIS STUMPS AND MAKE SURE THE INFECTION IS GONE. HE WILL GO BACK IN ON THURSDAY TO DOIT AGAIN AND MAYBE CLOSE IT UP. TODAY THEY ARE WORKING ON TURNING THE
VENTILATOR DOWN TO 50%. PRAISE GOD THE WHITE CELL COUNT IS STILL COMING DOWN, SO HIS LUNGS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR UP. HE STILL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT THE LORD AS BROUGHT HIM THIS FAR AND HE WILL TAKE HIM ALL THE WAY. A WONDERFUL FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS FEELING SAD AND ALL ALONE TO
PICTURE MYSELF JUST RESTING IN JESUS ARMS. I NEVER HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT,
SO NOW I PICTURE MY SON RESTING AND HEALING IN JESUS ARMS. ( THANK YOU
ALICE ). WE CAME HOME YESTERDAY FROM THE HOSPITAL AND STAYED HOME LAST NITE TO REST. SINCE JEROD IS
STABLE I THINK WE WILL BE HOME TONIGHT AND GO BACK TOMORROW. NEED TO GET FILLED UP AGAIN BEFORE I GO BACK AND BE STRONG FOR JEROD . THANK
YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS AND PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. JESUS AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE WHAT KEEPS ME GOING RIGHT NOW. I SO APPRECIATE ALL THE
WONDERFUL, CARING MESSAGES AND COMMENTS. WILL GIVE UPDATES AS I AM ABLE TO GET ON HERE. LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL, GWEN
2/22/08 JEROD HAD A GOOD NIGHT AND THEY ARE STARTING TO WAKE HIM A LITTLE.
PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING AS THEY ARE GOING TO TELL HIM SOON ABOUT
HIS LEGS.. THANKS SIS - LOVE YA HUGS, GWEN
2/21/09 WELL, I HAVE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE FOR JEROD. THE RAGING INFECTION IN HIS BODY CAUSED FLESH-EATING BACTERIA ON HIS LEGS. LAST NIGHT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION - EITHER WE DO NOTHING AND LET HIM DIE OR THEY GAVE HIM A 10% CHANCE TO MAKE IT THRU THE SURGERY THAT WOULD TAKE HIS LEGS. WE MADE THE DECISION FOR LIFE - THE DRS. AMPUTATED BOTH HIS LEGS FROM MID-THIGH DOWN. THAT WAS THE HARDEST DECISION I EVER MADE IN MY LIFE. JEROD PULLED THRU THE SURGERY. NOW WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE HIM TIME FOR HIS BODY TO RECOVER FROM THE INFECTION. THEY ARE GIVING HIM 4 DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTICS AT A TIME, HE IS ON FULL RESPIRATOR, AND FULL DIALYSIS. THEY STILL HAVE HIM IN THE SPECIAL BED TO HELP OXYGENATE HIS BODY. GOD HAS SPARED HIS LIFE AND IS WITH US ALL THERE AT THE HOSPITAL. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR HIM AS HE IS SO VERY SICK. HE HAS SUCH A LONG, LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND MESSAGES AND MOSTLY FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE PRAYING THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW US. YOU ARE ALL SO VERY AWESOME. I CAN GET ON THE COMPUTER AT THE HOSPITAL TO SEND EMAIL TO MY REGULAR EMAIL BUT THEY HAVE MYSPACE BLOCKED. WE ARE STAYING THERE MOSTLY, BUT NEEDED TO COME HOME TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS HERE. SO WHEN I CAN, I WILL LEAVE AN UPDATE ON HERE. I TRY TO SEND UPDATES ON THERE DAILY. THANK YOU ALL AND I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU ALL A HUG. GWEN
2/18/09 THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN JEROD A 50/50 CHANCE OF PULLING THRU THIS. THEY HAD TO START HIM ON DIALYSIS TODAY AS HIS KIDNEYS HAVE FAILED. THEY DID A BRONCHOSCOPE ON HIM AND FOUND PUS AS WELL AS PNEUMONIA IN HIS LUNGS. THE INFECTION HAS SPREAD THRU HIS BLOOD AND HE IS IN SEPTIC SHOCK. THEY HAVE TO DO THE DIALYSIS TO TRY AND CLEAR SOME OF THE FLUID AS WELL AS INFECTION FROM HIS BODY BEFORE HIS LUNGS GIVE OUT AND BEFORE THE HEART FAILS. MY GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES AND HE CAN HEAL JEROD IF THAT IS HIS WILL. I HAVE GIVEN HIM TO GOD SO NOW I JUST NEED TO TRUST HIM TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. NO MATTER WHAT HE FEELS IS BEST, I KNOW GOD WILL GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO HANDLE IT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS AND THE SWEET COMMENTS AND MESSAGES. YOU ALL KEEP ME GOING. JUST KEEP PRAYING THAT THESE DOCTORS ARE UNDER GODS CONTROL.
LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU ALL,
GWEN