just updating you on maria ... things had been going well ... she was doing "good"... then - her blood pressure started to drop low, for no apparent reason ... and she had a serious fall on sunday, causing a spiral fracture of her L elbow ... she was rushed to the hospital, where they discovered a major infection in that foot of hers (which they had declared free of infection and healing slowly, just a week ago) ... the end result was amputation of her leg beneath the knee ... that happened yesterday (tuesday) ... the surgery was a success (if one can call losing a limb successful) ... they are keeping her asleep until some time tonight ... maria will need prayer to accept this latest event in her life - she had been so happy with the good news of last week ... after she heals from the amputation, they will still need to put pins in that elbow fracture of hers ...
sad news is never fun to share ... but we KNOW that in ALL things, God is with those who trust in Him - and He comforts His children ... after all, didn't He send His Son, Jesus, so that we could be saved through Him ... i guess we need to view all of this through eternity's eyes - rather than our mortal ones which focus on earthly things ...
trusting in God's grace!
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I say with Peter, Lord to whom shall we go; we elieve that you are the Chosen Son of God.
May Jesus touchMaria in his special way. She needs it.
From Felisol
Praying....sending a hug.
I don 't know why I 've been thinking of Maria since the past 3 or 4 days , not knowiing what was happening to her. I was meaning to ask you Saija, and now when I read this my heart breaks at the news of the amputation.
It is a hard time in her life. Will pray for her and the family.
sending a flybyhugging her way! :)
Oh, Dear, I'm so sorry to hear about all that. Bless her heart and yours. Praying for her ~ Miss you~ Love and Hugs ~
I am so sorry...I will be praying...*hugs* from me.
How horribly hard for all of you! God still has plans and purpose. Praying for deeper layers of trust resulting in peace and neverending joy.
Dear Saija and Leo:
We were so very sad to read this today. What can we say? It must all be so overwhelming. Even so we say:
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
[Psalm 42:11]
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