Jun 15th, 2008 by woodstone
A friend of mine is fighting for her life right now, she needs your prayers…
She is a truly remarkable, powerhouse of a woman. She almost single-handedly put together the Empower Colorado organization… a group that is still going strong today, offering support, education, and encouragement to all parents of children with brain disorders.
She kept this group going and growing through the early years even while she was working full time and caring for her own son with a brain disorder.
She has supported countless parents, including myself, as we try to find our way through the maze of diagnostic and treatment services for our mentally ill children. She has held our hands and cried with us through the pain of watching our children struggle with mental illness…
I am so blessed to know her…
She was diagnosed with leukemia last December and almost died in January… (Her care page is here, if you’d like to read about her ordeal) She miraculously survived though, her leukemia went into remission and she was able to go home from the hospital to be with her husband and kids. They found a bone marrow donor and she was scheduled for a bone marrow transplant the end of this month.
Then the leukemia came back…
I got this email from her parents this morning:
We need a huge prayer chain so I am asking you all to share this in church today or by yourself.
Christiana’s cancer has come back. The doctor told her, no more chemo, that it is not working. He is going to try some experimental drugs on her starting Monday.
This is at the end of her life so I am asking you all to pray for a miracle.
How does one say good bye to their child? Bob and I feel so empty, how do we go on without our child?
Help us to ask God for another miracle.
Please keep Christiana and her family in your prayers…
i am so sorry to hear about this. i will be praying and i will share the need with the church.
(It is interesting how often the anti-spam word ties into the post. This time it’s “peace”. i’m praying peace for everyone involved.)
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. I will be thinking of her.
I am so sorry. Your friend and her family are in my thoughts. Since positive energy her way.
I wish I had checked your blog before going to church this morning… I was intercessor and could have easily added her name to our prayer list. She is on mine now though!
I too will be thinking good thoughts for your friend. I did go to the website that you linked to. She looks familiar to me, but I don’t suppose that I have known her.
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