Prayer Request

As some of you know my Mom has been having trouble since September with what started as surgery on her left shoulder then she called me one day and asked what is means when your turning yellow. Come to find out she had a gallstones backing up into her liver. This started a long line of problems. Her Liver Function Tests (LFT's) were elevated which caused her to become yellow (jaundice). Well, in October she had her gallbladder removed only to find when going in that there were stones that got into her bile duct. This is where we now have a mess! There have been three attempts to remove theses stones. They were able to get two out but there are three left that they cannot get to..they are too big and they can only do these procedures every four to six weeks. Mind you this whole time Mom has tubes coming out of her right side that are very uncomfortable and painful.

So the latest procedure was on Friday. And, once again they were unsuccessful at retrieving them. Now they are talking about DMSO (still trying to get the breakdown of this) which has not been used in twenty years and is very toxic to even those in the room. This also if it gets into Mom's blood stream will kill her.

There have been several things along this journey that my sister and I have not been happy with. But, Mom and Dad have been happy with the doctors to this point. Now we are all on the same page and have some research to do. My parents have a great Primary care Doctor (DR. Tak) and he has mentioned a physician in San Fransisco that we are hoping to talk with soon.

I am asking that you please be praying for us as we delve into this and that we find a physician who has treated this problem before. Pray for my Mom and Dad that they are given some peace as we plow ahead. My Dad has a colleague who lost his wife to the DMSO procedure twenty years ago which you can imagine is weighing heavy on him. My parents know the Lord and are resting in him.