Prayers please
  • bhcordovabhcordova
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    My dad is in ICU and it looks like he will be there for a while. Please pray for him and our family.
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  • bhcordovabhcordova
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    My dad has been moved to a Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) facility. They are considering putting him on dialysis and think he may have gastric bleeding. Your continued prayers are appreciated
  • Abbot Jonathan CoelAbbot Jonathan Coel
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    We added him to our prayers.
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  • bonniebede
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    We Will pray for him
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  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Prayers for you and your family here. God bless.
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  • bhcordovabhcordova
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    My dad is starting dialysis in the morning. He has developed a urinary tract infection and pneumonia. Your prayers are much appeciated
  • CharlesW
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    Prayers.
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  • VilyanorVilyanor
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    Praying.
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  • JahazaJahaza
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    Prayers.
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Prayers for your dad, also for the mother of a friend undergoing surgery tomorrow.
    Thanked by 1bhcordova
  • ViolaViola
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    Prayers offered.
    Please also remember a young mum in our choir newly diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. So many people need our prayers.
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  • bhcordovabhcordova
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    The hospitalist came in this afternoon and talked with my mother. In his opinion, my dad is currently doing as well as he will ever do. The ventilator is doing all his breathing, his kidneys are rapidly failing, and he is receiving all his nutrition through a tube in his abdomen. My mother has decided to give family and friends a couple of days to say goodbye to my dad and then she is taking him off life support. The doctors don't think he'll last long at all once that happens. I thank everyone for their prayers and support and ask that you continue prayers for my family.
  • bonniebede
    Posts: 756
    we will keep praying.
  • bhcordovabhcordova
    Posts: 1,152
    Prayers are amazing things! Today, I took my mom to see my dad. We got to see the hospitalist (new one, came on duty for today only), the urologist (who confirmed that my dad's kidneys have almost completely failed), and the pulmonary specialist (who stated that my dad is actually improving - his pneumonia is gone and he is progressing about like he expected.) The pulmonary specialist told us that the hospitalist that was in on Saturday was acting well outside his realm of expertise, especially since that was the first time this hospitalist had seen my dad)
  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    Prayers.
    What is a hospitalist?
  • chonakchonak
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    http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=93946
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  • bhcordovabhcordova
    Posts: 1,152
    @MaryAnn

    A hospitalist is a family practitioner or general practitioner that works for and in the hospital. He has no office and sees no private patient. The idea is that it is less expensive for the patient and the patient can receive better care than by having his regular physician visit daily. In hospitals that have hospitalist your family doctor will rarely if ever visit you while you are there.
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