My prayers are with you and your family at this time. 

Bill Burns 
Old Town Soup Kitchen 
600 Gratiot St. 
Saginaw, Michigan 48602  989.791.4549 or cell 989.220.6228


--- On Sun, 7/20/08, Joyce Durkin <jld@...> wrote:

> From: Joyce Durkin <jld@...>
> Subject: [PastorsForum] Prayers Please
> To: pastorsforum@...
> Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 7:56 AM
> Dear brothers in Christ,
> 
> I ask for your prayers this morning for my family. Last
> night the medical team had a meeting with the family for my
> brother Pat.
> His condition has worsened. The brain stem has deteriated ,
> each cat scan comes back showing the brain has worsened, the
> 
> brain is now scattered and the pressure continues to peak
> in his brain which will eventually explode given time, his
> toes
> and fingers have now  blackened,  there are many signs
> showing his body is shutting down...The Dr's have said,
> it is futile
> at this point to continue on but would do so if this is
> what the family wishes were...... The family came together
> last night to share
> what everyones wishes were so not to leave this decision up
> to our aging parents. We were all in agreement to let the
> Dr's remove his life support this morning. We will all
> gather at my brothers bedside to say our last goodbyes
> before they administer
> morphine and sedate him before pulling his life support at
> 10AM...:-(.............................please keep my
> brothers son who is 6 months younger
> than our son (his name is Patrick, he is 16) he is hurting
> so very, very badly...his dad and him had an argument
> before my brothers accident,
> little Pat's last words to his dad before getting on
> his motorcycle and leaving was, 'I hate you, I hope you
> crash'.........:-(..............so please if you would,
> keep him lifted before the Lord .....thank you.
> 
> In His Grace,
> PAX~ 
> Joyce
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