Updates.

Please pray for Tammy's son Ephiram who has been checked into children's for testing. He is not gaining weight, has frequent resipatory infections and motor delays. They are doing testing and will be placing a feeding tube next week.

Continue to pray for Ella. Her CaringBridge site is:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ellakatherinerackley
Please check up on the kids listed on the sidebar with CaringBridge sites too!

Continue to pray for Lane who fell off a trampoline and cracked his skull. He will have to take it easy for three months but is at home recovering.

Please pray for my friend and fellow reflux mom's daughter Mila. She (if you remember) had heart surgery a short while back. They just determined that she is going to need surgery on her brain as well. Something about relieving the pressure on a part of her brain that controls hunger etc. I think they may be thinking that this has been part of her GI issues. Please keep Mila and the entire Cagan family in your prayers.

Ella

Please say a prayer for good weather this week and for Ella's two tests at Children's (the 17th and 18th).

Please continue to remember the people mentioned below.

I have talked with a lot of parents with babies far sicker than mine ever were this week. Please keep them in your prayers as they make the decisions on G-tube placement and fundo surgeries.

The Lord sure has a way of putting our own struggles in perspective.

If you have any to add please e-mail me at RackleyMay19@hotmail.com!

Greg McLean

Greg was admitted to the hospital in Oklahoma City on November 3rd after having breathing difficulties and fatigue. The doctors have schedule open heart surgery for Greg on November 12, to replace two valves. Please keep Greg and his family in your prayers.

This update is cut and paste from the FB group formed for Greg, you can visit the site here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33094459667&ref=mf

Greg went to Harding with me.

Drew Morlen

Please pray for Drew Morlen and family as they leave November 9th for St Jude's to start treatment for Drew's cancer. Pray the surprise they are planning for him tomorrow night will be a sucess and encouragement to Drew and his family.

Updated Page and Prayer Request

Please check out the sidebar (on the right) for the links to Caringbridge and other sites for the children on the prayer request list.

Please pray for my friend Jenn who is facing a hysterectomy to deal with her endometriosis. She is the one mentioned below who just had a miscarriage. Please keep her in your prayers!

Also remember Daniel Powers who will be having surgery on Tuesday at Children's for his back.

More updates. THANKS!

Please remember my friend Melissa's mother in law who is dealing with the aftermath of a heart attack and had to be readmitted to drain fluid from her lungs. She also has some internal bleeding possibly due to a medication she was given.


Please also take some time to check out 5 year old Kenny's site and pray for his recovery. He and his mom Gigi were both in a car accidnet. Kenny has spinal cord injuries and is unable to move much and has to have a trach to breathe.

Gigi and my mom worked together for a long time when she was in CA. Please pray for his recovery.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kennyhudnall

Thank you all!!

Add these please.

Riley 1yr old nephew of Daniel and Joanna Keys (her sister Vicky's son) will be going for surgery at Children's tomorrow to determine if a tumor he has is cancerous or not. They are pretty sure it isn't cancerous but will not know for sure until the pathology comes back.

Please pray for Carrie's son Ian who is a cancer survivor. He has had some recent problems and they are waiting for testing. You can read his journey at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ianblack

Hailey Trainer

Please pray for Hailey Trainer the 8 month old daughter of Mark and Shauna (HU alumni).

Our 8 month old daughter, Hailey Ann, was just diagnosed with brain cancer last week. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Both of Hailey’s ears are infected, and we had a rough night. For updates, go to www.caringbridge.org/visit/haileyanntrainer.

September 11th~ Remembering and praying

Please pray for those who lost loved ones and all those who continue to sacrifice to keep us safe.

Pray for Maddie

Please pray for Maddie who is one of Kristen and Mark Sullivan's twin daughters. She is having open heart surgery. Please check out their blog for updates and keep them in your prayers.

http://simplysullivan.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

Prayer Request List for August 30th

Thanks for the prayers for my surgery. Check out my blog or Facebook for updates but all went well.

Thank you for praying for Jenn. She ended up needing a D&C on Thursday so please keep her and the family in your prayers.

Pray for GB's dad, George Hicks, who has been in the hospital with complications due to uncontrolled diabetes.

Milt's uncle passed away last week so please remember the Baker family.

Emory Keys has more appointments next week at Children's so please pray for her as well.

Continue to remember my sister as she deals with her miscarriage.

Keep all our pregnant friends in your prayers too!

If you have any updates e-mail them to:
RackleyMay19@hotmail.com or
RackleyFive@cox.net

Love you all!

Jenn

Jenn let me know late last night that she ended up having a miscarriage yesterday afternoon. Please keep the family in your prayers.

Updates for August 11th

Updates:

Thank you for praying for my friend Jenn who I mentioned had a miscarriage on the July 23rd update. It turns out, when she went back for her d&c, that the baby is there with a strong heartbeat. The doctors were shocked. She is on bed rest with meds to help the pregnancy along. Please keep her little miracle in your prayers. Also pray for her two older kids as she tries to juggled bed rest and caring for them.

Thank you for praying for Emory. She is doing really well and recovering from her surgery. Click the link on the sidebar for more info on their blog. Pray for Daniel and Joanna as they continue to care for Emory. God could not have picked two better parents for this sweet girl. Phillip and I have been so blessed to have them as neighbors and friends.

Thank you for your prayers and notes about Ella. I am so grateful for the PAGER mom’s who have “been there, done that” and offered their advice. Unfortunately we were unable to decrease her meds at this time. She (with in three days) was in a lot of pain and began to choke and throw up. Hopefully soon we will be able to get her off meds but we are glad that we at least know we are not giving her something she doesn’t need.

Sullivan Farrar (“Sully”) passed away soon after the last update. Please keep his family in your prayers.

New Prayer Requests:

Please continue to remember my sister who had a miscarriage on Thursday.

Please pray for Mila (one of the PAGER babies) who had her surgery for g-tube placement and is recovering well.

Please pray for the daughter of one of my Harding professors. She had surgery for endometriosis and had to have portions of her intestines removed as well. Pray for a full recovery with no return of this horrible disease.

I have my apt on Wed so please pray for that as well. I am starting to get nervous about surgery.

Thank you all for your prayers. If you have any to add or updates on previous ones please e-mail me at RackleyMay19@hotmail.com.

Sully...

If you have been praying for the kids (Ethan's Friends) on Ethan Powell's site you have no doubt heard of Sully. His parents poted this message at noon:

Sully has now been taken off all supportive care. Now he is just on his pain pump and oxygen. PRAY Sully will go home peacefully!!! I am so proud of him! He is our hero!! I am amazed at his strength!! I am so thankful for the time we have had with our "man"!! Thanks to God and his answering our prayers and for Him giving us great doctors to take care of our Sully "man"!! We will never be able to thank Dr. Tori, Martha May, Reagan, Dr. Scott, Dr. Leung, Jen, Dr. Ashock, Dr. Hale, etc... I know I am forgetting many people!! We thank all of his wonderful nurses and docs!! We can't thank you all enough!! Again, PRAY for Sully to go home in peace!!! We will let you know when the Lord takes him in His loving arms!!! PRAY!!

http://sullivanfarrar.com/updates.htm

Please pray for them now and in the months and years to come.

Ella

We are working to wean Ella from some of her GI meds so please pray the weaning will work and that we will be able to reduce or remove some of her meds. THANKYOU!

Praises...

If you haven't seen Daniel and Joanna's blog please click the link on the right and check out the update. Emory's surgery went well. I was starting to worry and (DUH) didn't think to check the blog b/c I forgot about Children's having internet in the room! ;) Thanks for praying with me everyone.

Quick updates.

Just wanted to remind you to pray for Emory Keys today as she has surgery for her spinal cord. Pray for an easy surgery and recovery. Keep Daniel and Joanna in your prayers too. :)

Please pray for my friend who had a miscarriage this week. Very sad and hard to explain to your kids.

Updated Requests~Praying With Faith!

Please pray for Emory Keys who will be having surgery for her teathered spinal cord on the 23rd of this month.

Thanks for your prayers for Serenity. (The little girl with all of the heart problems). Her mom Dana listed their journey on a new site that she created. You can check it out HERE.

Continue to remember the requests (listed below in more detail):
~Keisha's grandma
~Kenneth's brother, dealing with the loss of his wife.
~Ethan Powell and his friends
~Mandy Moore and her family
~Donna's brother and his medical problems
~All of our pregnant friends
~My sister Katie
~All my reflux babies, especially those doing tube feedings and fundo's right now.
~Ella's upcoming evaluation
~My surgery (in Sept hopefully).
~Connally Bell
~Our bible study on Psalms of the Assent

Updates

I honestly don't have a ton of changes. Keep the things mentioned below in your prayers. Joanna updates about Emory so you can click on their link at the sidebar or here. I could not even attempt to do all of the medical info justice. :) Pray for Emory and the entire Keys family.

Updated June 27th

Please remember Keisha's grandmother in your prayers. She has been put into the hospital with possible congestive heart failure and kidney problems. Please pray for her and the family at this time.

If you click on Ethan's link there is a very long list of Ethan's Friends that can also use your prayers. No child should ever have to have cancer and no family should have to face that kind of thing. Thankfully we have a strong and powerful God so please pray for these kids.

Continue to remember Mandy as she heals and her family member dealing with bone cancer.

Remember my friend Donna's brother who is having medical probelms and seizures.

Please pray for my sister as she is in the process of making huge life changes as well as a move. I am praying these things will bring her closer to our Lord.

Please pray for all of the kids on the sidebar who are dealing with reflux and GI issues. Right now researchers are working on new medicines for delayed emptying that do not have neuro side effects so keep this important work in your prayers as well. It could mean definite changes in the quality of life for a lot of these kids.

Specifically remember Quinn who was admitted to the hospital today due to her GI issues and possible infection...

Praise God that no one was injured in our horrible storm this week. We have a lot of huge limbs down and had a small fire but eveyone is safe. It is a complete miracle! Pray for Melina as she continues to have nightmares due to the storm and fire. The little girls really didn't understand enough to be scared (a huge blessing, in my opinion).

I am not big on politics but I think it is important to pray that whoever becomes president will be a guiding light for His way and will help get this country where it should be.

We are staring a bible study on the Psalms of Assent so please keep that in your prayers as well.

Love you all.