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Prayer Request Thread

Angie’s dad (has dementia) fell last week and they took him to the ER when it was discovered he had blood in his urine. At the hospital it was found that he had fluid built up around his heart. Lots of tests.

Angie left Friday to go and is hopefully coming back today. She has already told me she will need to go back Friday again.

Her family is in for a long awful road.

My FIL was a Paratrooper. Went to VN in 64. Saw and did some awesome things and some terrible things too. Injured in combat, shot, dragged by parachute in a 50mph wind….has a limp since.

William is one of the best men I have known. He loves the Lord. He treated me as a son, my own dad died when I was 19. He has been nothing but good.

Dementia is insidious and cruel. Please pray for him and my wife.


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I watched my mother die with dementia, its a terrible thing, leaves one like an empty shell. This may sound harsh but he'd be better off checking out of this shell and moving to the next one.

To me thats mercy, not harsh, thats what I'd want.
 
Prayers for Michael and his family.
Thats a tough row to hoe.
And you @Pester doing as you can for all of them.

Prayers for you and Angie and her father.
For peace.

May God bless each one of you again with his unbelievable love, as it is the greatest of anything in of all in this world.


Thank you Father for your love and grace, and your promise that we can never earn, yet you freely give.
May we praise you and be grateful.
In Jesus name
Amen.
 
Michael is in a Reno hospital and has been for almost a month now. Docs are thinking that he might be in for another month before he gets out, if he does at all. Normally a cold is not too big a deal for a lot of us but for 39 years Michael has been dealing with seizures to the extent that he cant walk, bath himself, get his own food or any of the things we normally take for granted. He has never known a time when one of his parents didnt have to be right there with him in case the next seizure might hit.

As recently as last Friday his temp would spike and they were back to packing him in ice. And yet when his dad walks in the room he manages the best tired smile he can. Even hooked up and with a respirator. Michael did not ask for this nor want this to be his life yet here he is.

This kid is not going to be the one to win a formula 1 race but he likes it when his dad takes him for a ride in a really old side by side. He is not going to be the kid that grows up to date Taylor Swift but he likes girls and would be happy to have friends of any flavor stop by. He likes to watch his dad shoot guns but he cant hold a .22 pistol. He likes dogs, even when they lick his face but he cant hardly manage to pet one.

The list of things Michael cant do is endless and, yet, he is relentless happy for others joy and their good fortune. His mind is sharp but its trapped in a body that hates itself. His faith wont allow him to wish for an end to his life but the life he has grinds on him like a glacier over granite.

I cant fix his situation so I am resigned to splitting and stacking firewood for the mom and dad. maybe pay an odd bill here or there. Fetch groceries to give them more time to sleep. And yet it all seems woefully weak.

If I am being honest I have nephews that all graduated from good colleges. One works about 20 hours a week part of the year, the other works part time teaching English and the other spends all his money on a huge rent in San Diego so he can hang out on the beach. I know I should have the grace to accept them as they are but........when I think about Michael I think he would like to have just ONE day of their lives. JUST. ONE. MOTHER. F'IN. DAY. What would it feel like for him to swim in the ocean, hug a girlfriend, ride shotgun with the window open and his hand out in the wind, tie his shoes getting ready to go outside or help an elderly person change a flat tire. Freedom. The freedom of mobility and self determination is something beyond his grasp. To me..... it just ain't fair.

I am not asking for anything other than prayers. Or, if your not of that ilk, just be grateful for an hour that we dont have his life.

My hope for Michael is that he makes it home for Christmas to be with loved ones and have the ability to build just a few more memories. I hope the same for all the good and well intentioned folks here on the Hide
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Angie’s dad (has dementia) fell last week and they took him to the ER when it was discovered he had blood in his urine. At the hospital it was found that he had fluid built up around his heart. Lots of tests.

Angie left Friday to go and is hopefully coming back today. She has already told me she will need to go back Friday again.

Her family is in for a long awful road.

My FIL was a Paratrooper. Went to VN in 64. Saw and did some awesome things and some terrible things too. Injured in combat, shot, dragged by parachute in a 50mph wind….has a limp since.

William is one of the best men I have known. He loves the Lord. He treated me as a son, my own dad died when I was 19. He has been nothing but good.

Dementia is insidious and cruel. Please pray for him and my wife.


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Michael is in a Reno hospital and has been for almost a month now. Docs are thinking that he might be in for another month before he gets out, if he does at all. Normally a cold is not too big a deal for a lot of us but for 39 years Michael has been dealing with seizures to the extent that he cant walk, bath himself, get his own food or any of the things we normally take for granted. He has never known a time when one of his parents didnt have to be right there with him in case the next seizure might hit.

As recently as last Friday his temp would spike and they were back to packing him in ice. And yet when his dad walks in the room he manages the best tired smile he can. Even hooked up and with a respirator. Michael did not ask for this nor want this to be his life yet here he is.

This kid is not going to be the one to win a formula 1 race but he likes it when his dad takes him for a ride in a really old side by side. He is not going to be the kid that grows up to date Taylor Swift but he likes girls and would be happy to have friends of any flavor stop by. He likes to watch his dad shoot guns but he cant hold a .22 pistol. He likes dogs, even when they lick his face but he cant hardly manage to pet one.

The list of things Michael cant do is endless and, yet, he is relentless happy for others joy and their good fortune. His mind is sharp but its trapped in a body that hates itself. His faith wont allow him to wish for an end to his life but the life he has grinds on him like a glacier over granite.

I cant fix his situation so I am resigned to splitting and stacking firewood for the mom and dad. maybe pay an odd bill here or there. Fetch groceries to give them more time to sleep. And yet it all seems woefully weak.

If I am being honest I have nephews that all graduated from good colleges. One works about 20 hours a week part of the year, the other works part time teaching English and the other spends all his money on a huge rent in San Diego so he can hang out on the beach. I know I should have the grace to accept them as they are but........when I think about Michael I think he would like to have just ONE day of their lives. JUST. ONE. MOTHER. F'IN. DAY. What would it feel like for him to swim in the ocean, hug a girlfriend, ride shotgun with the window open and his hand out in the wind, tie his shoes getting ready to go outside or help an elderly person change a flat tire. Freedom. The freedom of mobility and self determination is something beyond his grasp. To me..... it just ain't fair.

I am not asking for anything other than prayers. Or, if your not of that ilk, just be grateful for an hour that we dont have his life.

My hope for Michael is that he makes it home for Christmas to be with loved ones and have the ability to build just a few more memories. I hope the same for all the good and well intentioned folks here on the Hide
Michael, had a good day yesterday. I sat up a good portion of the day and the PT had him get out of bed for about 15 min. Fever is down a little bit so that is good and I understand he had just a little more energy. Not back to where he was before but not on a downhill slide. thanks for keeping Michael in your thoughts and prayers.
 
Michael, had a good day yesterday. I sat up a good portion of the day and the PT had him get out of bed for about 15 min. Fever is down a little bit so that is good and I understand he had just a little more energy. Not back to where he was before but not on a downhill slide. thanks for keeping Michael in your thoughts and prayers.
Prayers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
 
I go back for another Xray today to see if my pneumonia is gone. I don’t think it is. My ear and throat are hurting again. Still hurting in my chest and still coughing. I have never been sick continuously like I have in the last 3 months. I have never been sick as often as I have since covid. There is MUCH more to it than I believe we realize.

I pray for sickness to be destroyed.

I pray for all of the folks here who are lifting up the unwell and the hurting.

I pray for this land and for guidance.
 
I go back for another Xray today to see if my pneumonia is gone. I don’t think it is. My ear and throat are hurting again. Still hurting in my chest and still coughing. I have never been sick continuously like I have in the last 3 months. I have never been sick as often as I have since covid. There is MUCH more to it than I believe we realize.

I pray for sickness to be destroyed.

I pray for all of the folks here who are lifting up the unwell and the hurting.

I pray for this land and for guidance.
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I go back for another Xray today to see if my pneumonia is gone. I don’t think it is. My ear and throat are hurting again. Still hurting in my chest and still coughing. I have never been sick continuously like I have in the last 3 months. I have never been sick as often as I have since covid. There is MUCH more to it than I believe we realize.

I pray for sickness to be destroyed.

I pray for all of the folks here who are lifting up the unwell and the hurting.

I pray for this land and for guidance.
Continued prayers lifted for you, and as you said.
"I pray for sickness to be destroyed.

I pray for all of the folks here who are lifting up the unwell and the hurting.

I pray for this land and for guidance."
 
Adding @viking78. He is from Finland.
PFR goes PRS :eek:
Is there a invalid division, for people who has a lot of health issues?:LOL:
Going to hospital surgery, will see are they going to operate my kneew, hips and put titanium to the lower back.


Thanks.

Yes, it is 300-meter, hard to fing any longer in Finland, that are open for public use.
EU try to kill all the shooting, these 300m range starts to be rare too.
White plates are 4" on the middle, 6" on the side, the orange are 7" and 8".
My should was operated first time when i was 20 years old and doing my time on the Finnish army.
Military service is forced to do, or you might end to prison, loosers are taking the civilian service, that last even longer.
I have done joiner and carpenter jobs, the same right shoulder was operated second time when i was 25.
My back i had spinal disc herniation 2007, it had to do with surgery, it was so big, and push the nerves that i was nearly paralyzed.
That same place it came again and big time 4 years ago, but it not needed to put under the knife.
This summer i have been sick leave of burn out, my doctor took x-ray of the lower, hips and knees.
My lower back is fucked, joints between 1-5 are nearly with out the spinal disc, and a lot of degeneration on the spinal joints.
Pains 24/7 on the back, nervous pain, and my hips are having degeneration too, and then knees.
Going to see the doctor on next week to hospital, i would like them to do the MRI scannin of the knees, when can they do.
I hope not the joint replacement surgery yet, but i am just the guy who´s going to hear the news, what they can do.
Also lost my work at this week, the place where i was +8-years, that was not good place for the mental health, that´ why i had the burn out.
But life goes on, i hope i could do something of my own, from home, so i can take a rest if i feel, i have also
fibromyalgia, that is a bitch, constanly tired, pains when even where ever, it is kind of nervous rheumatism, got that sucker when my shoulder was operated second time, and i go the MRSA, 5 feeks in very high fever. One week in hospital, they thread me like i had ebola.
I was on quarantine for a week, then to home.
I had to ear 7 different antibiotic cure, the last one was that started to help, i lost over 20kg of weight, i was sure im going to die, because nothing seems to help, but the last medicine, i dont know what it was, but after that i started to get better.
Try to keep my mind clear, or if you loose that, the game is over, we only live here once, try to enjoy the ride, even it might be a bumpy one.
My age you can guess of the name of mine ;)
 
My aunt has been battling liver cancer, she is being sent home with hospice care. I am beside myself, she was a rock for me when I was young. One of the most selfless and strong people I have ever known.

Please pray for Sue.
Prayers for Sue, but she's on her way home. You should be happy for her.

Prayers for you, youre still stuck here.
 
My aunt has been battling liver cancer, she is being sent home with hospice care. I am beside myself, she was a rock for me when I was young. One of the most selfless and strong people I have ever known.

Please pray for Sue.
My sister called, things are not good.

She is not expected to survive the night.

We appreciate prayer.
 
My sweet aunt Sue went to her Lord tonight about 7, surrounded by people who love her.

Hallelujah!!!

Good hospice care and surrounded by family who loved and cared for her.
And on to glory now.
Im not one to be sad when a believer goes home.

I do pray for all of you as you grieve.
May His love comfort you.
 
I am asking for prayers for my brother Dennis. Some time last night, or today, he decided his life was no longer worth living.

I'm sure I will learn a lot in the next few days, weeks, months about a suicide of a family member...........

Heavenly Father, we lift up Dennis and his family to you, and pray that he achieves the discernment to realize that all human life, regardless of how challenging the struggles may seem at a given point in time, can have meaning and purpose through your Grace and Love.
 
Michael, had a good day yesterday. I sat up a good portion of the day and the PT had him get out of bed for about 15 min. Fever is down a little bit so that is good and I understand he had just a little more energy. Not back to where he was before but not on a downhill slide. thanks for keeping Michael in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks to all for the prayers and well wishes! Michael came home from Reno just before Jan 1. Wohoo!!!

While he was never physically strong like many of us, he has been working hard to do what his mom and dad ask of him. He does not understand why he cant just sit but he has trust in them and the faith that they are asking him to do things that are good for him. So he tries.

They have a PT that comes in once a week and another person that just helps make the adjustment from the hospital to home. They also come in once a week.

One of these times he will get sick and not make it home but, at least this time, he is there now. Its heart warming to see the smile on his dads face when Michael even tries some of the exercises. One might think that as an ex LEO, and sergeant at a CA prison, Michaels dad would be hardened but both his parents have undying love for him and he is at the center of their daily lives. Seeing them care for him with such kindness, love and compassion renews my faith in mankind.

Again, thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers for Michael. I, for one, choose to believe that your kindness makes a difference.