Fw: Prayers for Pyron requested ... upcoming surgery

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: " tootieb (by way of ilena rose) " <tootieb@...>

<Recipient List Suppressed:;>

Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:40 PM

Subject: Prayers for Pyron requested ... upcoming surgery

> Hello Sis ilena,

>

> I am going in for the big back surgery on March 5th and will be in a

body

> cast are body brace not sure which yet but mobility is going to be quite

> bad for 6months to a year afterwards as my doctors have explained so sis

I

> am a bit nervous at this point with only a week and half left here before

> going in. Please if you will say many prayers for me as I am in desperate

> need right now for many to get me thru this surgery and the long healing

> time to come. I only pray for God to give me the strength I will need as

> this is the hardest surgery I have had to face thus far and not knowing

if

> the pain levels will improve are not as they have explained this one is to

> stabilize my spine to keep me from becoming permanently paralyzed but are

> not sure if it will help with my pain. They will fuse together 4 disc and

> remove both facet joints and do 2 more fusions at those levels as well so

> 6 bone fusions all together and will be removing some of the bones from

my

> hips to use it will be a 5 hour surgery and yeap sis I am shaking in my

> shoes. If you will from March 5th on until you hear from me again as I am

> not sure when I will make it back to this computer hold all of my

mailings

> so the mailbox does not runover and fill up?

>

> I will contact you to start sending again when I am able to receive again

> sis. Know you and the other sisters will be in my heart and prayers as

> always and one of the hardest things is going to be not hearing from

> everyone as I will miss everyone so very very much. O.kay gotta go before

I

> start to cry on you here.

>

> Much love,hugs,prayers Sis P. in Virginia -----

>

>

> Hello Sis ilena,

>

> Sorry it has taken me so long to get back with you sis, my hubby took

me

> for one last beach trip before going into surgery since it will be along

> time coming that we will be out together sharing special moments again

bless

> his heart he knew I needed some major stress relief after my pre op appt

on

> Friday. I did get a little bit better news on Fri. though before my pre op

I

> went to talk to my surgeon one last time before the big surgery and he

told

> me I would have to wear a corsette instead of the body brace and would

have

> to put it on before getting out of bed not while sleeping and he just

wants

> me to get up once are twice a day to move around a little so atleast that

is

> better then laying flat the entire 6 months uh? And that they have a new

> procedure now that he is not going to take the bone from my hips to use

for

> the fusions instead he is going to use my bones he takes from my back and

> mix it with bones from a bone bank and some kinda compound to bond them

> together and then put the screws in them to mend them back to my spine

again

> and will still have to use the metal rods 2 of those on each side of the

> spine with one cross over to connect them together and one other area as

> well if needed that looked suspicous on MRI film.

>

> I think that is bring you

> all up to date with my appt. on Friday sis. And no sweetie I do not mind

if

> you share with others the prayers I am in such need of with the other

> sisters and would be touched and blessed with such prayers at a much

needed

> time such as this is sis.

>

> Much love,hugs,prayers

> Sis P. in Virginia

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

> " tootieb " <tootieb@...>

> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 2:13 PM

> Subject: your upcoming surgery

>

>

> > sweet ... may i please share the info on your surgery with your

> > sisters so we can all pray together for you?

> >

> > much love and gentle hugs

> >

> >

> >

>

>