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Hi Phil,
Thanks so much for this report.
I will pray for her.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:31 PM
Subject: Pray for Carol
> We need to be really praying for Carol right now. I talked to her this
> morning and she is not well at all. Some of the problem may be due to the
> medications she is on. One of the medications is used with people who
have
> seizures but that same drug is also used for people who have chronic back
> pain. It deadens the nerve endings to assist them in coping with the
> chronic pain. Carol is taking it for her back pain. Well, this drug is
> taken in rather large doses each day and you have to build up to the high
> level over a period of months. This is also true when coming off of it.
> About half way through this treatment, Carol was sounding and feeling the
> best since I've known her. I was hoping they would stop there but they
> cranked her all the way up to the highest levels. She began getting colds
> and illnesses that would hang on for weeks at a time. She no sooner would
> get rid of one but another one would begin. She isn't resting well, has
> very little strength to do anything, and no energy. At times, she even
has
> problems forming words. She has seen her doctors and requested she come
off
> all medications because she no longer wants to be on anything. She is
> starting with the drug for her back that requires such a high dosage each
> day. The doctor told her to go ahead and back the medicine down little by
> little just like she did when starting it and to keep him informed. I am
> very concerned about Carol and have been for many months. The situation
she
> is in right now is serious. If she lived in the states, she would likely
be
> admitted to the hospital for observation and to monitor what the drugs
were
> doing. I do get emails from her but not on a regular bases because she
> simply cannot concentrate long enough to type a long message and when she
> forces herself, she is very tired afterward. She probably would not like
me
> telling you this much but if you knew as much as I do about Carol's life
and
> how the Lord has brought some tremendous emotional healing to her life in
> the past year and a half, you would understand how serious this prayer
> request is. Carol could easily die from this situation and she told me in
> her last email that she has prayed and asked the Lord to take her home.
Not
> because she is suicidal but because she is so weary of being ill and weak
> and unable to function even half a life. I am asking each of you to
please
> pray for life and not death. Her husband, Mike, is also having some
> difficulties at work that isn't helping either one of them. I personally
> believe, and have told Carol this more than once, that her physical
healing
> is the will of God for her life. This is not a guess on my part; it is
what
> I truly believe. It is not, I repeat, it is not God's will for her to die
> at this time. Yet, suffering physically is no picnic for anyone. I
believe
> she will improve as the medications are removed slowly so pray for
strength
> of will and strength of mind for Carol and Mike both right now.
>
> Phil.
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