Wow. How many times do we munch away on something and bite the inside of 
our lip/cheek and stop, say "ouch", and continue on  eating and talking 
over dinner. And to this young lady it  is potentially life threatening. 
I'm praying for her, that this does not hinder her upcoming procedure and 
she heals up.

Brad


At 11:38 PM 2/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>I got this message from my friend Toni about Christian, the  bone marrow
>transplant is to be  Feb. 28th, but there is an urgent need for prayer
>Please join me in praying for God's intervention, direction, peace, and
>strength
>
>An urgent situation is happening right now. The other night Christian bit
>the inside of her jaw while chomping on some celery. This was around
>10:00PM.
>Vic and I were already asleep. Because her platelets were so low, she bled
>through the night while she slept. Yesterday she woke up with her jaw
>swollen
>a bit and the bite in her jaw had become a gash and was still bleeding. I
>called the doctor and we had to give her shots to help clot the blood. Then
>today
>when we went into the hospital, her platelets had dropped to less than
>10,000. Her jaw was still bleeding. They had to give her a transfusion of
>platelets.
>But now her fever has spiked way up and we are being admitted. They are
>going to do more testing to see how bad the infection is and where it
>is....probably
>the gash in her mouth. Right now her immune system is altered and we are in
>need of the "Master's" touch. Please pray for us. I will get another update
>
>asap! I am in a bit of rush so I will get back in a little bit.

Brad

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