>Hi Everyone,
I just received this from someone who saw this on Twitter.
What a Miracle!
Please pray and Please read below.
Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
>I just saw the following on Twitter. If you can
>help, please do:
>http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/big-rog-the-1-/73512
> From the above web page: 74days left$3325raised
>of $20000 goal16%Organizer: Roger and Teresa's
>children Beneficiary: Roger and Teresa Behm Help
>the Roger Behm Family with medical bills during
>his fight for life. ☺ [...] On May 15, 2013,
>at age 59, Roger Behm went to the emergency room
>with abdominal pain. He was treated for a small
>bowel blockage and released 11 days
>later. Still clearly not well, Roger reentered
>another hospital just 2 days later and had major
>emergency surgery to fix bowel perforations. He
>had 18 inches of his intestine/colon removed.
>But after 8 days of minor improvement he was
>transferred, via ambulance, to a larger medical
>facility in Madison, Wisconsin. Within just a
>few hours of his arrival, he would undergo
>another major emergency surgery – but this
>time, doctors were not optimistic of his
>chances. What was thought to have started as a
>small obstruction had advanced into over 40
>perforations in the bowel. Once out of surgery,
>he and the family were given devastating news.
>His intestines were completely dead and there
>was nothing more they could do. The doctors said
>Roger had less than a 1% chance to survive the
>next 24 hours. The following night, less than 24
>hours after he was given, what can only be
>called a death sentence, they removed his
>ventilator and Roger started talking. The fight
>for his life then began. After 4 weeks at
>home,full of ups and downs, Roger began to feel
>the full weight of his medical issues. As a last
>effort, Roger and his family made a decision to
>have the specialists at Mayo Clinic in
>Rochester, Minnesota, give him one more opinion.
>What an amazing decision that has turned out to
>be! Doctors there have discovered that he does
>indeed still have blood flow to his intestines
>(although it is still unknown to what extent).
>They feel confident that Roger will live after
>all and that they will be able to significantly
>improve his quality of life. He may even be
>able to eat a beloved Angus burger or Banana
>Cream pie again someday! But most importantly to
>Roger, they believe he will be able to enjoy
>watching his children and grandchildren grow up.
>As you can imagine, we, the family, are in an
>absolute state of joy and thankfulness. But as
>you all know, this miracle will come with a
>price. The experts at Mayo believe Roger’s
>recovery will take numerous surgeries over the
>span of a year or more and although insurance
>is a wonderfuul thing, it does not completely
>cover all expenses. With full time medical care
>a necessity, the bills are quickly become
>overwhelming. Family members, especially
>Roger’s wife, have been with him around the
>clock at the different hospitals to provide him
>with comfort, support, and love. Some of these
>stays have been for weeks at a time. These are
>further expenses for our family. His wife,
>Teresa, is currently able to provide for medical
>support for the summer, however her job starts
>back up with school season in August. Full time
>employment appears to be unlikely for either of
>them. Roger and Teresa have 4 grown adult
>children, but still have a 12 year old visually
>impaired daughter at home. Roger is also
>visually impaired; he has been totally blind
>since he was 16. Roger has always been
>self-sufficient and has amazed most people by
>how much a blind person can do. Many of us
>forget he’s blind because he does just as much
>or more than most sighted people. He has
>donated an enormous amount of his time to
>helping other individuals (especially the blind
>community), but now he needs your help. Anyone
>that has every met Roger Behm remembers
>him. How many people do you know like Roger
>Behm - less than 1%? The deadline, 10/5/13, is
>Roger and Teresa's 39th wedding anniversary. --------------
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