Hey all,
I'm glad to hear you're getting better Phil, and I'll be praying for you.
I have a prayer request to add to the list.
My kids step grandpa is in the hospital with colon cancer that's
spread to many other organs, including his brain.  He's not expected
to last another month.  Pray for Gods best for the family, and for his
salvation.  If he doesn't drink anything, he'll probably
not last the week.  Much of that branch of the family needs salvation.
You have all been praying for housing for me, and I'm happy to report
that I'm moving up on a couple of reasonable lists.  Thanks so much
for the support and the prayers.
Blessings to you all,
Donna

On 5/2/15, Tim Pruit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Definitely will be praying, Phil. So glad you're doing better now!  Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 10:44:26 PM
> Subject: Saturday trip to the Emergency Room
>
> Monday of this week, I bent down to see what one of our little dogs was
> chewing on.  I dropped to my right knee and discovered, he had nothing he
> was chewing on, and I stood up.  My lower spine popped and I told Sandy at
> the time, I hope that doesn't mean anything concerning my back.  Tuesday my
> left leg began hurting along with my lower back.  Wednesday, I could hardly
> walk through the house and Wednesday night was hard to get some sleep.
> Thursday was even worse and I didn't sleep all night due to the back and leg
> pain.  Friday, I went to our family doctor.  They gave me steroids and pain
> medication and said I was right; it is sciatica.  Today was off the wall and
> I couldn't hardly walk at all.  We went to the E R and they agreed with the
> diagnoses.  However, since I had no symptoms of neurological damage, they
> didn't even need to take x-rays or do an MRI.  They put in an IV and gave me
> a dose of steroids to help to speed up the healing of any swelling that
> likely caused the bulging disk that was causing the pain.  Then they gave me
> a dose of morpheme and within 10 minutes or so, the pain was 90 percent
> reduced.  We were there about three hours.  By the time we arrived home, my
> leg was hurting again but about half as badly as before.  I was also, by
> this time, bummed out and stressed over everything but I took double to dose
> of the pain medication like they instructed and as Sandy and I ate some
> Wendy's take out, my leg got better and better.  I am now walking well, and
> sitting at my computer typing, which was literally impossible for me to do
> Wednesday and Thursday.  So those who didn't get email answers from me, will
> be getting one soon as I get caught up.  My leg is still weak and feels like
> my mom accidentally put it through her old clothes ringer but I praise the
> Lord the pain itself is basically reduce to a small level.  I didn't think
> the morpheme would work because they gave it to me a year and a half ago
> when doing lower back surgery on me and I hated the feeling it left me with
> but this time it was a small dose and worked within moments.  The pain
> pills, which weren't doing a thing due to the wrong dosage and due to the
> fact the pain had gotten out of control, are now working so I'm looking
> forward to a good nights rest tonight.  I appreciate your prayers as I
> recover further.
>
> Phil.
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