Yes, I will be praying for Carol.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:31 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.