Still praying, Phil.  I didn't know Virgie and Larry were divorced.  So
much need there!

Peggy <who is glad to see you back>

At 06:41 PM 1/14/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Virgie called today.  Yesterday, Larry had a tracheostomy which is when
>they, by surgery, put a breathing tube into your wind pipe.  The ventilator
>was through his mouth and in his throat clear down to his trachea.  Boy, is
>that scary or what for a blind person who then cannot talk or communicate.
>It would freak me out, I can tell you for sure.  Anyhow, now the ventilator
>is attached to the trake tube so it is out of his mouth and throat.  He
>still cannot communicate verbally, however.  I remember the last time I had
>a ventilator jammed down my throat which was several years ago when I just
>had a hernia repaired.  So I was never awake when the ventilator was in.
>When I awakened in the recovery room I coughed my head off.  The ventilator
>is also taped down all around your mouth so it doesn't fall out and move.
>Larry had that in for many days now.  The trake tube will help him breathe
>better and they are already turning the ventilator down little by little in
>attempt to wean him completely off the ventilator.  Virgie needs prayer,
>too.  This has been a very difficult time for her since they just got
>divorced.  Someone gave her the money so she could fly down to Mississippi
>to be with Larry.  This means she had to leave the vending stand she runs
>for a week.  She is staying with Larry's daughter, which has got to be
>awkward in and of itself, but his daughter insisted Virgie come and stay
>with her.  For the most part, of course, Virgie has been staying up at the
>hospital.  The first night she was there, she stayed all night with Larry.
>So at least the trake, I am misspelling trake to make the synthesizer say it
>right, is in and so things should improve.  In my opinion, and I base this
>on everything I know up to this point, and I know a lot I have chosen not to
>share as far as background information is concerned, I believe Larry went to
>his daughter's to die and I believe he doesn't want to live.  Under the
>circumstances, if Larry recovers fully and goes back home, he will be living
>alone.  He has a wonderful place he is living in which is sponsored by a
>church and all of his food and lodging is basically only 250 dollars a
>month.  Larry has little money so that is all he can afford but his two
>bedroom ground floor apartment is the nicest place he's ever lived.  Yet, he
>has nothing to do and he thinks he has nothing to live for.  So, quite
>simply, Virgie and Larry both need prayer.
>
>Phil.
>
>Crazy For Jesus
>www.SafePlaceFellowship.com

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