Hi Kim,
I pray they will leave you alone too.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Etheridge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Attention - Immediate Prayer For John and Vicki


>I know. Thanks for understanding. Please pray that after I go and get this 
>blood work done, that they'll leave me alone for a year.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Attention - Immediate Prayer For John and Vicki
>
>
>> Hi Kim,
>> I know what you mean you go to the doctor and it seems like all they want 
>> to do is take your blood.  I do have a terrible fear of needles and I 
>> have tried to get over it but I can't so when the Lord is ready to heal 
>> me then that is when the fear will go away for me.
>> Virgie and Hoshi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kim Etheridge" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: Attention - Immediate Prayer For John and Vicki
>>
>>
>>> I'm praying, too. I abhor needles. I'm not exactly scared of them, but 
>>> they're not my close friends, either. It's like, every time I have a 
>>> doctor's visit, I'm told, "Kim, we need you back here in four weeks for 
>>> more blood work." I go for blood work, wait forever for my name to be 
>>> called, and when I'm finally in the lab, if they don't get it the first 
>>> prick, it's, "Oops, sorry, Kim, but we're going to have to stick you 
>>> again." I have rolling veins. I know how John feels.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Attention - Immediate Prayer For John and Vicki
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am praying.  I share your dislike for needles.
>>>> Virgie and Hoshi
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:57 PM
>>>> Subject: Attention - Immediate Prayer For John and Vicki
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> John and Vicki were able to come to church this morning.  Afterward, 
>>>>> at
>>>>> home, John had a coughing spell and began having, apparently, very 
>>>>> sharp
>>>>> chest pains.  They should be at the emergency room now.  John would 
>>>>> kill me
>>>>> for telling you this but he needs prayer about it.  He is afraid of 
>>>>> needles
>>>>> and of course they always start up an I V as soon as you get checked 
>>>>> in in
>>>>> case they need to quickly pump some meds into your body.  I have 
>>>>> prayed with
>>>>> people concerning this very thing and it almost always is based upon
>>>>> something they experienced earlier in life and often as a child.  John 
>>>>> had
>>>>> some bad experiences like this when he was younger.  I had to freaking 
>>>>> stick
>>>>> my fingers 5 times so far today for only two blood readings.  I hope I 
>>>>> do
>>>>> better when I take the last of three readings tonight before bed.  I 
>>>>> hate it
>>>>> and often literally say ouch out loud.  I've had 15 major operations, 
>>>>> and 4
>>>>> or 5 minor ones in my life, so I don't like being stuck either.  They 
>>>>> have a
>>>>> topical to deaden your skin which they can use which makes it so you 
>>>>> can't
>>>>> feel the prick in your arm.  I told John, the E R doesn't use it but I 
>>>>> would
>>>>> tell them, I don't like needles.  Get out the topical or I won't let 
>>>>> you jab
>>>>> me.  I ain't proud and besides, we pay big bucks for this stuff 
>>>>> through our
>>>>> insurance so why suffer.  Please don't forget Vicki about all this, 
>>>>> too. It
>>>>> is like my friend Keith says sometimes, They are one hurting unit. 
>>>>> Vicki
>>>>> isn't flying through this thing stressless either and she is one 
>>>>> hurting
>>>>> unit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil.