Crisis in the family

Dear readers: I have not posted any entries this week to this blog or HumanLifeMatters' blog. There's been a crisis in our family. At the beginning of the week, my mother-in-law (age 76) was coughing up blood and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. On Wednesday her condition had deteriorated so much that surgery was planned. By then, she was so weak the doctors did not dare to operate. Her lungs began to fill with fluid. Despite wearing a medic-alert bracelet for an allergy to a particular medication, and a warning to doctors by my wife's brother about it, the medication was still administered to her. She ended up in intensive care in critical condition in the sway between life and death. That's where my mother-in-law remains as I write this blog entry.

It's ironic. All of this happened in the week leading up to a major meeting of pro-Life groups throughout the province. It was an important to my wife, LaRee. Then this happened shaking her to the core. Since being hired to the position in June, LaRee has been sick three times and had to take time off work. She never gets sick. She honestly believed God called her to serve the pro-Life movement in this this way. After all, she has had personal experience touching every Life issue from abortion, to euthanasia to end of life issues.

I'm sure she's wondering if she misunderstood God's calling. Perhaps. On the other hand, maye it is Satan who is trying to stop or discourage her. Time will tell.

Please pray for LaRee's mother and her. Thank you.

Mark

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