A tough weekend...

by: Charis

It's been a tough week. At my doctor's appointment on Wednesday, she told me that my body was responding abnormally to the fertility medicine, which was a  nice way of saying that it wasn't working. Two stressful & anxious days later, she confirmed that we should not proceed with invitro this month. We were sad that another door had been closed, but glad to have avoided spending a ton of money on a procedure that probably wouldn't have worked. The doctor said that my chances of getting pregnant on our own this month were decent because of the fertility meds, so at least there is a silver lining. If we don't get pregnant before then, we plan to try invitro again in April with a slightly different medicinal approach.

Then in the midst of all this going on, my sweet friend Jenny was admitted to the ICU with double pneumonia which quickly progressed to septic shock. Yesterday was very touch and go, and Jenny was barely clinging to life. It was very hour-to-hour. Late Saturday night they told us her hands and feet were turning black. She made it through the night and some of her levels have been getting better. She is still facing gangrene in her hands and feet (which might mean losing them) and acute kidney failure. Please pray for her blood pressure to rise and her blood circulation to improve.

I'm learning so much about prayer because of Jenny. I'm praying in a way that I haven't prayed in a long time. There's a desperation to my prayer and my need for the Lord to answer my prayer and heal her. I'm being challenged to not only have faith that God CAN heal her, but that He WILL. It also puts so much into perspective for me. My "problems" have suddenly become so insignificant and tedious. Even my prayer for God to create a life in me this month has become a poor second to the prayer to save Jenny's life.