Charlotte Bruce is in need of special prayers today. She has her radiation treatment scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. In prep for the shots and pills, she has had to deplete her body of iodine by her diet, eliminating iodized salt, dairy products and fish. The idea is that once you deplete your body of iodine, the shots and pills have iodine in them and any rogue thyroid cells left in the body (that might be cancerous) will be attracted to the iodine and the radiation will kill them thus eliminating the threat. However, her calcium is terribly low now since she has been on the diet for about 2 weeks. She had some blood work done yesterday because she has been feeling so badly and the doc told her to eat her calcium supplements throughout the day today and take her calcium prescription. If her calcium has not risen by tomorrow they want to put her in the hospital to give to her in an IV. Please join me is praying that her calcium will rise today, that she will feel better and her reaction to the radiation next week will be positive.
I also understand that Justin Latta is still suffering from issues as a result of his gall bladder surgery. They are trying to regulate with meds but he still is getting sick throughout the day and having cramps. As you can imagine he has lost a lot of weight. Please keep him in your prayers that the right meds will be found or if there is another issue that needs to be handled that the doctors will find it.
I'd like to give you an update on Gracie Ann Poole. She had mutliple surgeries last week including a trach revision, tubes in her ears replaced, GI and hernia fixes and a bronchoscopy taking cultures to see what all is growing in there to alleviate some of her issues hopefully. As you can imagine, little sista is having a rough time after all that. Please keep her and her family in your prayers continually, there are more surgeries upcoming. If you are on Facebook, I recommend you go to Gracie's page, Walking By Faith with Gracie. There are pictures and updates from her mom and you can see her sweet smile. And a little ways down the page you can see her Happy Birthday pictures where she turned 6! Even at 6 years old, she knows, and has known for a long time, that God holds her in His arms and gives her strength. Be blessed by her story!
Love,
Becky
Becky
