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[David M.]

On Monday 03 May 2004 01:39 am, David Aikema wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would appreciate it if you would pray for my sister.  To say the least,
> she's had a really rough year*, and just this morning she was hauled off to
> the hospital by ambulance after complaining of a lot of pain and then
> losing consciousness for a bit.
>
> The hospitals in the area are currently in the middle of a rather large
> labour dispute (and there appears to be a fairly strong possibility of a
> general strike in the province), but this evening they hauled in a
> radiologist to conduct a CT scan.  The diagnosis: she has a ruptured
> spleen.
>
> I just got off the phone with my parents @ the hospital.... apparently
> she's just going into emergency surgery.
>
> David
>
> * Last spring she just finished her undergraduate degree, and was enrolled
> in the professional development program in September to enter the teaching
> program.  Within a couple of weeks she was bedridden with really severe
> arthritis, and ended up spending a number of months in the hospital.  After
> being put on an experimental drug, she finally was beginning to walk and a
> couple of weeks back she received permission from one of her doctors to
> head back to school in September.  On the way home from this appointment,
> she (and my mom) ended up in a fairly serious car accident.  The injuries
> could easily have been more severe, but she broke a few bones in her face
> and received a lot of bruising (my mom ended up a little bit bloodied up
> but nothing as serious)... then today happened.

Count on my prayers

David M.