Could you all spare a thought.....
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:17 am
Dear friends,
I would request that, whatever your practise, and however you do it, that you keep my elderly father in your thoughts.
He is 88.
He has had cancer of the bladder.
He broke his back 4 years ago.
He has an enlarged prostate.
He has osteoporosis.
he has great difficulty walking.
He was on a special diet to relieve the work of his kidneys, due to this cancer.
Now, he is passing blood copiously, with his motions.
So they have changed his diet, yet again....
he has lost a great deal of weight, and is very weak.
They will be conducting further tests at the beginning of May to try to diagnose and establish the precise cause of this bleeding
He is on much medication.
I don't know whether this means he will get better, or he will die.
I am aware of dying being a possibility.
This is what happens to us all.
so I do not necessarily request that you pray for his continued life.
I ask that you consider his discomfort and distress.
And I ask you also to consider my mother (11 years his junior, but now his carer) and that she have the energy and stamina to be able to cope and be comforted.
Life ends.
This I know.
So maybe this is then beginning of the end for him; who can tell.....?
but I wish him relief and serenity. And I wish my mother fortitude and courage.
That's all I ask of you, to join me in this prayer.
I would request that, whatever your practise, and however you do it, that you keep my elderly father in your thoughts.
He is 88.
He has had cancer of the bladder.
He broke his back 4 years ago.
He has an enlarged prostate.
He has osteoporosis.
he has great difficulty walking.
He was on a special diet to relieve the work of his kidneys, due to this cancer.
Now, he is passing blood copiously, with his motions.
So they have changed his diet, yet again....
he has lost a great deal of weight, and is very weak.
They will be conducting further tests at the beginning of May to try to diagnose and establish the precise cause of this bleeding
He is on much medication.
I don't know whether this means he will get better, or he will die.
I am aware of dying being a possibility.
This is what happens to us all.
so I do not necessarily request that you pray for his continued life.
I ask that you consider his discomfort and distress.
And I ask you also to consider my mother (11 years his junior, but now his carer) and that she have the energy and stamina to be able to cope and be comforted.
Life ends.
This I know.
So maybe this is then beginning of the end for him; who can tell.....?
but I wish him relief and serenity. And I wish my mother fortitude and courage.
That's all I ask of you, to join me in this prayer.