Will You Include Her In Your Prayers?

Tonight, I spoke on the telephone with a 6-year old, precious angel!  I spoke to her while she was falling asleep in a hospital bed in Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California.  A week ago today, she was playing with her two brothers, swimming, and eating just great.  Tonight, she is diagnosed with Lymphoma-B and is fighting a large mass in her chest and stomach cavity via Chemotherapy.  This darling sweetie is my best friend’s daughter.  It took my best friend several days to call me to let me know.  When she did, in shock and horror, I sobbed.

Here is what Lainey is stricken with (temporarily, we all hope):

“B-Cell Lymphomas

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas caused by malignant (cancerous) B-Cell lymphocytes represent a large subset (about 85% in the US) of the known types of lymphoma (the other 2 subsets being T-Cell lymphomas and lymphomas where the cell type is the Natural Killer Cell or unknown). B-Cells undergo many changes in their life cycle dependent on complex signaling processes between cells and interaction with foreign substances in the body.  Apparently various types of lymphoma or leukemia can occur in the B-Cell life cycle.”

I have written about Lori several times on this blog.  She and I have been best friends for over 24 years.  Lori is my angel from God and has served her Lord like no other.  She is a home-schooling, mother of 3 who lives her life for Jesus.  She has been faced with some family troubles in the past year or so.  Just as they “clear the woods,” this happened to their only little girl.  I remember when she was pregnant with her… after TWO boys.   Nobody is more “girlie” than Lori, so I was very happy for her.   Here’s a snipet of a previous post about her:

LORI – Famous only to those who love her… MY BEST FRIEND

Lori and I have been friends since 1983-4.  So, I guess that means that we’ve been friends for 24+ years.  Some of you people reading this blog aren’t even that old.  Good grief… I’m a hag.  But, Lori would have to be the other person there and not just because she’s my life-long best friend, but because to me she’s a modern-day hero.  She has dedicated her life to God and raising her family by the word of God.  She loves her husband faithfully and wholly.  She’s an amazing mother and humanitarian.  When anybody has ever needed help, she’s been there.  She’s taken care of her dying father and mother-in-law and nursed them in her home until their passage to Heaven.  She took in her nephew, a very troubled child, when his unfit mother abandoned him and nobody else would take responsibility for this boy.  She’s the definition of a true friend.  I don’t think that there’s anything that I’ve done or said (which, BTW… is A LOT… I’m the nutjob in the family) that has made her change her mind about loving me.  She’s been my inspiration and my protection, my confidant and my prayer guide.  I believe that she is an angel sent down to earth for those of us who really need her the most (I’m for sure one of them).  There’s no other human being in the world like her. 

My cry is to all the mothers who read my blog…

My cry is to all of those who pray…

Please include Lainey in your prayers and positive wishes for healing.  Please include Lori in your prayers and positive wishes for comfort.  Please include Lori’s family in your prayers for their well-being and comfort. 

I understand that The Ronald McDonald House has been remarkable in assisting with a room.  I’m sure to donate to the cause much more than I have in the past.  How remarkable to find a family bed/room after spending days in the hospital, in shock, with your baby in a hospital bed!

I know many of you are attending Easter services this Sunday.  Lori’s father died on Easter not long ago… and now her baby girl is fighting for her life on Easter.  Please, please… pray for them in church. 

I can’t thank you enough! 

In His Love,

Sheri

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