Hello Everyone,
I have been in CF for a little while and have yet to come over and say 'Hello' to my fellow Church members. I was wondering if I could add my father to your prayer lists. My father managed to break his neck 6 weeks ago while going for a walk with Mum. He tripped over while he was walking and fell heavily on his shoulder. He did not feel anything at first except for some neck pain, and carried on as normal. The next Sabbath he took a Youth Rally at Avondale College and did not see his Doctor until Monday. Anyway a few stuff ups later, Mum rings me on Thursday to tell me that Dad was not well, when I tried to talk to him on the phone, I realised that something was very wrong and got Mum to take him into Hospital. Several tests and scans later we find out that Dad has basically broken his neck and ruptured the disks at C5 and C6. The Doctors were amazed that Dad was still alive and was not a quadriplegic. After a Halo brace was screwed into his skull, we thought that Dad would be fine, however Dad continued to go down hill. One week after he had been admitted to hospital Dad was in renal failure, liver failure, respiratory failure and heart failure. He was admitted to ICU and they tried for 2 hours to intubate him, unable to do this, they had to perform a tracheostomy. At this point, Dad slipped into a coma. 70 or so hours later, Dad started to wake up, and he has been improving at an incredible rate since then.
I dont know how many 'Aussies' there are in here, but some of you may know of Dad. He is the National Director of Education for the Church, and Dad is very much in demand for Youth Rallies, Camps etc and he has touched the lives of many people. We firmly believe that the devil has tried to take him from us and also to attack the modality of which Dad has reached so many people, his voice.
So if you could please add Dad to your prayer lists.
Thank you and God Bless
Claire
I have been in CF for a little while and have yet to come over and say 'Hello' to my fellow Church members. I was wondering if I could add my father to your prayer lists. My father managed to break his neck 6 weeks ago while going for a walk with Mum. He tripped over while he was walking and fell heavily on his shoulder. He did not feel anything at first except for some neck pain, and carried on as normal. The next Sabbath he took a Youth Rally at Avondale College and did not see his Doctor until Monday. Anyway a few stuff ups later, Mum rings me on Thursday to tell me that Dad was not well, when I tried to talk to him on the phone, I realised that something was very wrong and got Mum to take him into Hospital. Several tests and scans later we find out that Dad has basically broken his neck and ruptured the disks at C5 and C6. The Doctors were amazed that Dad was still alive and was not a quadriplegic. After a Halo brace was screwed into his skull, we thought that Dad would be fine, however Dad continued to go down hill. One week after he had been admitted to hospital Dad was in renal failure, liver failure, respiratory failure and heart failure. He was admitted to ICU and they tried for 2 hours to intubate him, unable to do this, they had to perform a tracheostomy. At this point, Dad slipped into a coma. 70 or so hours later, Dad started to wake up, and he has been improving at an incredible rate since then.
I dont know how many 'Aussies' there are in here, but some of you may know of Dad. He is the National Director of Education for the Church, and Dad is very much in demand for Youth Rallies, Camps etc and he has touched the lives of many people. We firmly believe that the devil has tried to take him from us and also to attack the modality of which Dad has reached so many people, his voice.
So if you could please add Dad to your prayer lists.
Thank you and God Bless
Claire
