TOO MUCH LOSS AND TURMOIL

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately.  I have been really busy at work lately and our computer at home was down for a few days.  We needed to get a new graphics card for it.

My heart has been so heavy for so many of my friends.  My friend Roy, lost his mom suddenly and was the one who found her.  His dad had a heart attack and almost died from the shock of his wife dying unexpectedly.  Roy already struggles with depression and bipolar disorder so I have been really worried about him.  He is doing surprisingly well tho, and I think its because he knows how much his dad needs and depends on him right now.

My friend Theresa’s nephew, Zach died in an explosion at a chemical plant her in Cincinnati.  He was 20 years old and had only been in this job for 3 weeks and he was cutting a tube that had chemicals in it and it caused a flash fire and 90% of his body was burned.  He was alive for a few hours and then later died.  He had just recently gotten engaged and he also had a newborn baby at home.  Zach’s mom lived in Florida and I also know her, I went to school with her and Theresa.  Her name is Morgana and she was devastated by her son’s death as you can imagine.  After staying here for a week or so after Zach’s funeral, Morgana boarded her plane with her son’s ashes in hand and arrived home safely. 

Theresa had told me that Morgana was in a pretty abusive relationship and Theresa had begged her not to return to Florida.   Three weeks after Morgana arrived home to her boyfriend, Theresa called me in tears saying that the police had found Morgana and her boyfriend’s bodies.  They had both been shot.  They believe that the boyfriend shot Morgana in the head and then shot himself.  When the police found the bodies, they said that they had been dead for 5 days.  It wasn’t until the workplace of the boyfriend sent someone to their house after the boyfriend hadn’t shown up for work for a few days that they finally found the bodies.  Needless to say, Theresa is completely destroyed by this news.  Such a sad sad situation and my heart goes out to her so much. 

My friend’s Tim and Stephanie had a new baby girl on January 21^st (4 weeks early) and despite being early, baby Regan weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and seemed healthy.  Well, a day after they were discharged from the hospital, Tim and Steph were told that Regan had failed 2 of her blood tests and they needed to bring her back to the hospital.  She was admitted for Jaundice and for more tests.  She was finally released to go home but had to go to Children’s to see a Specialist about the failed tests.  The Jaundice is getting better which is great but Tim and Steph are not out of the woods yet.  They are waiting to hear back the results of the current blood tests so please keep baby Regan in your prayers.

Then poor AP, who we all know and love just cant seem to catch a break with her hand surgeries!  I feel so bad for what she has had to endure and her strength amazes me!

So, if you all could keep all of my precious friends in your prayers I would appreciate it.  I feel so bad for all of them.  Thanks girls.