Please Pray for Kristi
Friends,
I just received the following message and would ask you to please pray for Kristi and her entire family and network of friends. Prayer does make a difference!
Suzan
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Hello everyone,
It is with a heavy heart that I ask you for prayer for a friend from church whose name is Kristi Walker. She is 29 years old and has two little boys, Cade and Mason, ages 2 and 4. She was expecting another baby boy in a few weeks and was on bedrest for the past few weeks or so due to severe joint and back pain. Last Friday 10/17, they admitted her and the doctors determined quickly that she needed an emergency C section putting the baby about a month early. The baby, Zane, does have a problem with one of his kidneys and will need a surgery at some point in the future but otherwise is doing well. They had known about the kidney issue before his birth. The reason for the emergency C-section was that Kristi’s health was in danger as she had a high heart rate, liver issues and low platelets. They thought that this was a result of a syndrome and having the baby would be the cure. When these issues were not resolved after the C section, she was transferred to ICU (still had not seen the baby yet as they didn’t want the baby going into ICU area due to RSV risks) and spent a couple of nights there. Then, on Sunday, when her liver enzymes were still up and her platelets were still low after having transfusions, they decided to transfer her to UNC (she was at Wake Med- Cary) by ambulance to be evaluated by some specialists there. The baby stayed at Western Wake and was released to go home with Kristi’s parents on Monday. They ran numerous tests and by Wednesday a team of doctors came in to tell her that she has Stage 4 cancer in the bones, primarily spine and hip, and the liver. She also has a hematoma between the small and large intestines. They transferred her to the Cancer Ward at UNC and she was to start chemotherapy this weekend. They recently determined that the origin of the cancer was breast cancer which had metastasized to the bones and liver.
Please pray for a miracle for Kristi and also for strength for her and her husband, Chuck, as you can imagine how difficult this situation is for them. Kristi’s parents are caring for the new baby and her boys while trying to be with Kristi at UNC as much as possible. If your church has a prayer list and you wouldn’t mind to add this young mom to that list, that would be greatly appreciated. Kristi is a very vibrant young woman with great enthusiasm and zeal for life. So we know, with the Lord as her strength, she will fight this as hard as she can against the odds stacked very high against her. Chuck sent a message to our Sunday School class that there is hope, and we are holding onto that hope right now. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Sandy
