Personal Prayers

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I had my 37 week check up this morning, and ended up having to take a non-stress test and have blood drawn. Our daughter's heart rate was up in the 180s for a while, which is what warranted the stress test. Thankfully, her heart rate came back down to the 140s and 150s where the doctor wanted it. As for my blood tests, it appears that I have very low platelets and may not be able to have an epidural, and may even end up having a c-section under general anesthesia the way I did when my son was born. They'll be taking more blood on Friday to see if my platelets drop further, which would be the decision-maker there.
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Please, please pray for the safety and well-being of our daughter and myself. I'm rather scared of what it means that my platelets keep going so low, but a part of me is also just trying to keep from forming a bitter attitude at the thought of missing our second child's entrance into the world the way I did with our son. Please pray that I would remain optimistic and just give this all over to God.
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We're also set to close on a house next week, and while my husband and I have taken care of everything on our end, it seems next to impossible for anyone to reach the seller and/or their realtor. Both our realtor and our mortgage rep. have been doing their best to get in touch with these people, but for some reason they're not responding, and there are several pieces of vital paperwork they have yet to return. We've come to terms that we might be paying a chunk of money for flood insurance that turned up in the file after we'd signed the contract, but if these folks would just get back to us, it'd be very possible for us to get a LOMA letter and fix that situation as well. It's becoming a reality that we might not be closing on this house when we expected to. [i]Please pray that regardless of what happens here, that we just be thankful that our lease here isn't even up for another two months, and that while this is a difficult situation, we are not without a home.
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I'd also like to ask for prayers for a dear friend of mine. She has severe depression and has a habit of going off the grid, but I write her regularly because I know when she's in a position to, she gets those e-mails and will reply. She finally replied today, and things have been rough for her lately. She had been working at a medicinal marijuana place for quite a while, but it ended up being shut down a few months ago. At that point she took a job as a dominatrix for a few months, but when that left her empty and lonely she quit the job and isolated herself from everyone in her life. She's basically re-emerging now, and has even started back with school. Please pray for her. Her family (provided nothing has changed since we last spoke) does not offer her haven; her mother seemed to make it clear since she was a young girl that she was a burden and unwanted. [i] Please pray that Laurel would listen to her heart and leave the toxic aspects of her life behind. Please pray that she would consider bringing God into her life, and that she would seek out people who would encourage her and love her. We're across the country from one another now, but she knows she has an open invitation in our home, and has even been asking me what Illinois is like. Please pray for her spiritual, mental, emotional and physical well-being. [/i]

Thank you!