Prayer request!!!

I know I am posting this in the wrong place, but I need as many people as possible to see my post and I thought it might get more views here.

My dad was admitted to the hospital Saturday because he was having trouble breathing. He seemed better as soon as they put him on oxygen, and we were making plans to move him to a nursing home. He has gone down hill again today and is refusing to be intubated. He needs prayers desperately because he is an atheist, and because he was a doctor who performed abortions for many years. Please forgive him, and ask God to help him forgive himself and give himself to God. Many of you probably know that my Mom just died on Jan 4th. She was his only friend. He has struggled with depression his whole life, so we are not surprised that he has given up on life.

This will NOT stop the Bountiful Angels Easter party this Saturday. The Christmas plans were abandoned when my Mom got sick. The babies are finished and I can't wait to see my ladies get their babies and baskets! If there is another funeral to be planned, it will have to be after Easter.

I am having an MS flare (no wonder with all the stress these past few months) and my MRI last Tuesday showed a new lesion and an old one has gotten bigger, so I could use a few prayers myself.

Thank you, everybody! I will post updates when I can.
(I'm sorry Lara for posting in the wrong place - you can move this thread if it's possible. I just wanted my friends to see it!)

prayers goin up for you and your father. God Bless
Bev

Thank you Bev. He's gone.

Aw, sweetie. I am so sorry for your loss. Only God knows his heart, and you never know what could have been working on him in these last moments. I believe that it just takes that one nano second when you truly believe in God and his gift to us through Christ. In that moment you are forgiven and welcomed into Gods presence through his grace. I pray that your dad was able to forgive himself and know that God loves him. May your family have peace through this difficult time. You are in my prayers as well. If you need anything, please just let me know.

I will move the thread, but leave it here, so your friends can see it and know to pray for you.

Thank you, Lara. I sure hope in those last few minutes or seconds, he gave his heart to Jesus. My grandmother was an atheist too, and she was the sweetest woman in the whole world to me. I can't believe God would send someone so loving to Hell. I just know that in her last moments, she did feel His presence and gave herself to Him. I hope my Dad will be there when I get there. I am so looking forward to that day - I can't wait to see Jesus' face and be reuntied with my loved ones.

I am so very sorry for your loss, but I do believe that no matter what you believe in, that as long as you lived your life as a good and caring person, God will except you with open arms. We are all his children, for some it might be hard to believe in something you can not see, but in the end God understands. I know its hard for most of us to understand abortion too, but for many your father helped them when they were in need. It might not have been the help we veiw as correct, but he was not the one to choose to have the abortion, he just choose to help those that did, if he wasn't there they would of found other ways that could of been much worse. God bless your family and I send my prayers for you too, that your flare up doesn't last long.

I am so sorry for your loss! My prayers are with you! I know its hard. Knowing that you have to accept jesus to be with him when you die, I believe God does give those who have people praying for them that last minute chance! I believe God did and I bet he accepted him and is with Jesus now in heaven!
I know this is a hard time for you, I am praying!

I am sooo sorry to hear about your dad, I will be praying for you and your family at such a sad time

Thank you everyone for your comforting thoughts and prayers.

My daughter did a good job tonight of keeping my mind off my parents. I took her to Urgent Care for what we thought was pink eye. This was the third time she has seen a doctor in the last 4 days. Even with drops and then also oral antibiotics she was getting worse. Well, urgent care sent us to an eye specialist at the hospital (who met us there because it was after hours) and she sent Alison for a CT scan. We went home to pack because the eye doctor said most likely she would be admitted for at least 72 hours of IV antibiotics. She has orbital cellulitus. Doctor called back and said CT was not as bad as expected. She will start treatment at home, doctor will call tomorrow. If she's not better by Thursday morning she'll be admitted, which means I might not make it to Albuquerque for my Dad's service. I haven't bought my plane ticket yet. I am also waiting for an appointment at Mayo Clinic, so that could keep me from going too. Dad will be cremated and we will take his ashes and my Mom's ashes to Ithaca, NY in the fall. That is where we are origionally from, and my Mom loved the fall colors when the leaves changed.

I am so sorry for your loss and we will be praying for you and your family for comfort in this all. As Lara said we do not know what your father did in the last second of breath he had. Prayers for your daughter too. So sorry that is all has to hit you at one time. God Bless just keep your eyes on the LORD he will carry you thorugh.
Bev

Oh my goodness Janie, you cup runneth over ;
big hugs and many prayers for you and your daughter. My sympathies for your loss.
Be sure to take care of yourself!

Thank you, Bev and Denise.

Update on Alison: eye doctor called today, Alison not better, went back to meet doc at hospital. Another long eye exam, then eye doc says she needs to consult with another eye specialist. She finally comes back into exam room and does the exam all over again. Then she says it is not orbital cellulitis, but rather scleritis. She put Alison on oral Prednisone (my favorite drug - NOT!) and steroid eye drops, and she is to continue the antibiotics. Alison has another appointment Friday morning, but we need to call sooner if she's getting worse. So of course I googled scleritis (thinking it must not be as bad since she didn't admit her to the hospital) and it can also cause blindness in severe cases. It seems pretty severe to us - her eye sure looks horrible! I'll keep you posted.

Thank you everyone for your prayers. I know they help!!! My MS flare seems to have subsided, knock on wood!