From Paul Kieffer, regional pastor, German speaking areas:
Mrs.
Elisabeth Drosdek, from our
Bornergasse 38
76829 Landau
3/14/2008
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From Paul Kieffer, regional pastor, German speaking areas:
Elisabeth
and Alois Drosdek, members
of the
She
and the family would appreciate your prayers for her full recovery.
1/16/2007
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From Paul Kieffer, regional pastor for German speaking areas:
Elisabeth Drosdek's remarkable recovery from her heart failure
continues.
She is talking
normally again, and after some initial memory lapses her short-term memory
appears to have recovered a great deal. She is now at a rehabilitation center
where she receives special treatment to strengthen her weakened muscles after
having spent three weeks in bed. This week she was able to take 50 steps on her
own, with her husband, Alois, at her side to catch
her if she should stumble. In another ten days or so she should be able to go
home. Elisabeth and her family appreciate the prayers and the encouraging
messages of support they have received from all over the world.
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From Paul Kieffer, regional pastor for German speaking areas:
There has been
a dramatic improvement in Elisabeth Drosdek's condition.
Doctors said that if she didn't improve after the first couple days of
consciousness that not much more could be expected. That was over a week ago.
The neurologist said the EEG test confirmed the doctors' opinion that her brain
had been quite damaged by the several minutes between her heart's stopping and
being revived, and that it made no sense at that point to prescribe any kind of
therapy. After her pneumonia was stabilized and she was removed from intensive
care October 23, orders were to prepare her for a nursing home by putting a
feeding tube in her stomach, etc. If any more complications arise, the doctors
would do basic procedures, but would not go overboard trying to revive her or
keep her alive.
Monday and
Tuesday she seemed to be getting stronger as the pneumonia weakened. Tuesday
evening she was getting livelier. She was all turned around in her bed which
meant pulled-out hoses and tubes. After hospital staff got her all hooked up
again, she seemed really responsive and always focused her eyes when looking at
her family members. She even tried to talk (no sound, but she did try to form
her lips to say a word).
Wednesday,
October 25, her daughter and son-in-law found her very alert and cognizant!
When told that they tried to buy flowers that smelled, but that basically only
the carnations had a smell, and they held the mixed bouquet toward her, she
leaned forward, put her nose on a carnation and sniffed strongly! She reacted
to their comments just like normal! Every expression she made was the
expression they would have expected her to make as a response to the respective
comments. She has a hole cut in her throat with a breathing tube/vacuum hooked
to it, so at this time she can not use her vocal cords.
Her family, and all of us, are quite thrilled with this
miraculous intervention!
Your prayers
are still requested for the healing still needed.
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From Paul Kieffer, regional pastor for German speaking areas:
Mrs. Elisabeth
Drosdek suffered cardiac arrest early Monday morning.
She had been caring for her 90+ year old mother for some time, and her mom died
after Trumpets. Mrs. Drosdek had considerable stress
with the entire situation and was quite worn down, and her doctor misdiagnosed
her tiredness as stress related. In reality she had pneumonia. The pressure
from her fluid-filled lungs caused her heart to stop as her husband was
bringing her to the hospital around midnight. She was revived and was on life
support until Wednesday. Most of the fluid has been drained from her lungs, but
she is unable to speak and there is concern that she may have suffered brain
damage.
Her husband Alois is also a member. Please keep them both in your
prayers.
Alois &
Elisabeth Drosdek
Bornergasse 38
76829 Landau
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From Paul Kieffer
in
During a recent routine examination, Elisabeth Drosdek, a member of our
They would appreciate the prayers of the brethren on
their behalf. Their children Andreas and Eva are
Alois & Elisabeth Drosdek
Bornergasse 38
76829 Landau
8/8/2002
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