From Vince Szymkowiak, pastor, Rolla/St. Louis, MO; Fairview Heights, IL:
Sherrie
Giddens and
her husband, Ralph, of the St.
Louis, Missouri,
congregation, wish to thank everyone for their prayers for
Sherrie. Sherrie had an appointment with the ear and skull surgery doctor
last Thursday to check on the progress of the ear infection. He had
already made plans for surgery to remove the infection. Much to the
doctor’s surprise, the infection was gone and only a small amount of fluid
remained in the ear. She had also regained 10 per cent of the hearing
lost (60 per cent) in that ear and will probably gain more over the next few
days. He told her that the stronger antibiotics she was on were only
to keep the infection from getting stronger until the surgery.
Sherrie
and Ralph are extremely grateful to everyone for their prayers and to God for
healing her.
3005
Valley Ridge Drive
Saint Peters, MO
63376
12/10/2007
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From Vince Szymkowiak, pastor, Rolla/St. Louis, MO; Fairview Heights, IL:
Sherrie Giddens and her husband, Ralph, of
the St. Louis, Missouri,
congregation, request your prayers. Sherrie is suffering from mastoiditis in her right ear as a consequence of a middle
ear infection she got shortly after the Feast of Tabernacles.
The infection has spread to the mastoid bone of the skull. The
mastoid bone fills with infected materials and its honeycomb-like structure may
deteriorate. Sherrie has already lost approximately 60% of her hearing
in that ear. She has been on antibiotic treatments, but the
infection still persists. If the infection continues to persist much
longer, it will become necessary to perform surgery on the mastoid
bone. The danger lies in that there is only a thin wall which separates
the infection from the brain. Some of the possible
complications of this infection could be complete hearing loss, facial
paralysis, destruction of the mastoid bone, meningitis, and/or spread of the
infection to the brain or throughout the body.
Sherrie remains in good spirits knowing her healing is in God’s
hands. Please pray for God’s intervention to heal this infection and
avoid the necessity of surgery.
3005 Valley
Ridge Drive
Saint Peters, MO 63376
12/4/2007
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