John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
This is truly one selfless and sacrificial mom who goes all the way not to abort (kill) her baby! What courageous love! Please pray for her as she and her baby goes through the surgery today. Here is the prayer request from Patty Bonds:
An Urgent Request for Prayer
I am passing on this prayer request received today from a friend. Please pray for this urgent situation. This very intense surgery will take place Monday, and both Mom and Baby are at serious risk. Laurette. My daughter Claire just called me about a Filipino Catholic woman Claire cared for today at Saint Vincent's Hospital. The woman's name is Lenny.
Her husband converted to Catholicism in the last year. Lenny had a baby less than a year ago by C-section and became pregnant again right away. The pregnancy was not healthy. The placenta grew abnormally outside of the womb through the C-section incision. It is growing into her other vital organs, her bladder, bowel and other places so that all the organ's blood vessels are tangled up with the placenta. Doctors told her she had to have an abortion or she would die. She refused. They did an MRI at 22 weeks and cared for her as best they could. Now she is bleeding. They will do another MRI on Friday and operate to do some surgery Monday to try and save
her life and deliver the baby which is mature enough to live if they can get the baby out without harm.
Claire has been delivering babies for about 14 years and has never seen anything remotely like this, or any surgery ever so complicated. None of the physicians have either. The best medical team in Portland will be there Monday. There will be a specialist for every organ involved in the
operating room to try to help untangle the blood vessels. Claire said Lenny could bleed out in six minutes if they make a mistake. .
Lenny has been in the hospital for three months. Today the two women shared their faith and prayed. Lenny was crying and said she just wants to live to care for her babies.
Her husband is terrified.
Please keep this courageous faithful woman and her family in your prayers. She said she would like to be on prayer lists, so please also forward this message.
Her husband converted to Catholicism in the last year. Lenny had a baby less than a year ago by C-section and became pregnant again right away. The pregnancy was not healthy. The placenta grew abnormally outside of the womb through the C-section incision. It is growing into her other vital organs, her bladder, bowel and other places so that all the organ's blood vessels are tangled up with the placenta. Doctors told her she had to have an abortion or she would die. She refused. They did an MRI at 22 weeks and cared for her as best they could. Now she is bleeding. They will do another MRI on Friday and operate to do some surgery Monday to try and save
her life and deliver the baby which is mature enough to live if they can get the baby out without harm.
Claire has been delivering babies for about 14 years and has never seen anything remotely like this, or any surgery ever so complicated. None of the physicians have either. The best medical team in Portland will be there Monday. There will be a specialist for every organ involved in the
operating room to try to help untangle the blood vessels. Claire said Lenny could bleed out in six minutes if they make a mistake. .
Lenny has been in the hospital for three months. Today the two women shared their faith and prayed. Lenny was crying and said she just wants to live to care for her babies.
Her husband is terrified.
Please keep this courageous faithful woman and her family in your prayers. She said she would like to be on prayer lists, so please also forward this message.
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