Prayer Warriors

Ok people...get on your knees.  My best friend Heather's niece is in very serious condition. They have found abscesses on her brain that they cannot remove.  So much has happened since Tuesday morning and her status changes almost hourly.  I am copying Heather's most recent update from her blog.  Feel free to check her blog to find any updates and I will try to post them here as well.  Here is what she wrote earlier:

Katie Update as of  10:00 am Sept 3, 2009

Okay guys, here's the latest. I was there at CHOC for a few hours last night. Annie and Richie are holding up as well as can be expected in the situation. They are amazingly strong people for what they're going through. As you know they cant fully remove the abcesses because they've taken over half her brain, but they did put drains in to drain the abcesses and flush them out. That procedure went extremely well for what they're dealing with. She is stable and they're waiting on MRI results today which is huge and pathology results as well. Thank you so much for your continued prayer and support, it is appreciated more than you can imagine. Katie is an angel, she is astounding doctors, nurses and all of us with her strength.

Jesus hasn't changed! He STILL reigns!!!

We will continue to praise him in this storm.  I have been singing that song since I got the first phone call.  This is heart wrenching and I wish I had the words to make them feel better.  I wish I could make it all go away.  God is bigger than all of this and He is the only one to get everyone through this.  I stayed with Heather's kids last night so they could go visit with her sister.  They aren't allowed up to the room b/c of swine flu but they met in the lobby to offer support.  I will go back at a moment's notice if they need me.  Please also pray for Heather and Annie's parents as the are stuck on a cruise ship (due to the hurricane in Mexico) and cannot get off until tomorrow morning and will be flying back to LAX tomorrow late afternoon.  This is very hard for them knowing they can't even be there for their daughter when she needs them most.  Also, pray for Heather and Chris as they are expecting a child in a few weeks.  It is such a joyous thing but their family is going through such a hard time it's hard to be as excited as they were on Monday.  I know this is a lot of prayer requests but please pray for whatever you feel led to pray about.  We want as many people to know about this little girl as we can.  You can read Heather's original post here http://halfdozenblessings.blogspot.com/2009/09/wordless-wednesday-exception.html.  It explains in more detail what happened from the beginning.