Prayers needed for my husband and family please!!!

[Tangeloper]

UPDATES:
10/7:
My husband will be going in tomorrow for an Ultrasound, and a visit with a GI Specialist immediately after that. Please pray that we are able to find the cause of his problems and/or move forward in the diagnosis so that we can figure out what he needs to do to correct the problem. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us already. We greatly appreciate the continuing prayers!

10/4
My husband just received a call from his doctor. Seems the tests they did show that his levels are still high. And, he is still getting heartburn like chest pains, so the doctor is going to be giving us a call back in a little bit to see what we should do about it. Not sure if it will be more tests, or what.
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UPDATE: 10/4 -- AFTERNOON:
Our doctor called back and he will be going in for more tests this Monday, and a visit to a specialist next week after the Ultrasound. He had more blood drawn this afternoon, so they will keep an eye on things while we wait for the other tests...
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Please pray that we find out what is wrong, and that we can get his levels to go back to normal.

Thank you so much for your prayers, I appreciate it!
God Bless,
Tange

Hi everyone! I come to my fellow prayer warriors today to request prayers for my husband, myself and our family. The short version is that I had to take him to the ER this morning with chest pains. Thank the LORD it was not his heart, but he was diagnosed as having Non-Alcoholic Pancreatitis (sp?). For the full version of what is going on and specifics of what the doctors said and such please visit the thread I posted in the Prayer Requests forum. You can access the thread at this link:
Husband diagnosed with Pancreatitis This Morning (http://foru.ms/t6156686-husband-diagnosed-with-pancreatitis-sp-this-morning.html#post39123674)

Thank you in advance for your prayers! I greatly appreciate them!

God bless,
Tangeloper

[ForeverInHisArms]

still praying for your family sis! :prayer:

[robannat55]

Father, speak into this situation I pray. Pass your healling hand over them for they are your children.
In Jesus name I pray.
Amen

[Tangeloper]

Thank you for your prayers! I greatly appreciate it! I will keep you all updated as we find out more...

[Tangeloper]

Praise the Lord, I have some good news to share!

We visited with the doctor today who figured out what was causing the chest pain my husband was experiencing. It seems that the cartilige joints that attach the ribs to the sternum are sore which is causing the pain in his chest. So, we are grateful that the doctor was able to set our minds at ease regarding the pain.

Another issue my husband was worried about (a bulge in his abdomen) turns out to be an unfortunate side effect from his abdominal muscles weakening while he was laid up with his back. This kind of thing usually affects older people, but can be hereditary as well. It is nothing serious though and should have no effect on his health in the future, either...

As for the Pancreatitis... We are cautiously optimistic given the fact that he is not experiencing any abdominal pain right now. More blood tests were taken today to rule out the possibility that it is progressively worsening (which usually happens within 24 hours). We will find out the results of today's blood tests tomorrow, and as long as the enzyme levels have either stabilized, and/or lowered we will be able to follow-up again with more tests next week. There is some concern that something he experienced last February that was diagnosed as an intestinal bacterial infection might have actually been a case of acute Pancreatitis that was overlooked/mis-diagnosed. However, as of right now he is NOT experiencing abdominal pain so that is a VERY good sign...

The doctor has also said that if the tests come back good he will be able to return to work tomorrow which is a great relief as we were just catching up from his being off for 6 months with his back...

My whole family thanks you for your prayers, and we greatly appreciate your continued prayers as well!

Thank you Lord for watching over my husband and my entire family. Lord, please abundantly bless my friends here who have prayed to you on our behalf. They are a great blessing to me! I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, your son, my Lord and Savior... Amen.

[Ariella]

:hug: continuing to pray tange - bless you! and thanks for the update here!

[Karen1959]

still praying for you Tange and your husband and family.

[Karen1959]

Praise the Lord, I have some good news to share!

We visited with the doctor today who figured out what was causing the chest pain my husband was experiencing. It seems that the cartilige joints that attach the ribs to the sternum are sore which is causing the pain in his chest. So, we are grateful that the doctor was able to set our minds at ease regarding the pain.

Another issue my husband was worried about (a bulge in his abdomen) turns out to be an unfortunate side effect from his abdominal muscles weakening while he was laid up with his back. This kind of thing usually affects older people, but can be hereditary as well. It is nothing serious though and should have no effect on his health in the future, either...

As for the Pancreatitis... We are cautiously optimistic given the fact that he is not experiencing any abdominal pain right now. More blood tests were taken today to rule out the possibility that it is progressively worsening (which usually happens within 24 hours). We will find out the results of today's blood tests tomorrow, and as long as the enzyme levels have either stabilized, and/or lowered we will be able to follow-up again with more tests next week. There is some concern that something he experienced last February that was diagnosed as an intestinal bacterial infection might have actually been a case of acute Pancreatitis that was overlooked/mis-diagnosed. However, as of right now he is NOT experiencing abdominal pain so that is a VERY good sign...

The doctor has also said that if the tests come back good he will be able to return to work tomorrow which is a great relief as we were just catching up from his being off for 6 months with his back...

My whole family thanks you for your prayers, and we greatly appreciate your continued prayers as well!

Thank you Lord for watching over my husband and my entire family. Lord, please abundantly bless my friends here who have prayed to you on our behalf. They are a great blessing to me! I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, your son, my Lord and Savior... Amen.
thank you for sharing the good news! Glad to hear it!!

[Munch]

Praise the Lord! Still praying :)

[Redheadedstepchild]

God is good!

Praying for your family.

[Tangeloper]

More good news to share!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!

The blood tests taken yesterday show the levels to be down 10 whole points! They are still well above normal, but on a downward trend which is VERY good!!! My husband is still non-symptomatic from the pancreatitis so that is even BETTER news!

Praise the Lord our God for he truly works miracles! For my husband NOT to be in pain right now with the pancreatitis is amazing, and a HUGE blessings. As is the chest pain that brought him into the ER in the first place. We cannot figure out how he could've possibly hurt his ribs as he is still not allowed to lift anything over 20 lbs. from his back surgery?!?! Perhaps this was God's way of getting him to go to the doctor, and showing us something was wrong in another area!!! (God surely knows how stubborn my hubby is!)

Well, anyway your continued prayers that the downward trend continues till he is back to normal is appreciated! We will be going in for follow-up tests with his normal doctor this coming Monday...

Thank you so much for all of your prayers!

God bless all of you!
Tange

[Karen1959]

still praying for your husband, you and your family!

[EternallyPierced]

Praying for your husband! :hug: :D

[SoulsForChrist]

Lifting you all up in prayer! Jesus is the healer! May He be glorified through your healing and give you all strength, peace and an assurance that He is in control.

[Tangeloper]

Thank you so much for the prayers! I really appreciate them, as does my husband and children! All is well for now, Praise the Lord!!!

[Tangeloper]

My husband just received a call from his doctor. Seems the tests they did show that his levels are still high. And, he is still getting heartburn like chest pains, so the doctor is going to be giving us a call back in a little bit to see what we should do about it. Not sure if it will be more tests, or what.

Please pray that we find out what is wrong, and that we can get his levels to go back to normal.

Thank you so much for your prayers, I appreciate it!

[Karen1959]

still praying for you and your husband and family.

[Tangeloper]

Thank you for your prayers! He will be going in for more tests this Monday, and a visit to a specialist next week after the Ultrasound. He had more blood drawn this afternoon, so they will keep an eye on things while we wait for the other tests...

Thank you so much for your prayers!

[Karen1959]

More prayers for you and your family

[Tangeloper]

Thank you, Karen! :hug: :hug:

[DaughterofEve]

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[Tangeloper]

Thank you for the prayers! Please remember us tomorrow as my husband will be going in for an ultrasound in the morning, and a visit with the GI Specialist immediately after that... Please pray that the doctors are able to find the cause, and/or that we can move forward in finding out what the cause is, so we can figure out how to make him better. Of course, the Lord can heal without the help of the doctors, so prayers for healing would be especially appreciated! Thank you!

[Karen1959]

still praying!

[prayergal]

Will be keeping you lifted up. :D

[prayergal]

Father, I thank you that You are Jehovah Rapha, Tangeloper's husband's healer. Strengthen her. And touch his body. I believe what Your word says which is that by Your Son's stripes he is healed. It also says in Your word that healing is the children's bread. There is nothing that is too hard for You, Father. So I expect that his afflictions will be gone from him in the name of Jesus. Father, You have given us authority. And it says in Your word that if we have faith as small as a tiny grain of mustard seed that we can say to this mountain "be moved" and it must GO. Thank you, God. We praise you in advance for what You are going to accomplish in this situation. We praise You for this opportunity to proclaim Your word over this situation.

:amen: Peace be still.

[Tangeloper]

Thank you so much for everyone's prayers! I have some wonderful news to report!!!

Please forgive me for copying and pasting this as I have several threads to update! :)

I have some great news to report!

My husband's ultrasound came back perfectly fine! The GI Specialist doesn't want to "chase a lab result" right now, so we are going to take a conservative wait and see approach especially since my husband is not symptomatic at this point. He's on a fast track for an endoscopy if needed to check out the chest pain factor if it gets bad again as well (he only needs to call and schedule the procedure not return for an office visit first). So this is all good news. We are going to take a pro-active approach and concentrate on lowering the levels of fat in our whole family's diet, just because it'll be good for him, and good for the rest of us as well.

I greatly appreciate everyone's prayers in regards to this matter. I've been a lot less worried than how I usually am in these types of situations, and again I can ONLY explain it by giving the Lord the praise He deserves in it!!!

Thanks again for all your prayers! I hope you all have a blessed week!

God bless you all,
Tange

[Sharon1973]

I am so pleased that your husband is going to recover.

GOD BLESS :amen:

[robannat55]

PTL. I will keep praying occasionally.
Rob

[Tangeloper]

Thank you everyone! Praise the Lord indeed!!! :)