The Myers Tribe

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you for your continued prayer support for our friend, Lori.  We received an update from her sister, which we have copied here for you to read and be encouraged by.  We are so amazed at the handiwork of our God and how He really does create each of us so uniquely.  For further updates on Lori’s condition, or to give a donation towards her medical expenses, please log on to www. loririetema.com

It is confirmed that Lori is missing one of the hugest veins in the body — her right vena cava(a large, yet short vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart’s right atrium — thanks wikipedia :))  If Lori’s body was normal, she most likely (medically speaking) would not be with us today.  Yet, in God’s design, her blood flows back to her heart through her spinal cord and a series of smaller veins in the area.  Because she is missing this vein, they cannot do surgery (my parents said the stress & pressure at the hospital when they arrived in Miami going through the whole admitting ordeal was unreal, and yet it seems God had a plan in all of that too).

She will continue on blood-thinning medications and doctors say her recovery will be very slow.  She still has a clot that goes from her ankles up to the point around where the vena cava would be, if she had one.  Right now, the doctors are still trying to figure out how to best treat her, and are also doing more tests to find the cause of the clotting.  The swelling has gone down ever so slightly from her knee downwards (thigh is still huge), but usually when the swelling starts to go down, it means the blood has started to flow just a little bit better.  If the swelling continues to go down, she will continue in the hospital for just a couple more days .

She would like continued prayer for:
– recovery process
– that the doctors would have time to see her, and as they do more tests, to figure out the cause of the clotting & whether or not she has a clotting disorder
– for the continued decisions they all need to make, and the implications some of the results might have for Lori (with what she is currently doing and wants to continue in)  (They are saying right now she may have to continue on blood thinners and compression stockings for the rest of her life, and travel/flying could be restricted)
– that God would work a financial miracle for her  — we all know God’s incredible greatness & faithfulness and are praying for yet another really cool God-story 🙂