May time-Christian prayer thread

[blackeyedsusan]

All welcome to join

Here is a list of all those who popped in or were regulars on the last thread. I hope I have not missed anyone!!

Amberlight- prayer that the heart problems she has are temporary and that the beast cancer will not return. Pray for dh after his op.
Aspirantpiate-studying and a new job in September
Bafana, Thesober-single parent to teen/preteen Pray for a friend who has a brain tumour
Becaroooo- ongoing health problems that are now starting to be investigated
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
birdofthenorth prray for comfort and support after the loss of her baby at 8 weeks of pregnancy
Bluetinkerbell- lost her beloved Sterre during her second trimester. Now pregnant again!
Caz and her baby Xander. Also for dh who does not share her faith.
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored-dh has ms and ttc number1
Creatovator ds ?asd and dd?s eczema
Don in killerheels-hous
Dutch Oma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest. Church services are not always easy due to excessive noise causing problems for Bob.
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia. Give thanks that she has a donor for transplant and pay for a good outcome!
FriendofDorothy- pray that the pregnancy will stick and bleeding to stop.
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, high blood pressure
heyyyo-dd with health issues.
Issypeach- work situation insecure for h and Issy. Prayer requested for the dcs one of whom has gone awol and the other at uni
Jaffacakes... new baby
Jan marriage, new baby and ongoing health problems
Jugglingwith?-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children and a husband who needs to appreciate all she does!
Lostmywellies- recently returned to the uk, friendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery. Possible knee op?
LoveAndPrayers. Marriage and h?s debts
Lovelyman access arrangements and maintenance. (and his SO prefers kissing wookies? eeuuu)
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. SATs week. Madhair is writing a book! ?or at least she should be if she weren?t on mn?
MaryB- work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's. dd getting bullied.
MrsMcCave -hello!
Nanniejo- family and weddings abroad
Nickelhasababy pray for friends who have lost babies.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years from 17th July!. Pray for dds1,2 and 3 staying behind. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek). Prayers for DB and PA?s family?s relationship with sil.
SESthebrave-prayer for husbands stressful job situation, which may involve going to Dubai (not what ses wants). The last few weeks of pregnancy and work. Pray for the baby to turn the right way round.
Starwisher-pray for a job for dh
SweetestThing- just got the all clear from cancer and officially in remission. however, still has to deal with the after effects of surgery.
Teaandcakesplease- single parent to 2 young children. unsupportive parents re ds "being a toddler." prayer for new reliable friends, and one friend in particular!
Tuo-dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie Thank God that treatment is bring some relief to her condition, chronic inflammatory.Demyelinating polyneuropathy. Ongoing prayers for more improvement and adjusting to a new way of life for both weegie and he dh dd has Perthe's syndrome , where the hip joint dies then regrows. Thank God for an improvement in her condition and further improvements so no op is needed.
welshcerys- family and a mega toothache
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back! GCSE season for ds
and finally (I hope)
Blackeyedsusan- mad as a hatter! single parent to 2 youngish children, separated after dv. pray for friends and a new church. ds's behaviour and toddler diarrhoea. dd, niggling health problems. Parents poorly, mum collapsed- investigations to find out why. Mil with lifelimiting cancer

Thank you for the welcome and prayers.

The verse about take my yoke..etc. popped in my head, had to look it up but its Matthew 11:v28,29.

Have always found it comforting, Will be trying to bear it in mind over the.next few weeks.

things are better today, i only got kicked in the head once whilst cleaning out the car and a few half hearted pinches. so not a bad day.

still not packed though

hi in need! hope all goes well. I was worried too. now I worry about errant buses etc...

poor ddmhd.

How old is DS now BES? As my DS is just emerging out the other side of that behaviour at 3.4 but his communication has vastly improved lately. He is sounding so much more articulate and can express how he feels and what he wants verbally now. So I think the frustration from before is lifting.

he is 3.11

his cpmmunication has improved when he is in the mood but often communicates non verbally, physically, growling, screaming and crying. tis very wearing. if he does not get his way he throws things, bangs things, bites, kicks, screams, pinches, scratches, pushes and hits. he is particular about the amount of drink he has in his cup and the amount of milk on his cornflakes. is possessive of toys, has been interested in wheels forr ages and refused to ride on the car but wanted to plaay with the wheels. but but but has some imaginative play... feeding dolls in the high chair and pushing the toy pushchair. he is talking to the nursery nurse now though so that is an imprrovement. took the best part of a year to do so though.

he likes supermarkets! he recognises some facial expressions, the staring eyes is his favourite as it is followed with a boo or a tickle. i just can't get past the waving. he is a conundrum.

given the violence he has seen, and the sudden running away from a shouting hitting daddy there could be a mixture of other things going on. i go fom thinking it is bad parenting to he is on the spectrum and he isn't so bad as I am handling it reasonably well. (and i tend to ignore the ranting and raving a lot of the time and pretend it is not happening so do not get stressed by it every time, thus making it feel not as bad) and I have developed strategies for making life easier.

i am just so confused.

and amber, it is helpful but doesnt help as he is abit of this and not that ... sort of. i am wondering what other things are similar.

Oh love. I spend a lot of time saying "say it with words" to DS and then illustrating it. I am feeling cross because x,y,z or Mummy please can I have a drink etc. It is s l o w l y sinking in now Boys are so wearing sometimes, all that testosterone. I've gone through stages of thinking DS was on the spectrum but when the area senco watched him at pre school she thinks not.

It is exhausting isn't it? You sound especially tired from all your hardwork lately with costumes and baking etc. Can you try and get to bed earlier?

Amber will have some wise advice for you no doubt x

Morning!

Still no sign of labour.... Will head off to anniversary mass this morning and then come back to my gym ball. Tomorrow is the day ( hear that baby?!)

BES & TACP - DS is 3.0yo and I often get growling and throwing himself on the floor if I tell him he can't do or have something. Yesterday I was mean as I told him he couldn't have an ice cream for breakfast - cue end of the world melt down! I do think it's a communication thing, particularly with boys. Partly lack of vocab but also finding a way to express their emotions. Fortunately DS doesn't hit out at us. He did pinch me out of the blue the other evening but seems he was trying to remove my moles from my arms!

MHD - glad you are doing better. Prayers for DD.

InNeed - hello and welcome! Sorry you had a rough time with your first. Prayers for you for calm and a safe, smooth delivery.

Ongoing prayers for Bob, DO, Jan, Lost, PA, FoD, TUO, Amber, Blue and anyone else I've missed. Oh must include LM and TACP!

SES - praying that today is THE day!

MHD - Sounds very much like sunstroke to me. Prayers that the cooler weather now and a good nights sleep have improved things for poor DD.

Hope all is good DO.

Prayers here please for me to be able to get everything done that I need to get done. Day off today, so lots to get stuck into and sorted around the house. Thank you.

Prayers for all as I am reading.

DD still off but better, she has kept toast down this morning. very very wobbly though and all skin and bone - she is very slim and only one day of no eating does this, she has no reserve! Poor love. She has ventured downstairs and is watching endless reruns of Prank Patrol

DH on way home with our new camper....excited emoticon

mhd - give her icecream for breakfast! :o (But maybe not at the moment...)

bes - ds at 4.11 is still lashing out instead of pausing and thinking. So I get growling at best and kicking at worst (and biting just for play because it's interesting to make mummy say ouch ) But he IS much better than he was a year ago - he will pause sometimes and do the taught response . So hold on in there - I'm sure he will get better with time. That's not to say that he's not got an asd - I can see from your description why you'd be confused... and I don't think of my ds as normal, either!

I was delighted the first time ds shouted about one of his older sisters that he wanted to "put her in the bin" - because he was expressing his frustration verbally rather than physically!

Thanks for your continued prayers for LM. I got the unexpected pleasure of a visit last night when he landed. I may not see him for a while again now. It's hard but living an hours drive away, trying to earn extra money to fund the court case, as well as his full time job, makes him one busy man. Please continue prayers for peace, clarity, Godly wisdom for every decision he has to make and that God will find a way through, so he can see his children and pay a reasonable amount of maintenance which is fair for the children but not the astronomic amount the foreign court seems to deem as ok so far Wish it was like the UK, where it's a fixed amount with CSA and even if it was agreed in court here, it would never ever be as much as there He deserves a future where he can afford his rent and be able to save up and fly over to see his kids. She kicked him out for a very rich man, she is living a comfortable life. He deserves to move on too with a line in the sand and a way forward which is better for him and the children

Well, we are back and with very mixed feelings. To begin with all went very well, Bob got set up with his machine and tolerated it well overnight. They did a sleep study the following night and adjusted the machine a bit. So far so good. He struggled a bit to put the mask on his face himself, but there was a chap who helped and taught him. Then the third night was not so good, but ok. They then did a swallowing assessment and it turns out that fluid and food have gone down the wrong hole and this may have been the cause of all the infections. So he needs all his liquid thickening, which is a bit of a bind. They then walked him down the corridor and said that he would probably need oxygen at home. At which stage I burst into tears. They took this as a sign that we didn't want it (although neither of us said so) so for the time being that is off. They have taken him off a shedload of pills and seem to think that they are more into symptom management that cure.
We got home at around six o'clock (we had hoped to avoid the rush hour, but didn't).
He feels very shaky and not all that happy, but mainly because he feels that it is all coming down on me. Which of course it is, but it is not his fault.
They have suggested tht the GP arrange some respite care for him, so I will have some time off, whether that will be enough for me to do the holiday I had planned is of course a different matter. We have another appointment on the 30th July.
Throughout we were extremely well looked after, the doctor who looked after us most spent part of her childhood just round the corner from where we live. Small world.
Thank you for all your prayers.

Oh DO - I am sorry it was all so mixed and not definitive. Sounds like they did a fair amount of tests etc - you must both be exhausted. Not heard of the liquids going down the wrong way thing, what will you have to do to his drinks etc? Sounds difficult. So has he been sent home with the CPAP now?

It does feel like symptom management sometimes....sometimes the doctors just don't know where to go next, so all they can do is throw pills etc...but good doctors will keep looking and keep pushing, like mine is atm. I do hope they do for Bob. Glad the care was good while he was there.

Praying for you both, for you to know the everlasting arms, a relief from your wobblyness, good sleep and easy breathing. much love.

oh heck do. did they tell you how to thicken liquids?

jelly?

soups?

(((hugs)))

still packing...

DO, much prayer for you both...

Hi there, do you mind me asking for prayer? It seems a bit selfish to come on here and ask for myself but I feel scared and tearful and it would help to know there are some people praying for me.

I've got a rash that came on on Monday. Well, rash is understating it a little; it has spread to cover virtually my whole body. My hands are absolutely covered in welts which have turned into blisters and my feet not much better. It's itchy and painful and swollen and I have a temperature.

I've been twice to the hospital, Tuesday they put me on antibiotics but still it keeps getting worse so today they've put me on steroids too and done blood tests. They cannot identify what it is although they haven't got back to me or GP with results yet. Since the steroid dose my temperature has risen this evening.

On top of which I have to be up at 4.30am to take DD2 to a skate test (practice ice 5.30, test 6.30am - crazy, I know) because DH is at work. The coach has been panicking she will fail into the bargain.

I've been so looking forward to this half term as DD1 has been in the thick of GCSEs and I've been working hard too. Now I'm just scared and hoping they can stop the relentless spread of this mystery illness.

Sorry to ramble on and sorry to butt into the thread. Just some prayer would be wonderful.

prayers music. which test? expect the hockey players get the best slots [bitter]

Thank you :)

NISA level 1 (so first time) field moves at 6.30am and then level 1 free which will be later in the morning.
The hockey skaters do seem to practice at more reasonable hours!

music - aw you poor thing, sounds horribly uncomfortable, I pray you get better soon, I have ds1 who is doing GCSE's atm, and 8yo twins b/g - although now off for Whitsun - have you any other children? can they help you?

do - prayers for you and bob, sound like its been a bit traumatic for you both xxxx

oo they have changed the name of these things since i used to go but not the priority to hockey players do they still do bronze silver gold and a couple of things in between?

is field moves the shapes on ice thingy or have they dropped that now? (technical )

oh and i should be washing up and getting an early night ready for holiday. i did boil the kettle! 20 minutes ago

Musicposy I think it takes a lot of courage to ask for prayer for oneself, (I know ) so well done. I hope you have been more comfortable in the night and that the early morning arrangements with your daughter have worked out/ are working out.
MHD you have heard of aspiration pneumonia, I'm sure. I'm just surprised that it took them this long (nearly 18 months) to cotton on.
BES they give you some granules to thicken fluid so that everything tastes like wall paper paste. Bob had it in hospital after he had been put on a ventilator in hospital in 2010, we came home without it, but it looks like we should have been using it for the past six months at least.
He went to sleep without the machine at 9 pm but I heard he was using it later in the night and he is still on it, although I'm not sure he is actually asleep. I woke at 5am. We shall see what the new day brings.
Prayers for happy holidays for BES and Mary and everyone else who is going and for a happy labour for SES

I was up at 5am too DO. A certain young man is incapable of sleeping in now, despite the black out blind. Sounds so hard for you right now DO Praying.

And for musicposy x

do, that is so hard. along with everrything else, taking little pleasures away like a cup of tea or coffee wears you down. i hope it brings improvements elsewhere.

I woke earlier than planned. I was banking on a lie in (children are still quiet) [jammy sod emotion] so I was awake enough to drive. i am driving the whole way. h is on the train. it would be nice to share driving, but i can't sit in the passenger seat with him in the car, despite the fact he has punched me when i was driving and when i was a passenger, so one ould have thought i aould have major problems with both.

got to do more washing up and sorrt out the plants then take the children down and pack the car. 9quite a hassle that. I think this time e will all pop back in fo a wee so that i can last longer and do not have to stop so often. may have to find a country layby to use the potty if necessary!