My last post was pretty random and this one will be too. I’m a pretty discombobulated person, so it’s not surprising I have updates that are that way!
I had an eye appointment with one of my eye doctors (a corneal specialist) and I have some sad news. I have a ‘corneal abrasion’ in my right eye. They put a contact in it to protect it from more damage. Basically, since half my face is paralyzed, my right eye cannot close all the way, and as a result, the cornea gets dried out and becomes damaged. Please pray that this heals, so I will be able to see better out of that eye!
Thank you for all the cupcakes!!!! It was so sweet to have so many people drop off cupcakes or cakes while I was home. It is so sweet to write about my favorite treat on here, and then get so many of them while I was home! A special thanks to The Martenson Family for the cupcake cake (I’ve never had one of those), the Crowe Fam for the homemade treats, Lacey P for the Nancy Patterson cupcakes and the Dunn Family for the NP Cake! They were all delicious!
I don’t know if you all were able to see it, but I watched a 20/20 episode on Friday night about Katie Piper. She was burned in the face with sulfuric acid. As you can imagine, it is good perspective for me to see other young women who have gone through a hard and undesired change to their face. Here is an article about her if you would like to read it Katie was 26, too and had her incident just three weeks before mine. It is so valuable for me to see how she has responded to this.
In this New Year, I will fight harder than I have ever fought before. I ask you to pray harder than you ever prayed before (for me). I am going to post a long list of all the prayer needs I have, and there are a lot! There are many things that are deficits now that only God can heal. Please pray He will continue this very slow (but happening!!!) miracle.
i will pray harder than ever for you, katherine! please let us know your prayer needs. i just read katie piper’s story- thank you for sharing it… (((hugs)))
I will pray harder than ever for you…..and still looking forward to meeting you someday when you are fully healed!
Reading your posts are the highlight of my week. You are truly an inspiration and through your tragedy; you are bringing others to Christ. I will continue to pray for you and your family. I hope 2010 is your best year yet!
Oh my gosh, I’m watching the 20/20 episode, and I’m on the edge of my seat!!! What an amazing girl though – a fighter!!
Katherine,
Your precious, father-in-law is by far the most Christ like man I have ever known in my entire life. When I am thinking how to handle a situation in my life I often wonder “What Would Jay Do” vs “What Would Jesus Do” only because Jay Wolf is so much like Jesus in the flesh. Anway, he has been my pastor since your sweet husband was in the 5th grade. I have seen him in many situations but like you, I have never, ever seen him cry until the Sunday evening of April 27, 2008 when he returned from California immediately following the week of your AVM and he addressed all of us as a church family congregation and explained what had happened that week. The tears were flowing freely on his face and every face in that room that night. I will never forget that night. I have never seen him hurting so badly as I did then. Know that he loves you Katherine and so do we. Yes, we still follow your story and yes we still pray for you, love you and care. We want to know how you are. You are not alone. We are all fighting this battle with you. Oh, I gave Rev Jay a little something for you at the Christmas Eve service. I hope he remembered to give it to you. Keep going and keep shinning for Jesus!!!
I saw that segment on 20/20. Katie Piper is absolutely amazing, as is her story of survival. Some of her remarks reminded me so much of things you have said in the past. I hope you two can meet someday.