Urgent Prayer Request for Our Family

Please continue to pray for my family. Dad is feeling better after his pneumonia diagnosis last week. Mom, Greg (my husband), & I developed a hacking cough yesterday morning. I kept saying, “We will go to Prompt Care on Monday,” since waiting in the ER can be rough. But Mom wasn’t strong enough to get in the car to go to Prompt Care this morning, so we called an ambulance around 6:00 A.M.

I got myself ready for another possible hospital stay with Mom. But before going to the hospital, Dad took me to Prompt Care so I could get some help for my cough. I was shocked when the lady said I had COVID. And then a test result from Mom’s MyChart came to my phone saying that she has COVID, too. There’s a good chance that Greg has it as well. He will be tested this afternoon. Dad will be going to his primary care doctor for a follow up after his pneumonia medicines, and he may be able to get another COVID test, too, just in case. (He was negative for COVID last week.)

Mom has been admitted to University Hospital and is being treated there for her COVID. I have been prescribed medicines and vitamins, and I just finished my monoclonal infusion (which I was a candidate for due to my mechanical aortic valve/heart history). I am to quarantine at home… Which is what my little family has pretty much been doing already for this whole pandemic! Lord knows, we certainly have been more careful than a lot of folks are being, and we’ve been stickin’ to ourselves. And we’ve been vaccinated, too, but this virus is just crazy.

It really hurts me not to be able to be there for my mom while she is in the hospital. I’ve taken care of her this past year, and y’all know how amazing she is when it came to taking care of me through my open heart surgery. I love my mom! I wish I could fix it all and take every problem of hers away. I’ve tried very hard to protect her this year.

My last bit of news that I want to share is that Mom is scheduled for an appointment at The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida on November 1st. So we’ve all got to get better! Please, please, please keep on praying for us.

And I pray you all stay safe and well.

With gratitude and love to you all,

Eryn