Please pray for my niece Anne So that you understand what she has been through and presently going through I have placed all prayers and updates from 8/4/01 to the present time. As you will see God has brought her through so much and we are trusting Him to bring her through this as well. Thank you for lifting her up to the Lord in prayer. I will keep you updated as I hear.

 In Christ Love Charlotte

Update 9/26/05

Update 6/3/05

8/4/01

Heavenly Father I lift up my niece Anne to you in prayer. She called me tonight in tears because she just got word that a kidney has been found for her. They have to make sure that the kidney is OK before the transplant can be done. She is waiting to hear what time they want her at the hospital, possibly by 10:00 PM tonight if all goes well. Lord I ask that you wrap Anne in your arms of love. I ask that you draw her close to you. I ask that you remove any fear that she has and replace it with peace and calmness in knowing that you are with her. I thank you Lord for all that you have brought her through and now once again Father I ask that you bring her through this. I ask that you guide the surgeons hands and bring her safely through free from complications, completely healed. I ask that her body not reject the new kidney and I ask for a speedy recovery. I ask that you give comfort to the family and draw each one close to you as they await the outcome. I ask that they be given a GOOD REPORT. I ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Update 8/5/01 1:00 AM
Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ my sister-in-law just called, the hospital called and the kidney was not a match for Anne. It was given to someone else. Please pray for whoever the kidney will go to and ask the Lord to guide the surgeons hands and bring him or her safely through completely healed. Pray that their body will not reject the kidney. Please lift up the family of the donor in prayer as they mourn the death of their loved one. Thank you for your prayers. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 8/5/01 
Just received word from my family Anne is at the hospital now, they have a kidney for her. Yesterday's was not a match. Surgery will begin at 2:00. Please keep her in prayer. We don't know if the kidney is from a donor who is living or not so please pray that if it is from someone who has passed on that the Lord give comfort to the loved ones. Thank you. IN Christ Love Charlotte
Update 8/5/01  
I called to check on Anne for the final time tonight at 9:00 PM. Surgery went well, five hours for surgery and recovery. Anne is doing OK. She has a lot of fluid in her body from the surgery, they are giving her medication for that, blood pressure is quite high. The doctor said that she will remain in critical care for the next five days. Please continue in prayer for Anne as well as for the donor's family. Thank you for your prayers. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 8/6/01
I spoke with Anne over the phone at 7:10 PM tonight. She has been moved to a private room. She sat up for two hours, walked down the hall and she ate some Jell-O and bullion soup. She said that the doctor said the kidney was a perfect match. They placed the new kidney in the front area of her right side. She is PRAISING THE LORD as we all are. THANK YOU LORD!!!, we give you all  GLORY and HONOR and PRAISE YOU ARE OUR HEALER, OUR ROCK and OUR SALVATION.  Her blood pressure is up, she has thirty pounds of fluid in her body, fluid on her lungs and her blood sugar is up, but we know that the Lord will take care of her. Please continue in prayer for a speedy recovery. Thank you, In Christ Love Charlotte
Update Anne 8/8/01
I called Anne around 1:00 PM. She sounds really good and giving the Lord a lot of Praise. She is a walking miracle. My sister-in-law kept saying the doctors are astonished at how well she is doing. She may be released as soon as Friday. Her blood sugar is up mainly due to the anti-rejection medications, they lower the dose every three days. Once the dosage can be lowered possibly in a month or so her blood sugar should stabilize. Please pray for her parents Buck and Ruth and other family members that live near her as Anne is going to ask them to come to Church and rejoice with her in praise to the Lord. Thank you for lifting Anne up to the Lord in prayer. Please continue to pray for her and join us in Praise to our Lord for all that He has brought her through. THANK YOU LORD!!

Anne was released from the hospital. So far everything is going well. My sister-in-law had to clean the house thoroughly as Ann has to be in a dust free environment. Please keep Ruth (Anne's mother) in prayer as well as she will be the main caretaker, she just had surgery not long ago for slipped disks. Anne's brother Ryan was electrocuted a few years back and he has some memory loss, Ruth cares for him as well. Ruth is a wonderful mother and she loves her family and takes very good care of them. Please pray also for the donors family. Anne found out while she was in the hospital from the wife of the man who received the other kidney. The donor was a young man of twenty-six who lost his life in a car accident. The man who received the other kidney is sixty-four years old and he is blind. He is not doing as well as Anne, please pray for his healing and that his body does not reject the kidney. From this young man two people have a chance to live, please join my family in prayer that God will comfort his family. In time Anne will be writing a letter to his parents (names not revealed to her) the letter will be handed in and sent on to the parents. Thank you for your prayers. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 9/14/01
I called my niece last night and she informed me that she has an infection in her incision. Please keep her in prayer. Thank you. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 9/26/01
I spoke with Anne last night, she will be having surgery tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 27th. Her kidney is leaking into her leg. The surgeon will be tying off the AV Graph that was placed in her leg and may have to go into the kidney area. Please continue in prayer. Praise The Lord, the infection in her incision has cleared up. Thank you for praying,  In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 10/11/01
The surgery for Anne went well, they tied off the AV Graph, however she had to have surgery again yesterday. Infection set up again and they had to drain the incision and place packing in. Please continue in prayer for her, she is a diabetic and therefore has a hard time healing. Thank you for lifting her up to the Lord in prayer. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 10/11/01
 The surgery for Anne went well, they tied off the AV Graph, however she had to have surgery again yesterday. Infection set up again and they had to drain the incision and place packing in. Please continue in prayer for her, she is a diabetic and therefore has a hard time healing. Thank you for lifting her up to the Lord in prayer. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 1/24/01
Anne is doing very well, she drove to Florida from Ohio to take her brother Ryan to see a football game recently. The kidney is functioning good.  Praise The Lord! In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 3/13/03
Anne needs prayer, she was admitted to the hospital yesterday, she was placed in the ICU Unit, blood sugar was over 800, today it is stabilized, Praise The Lord. In the year 2001 she had a much needed kidney transplant, now they think that her body may be rejecting it. She will be moved to another hospital tomorrow where a biopsy will be done to see if this is what is happening. She is a Christian.  Please keep her in prayer. Thank you. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 3/15/03
I spoke with Ann today, the results of the biopsy show that the kidney is being rejected.  She is out of the ICU but placed near the nurses station where she is checked on frequently. Her blood sugar was up to 600, as a result of the steroids she has to take to keep the body from rejecting the kidney. If this fails to work by tomorrow AM, she will be given some kind of horse medication which will make her very ill. Her spirits are OK. Please continue to pray that the steroids will take care of this problem. Thank you for your prayers and emails. So good to know that you are praying for my niece.  In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 3/17/03
My sister-in-law called an hour ago. Ann will be treated with the horse medication to try and save her kidney. Three doctors met today and their decision was that this medication is needed. There are a lot of side effects. Please pray that she will not go through any serious side effects and that this medication will save her kidney. I spoke with her today as she was awaiting the doctor's decision, she was in good spirits and just wants to get this over with. Her stay in the hospital could be fourteen days. Thank you for your prayers and your emails, which I have forwarded to Ann so she can read them when she gets home. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 3/20/03
I spoke with Ann at 12:00 today she is doing much better. Her blood sugar is still up, over 400 and her potassium is 5, I think the normal range is 1-3. Praise The Lord, she is no longer running a fever or experiencing really bad side effects.  She is in good spirits. The doctor spoke with her yesterday and told her she will have to have a total of eleven injections, they said three at first then six now more is needed. Please keep her family in prayer as this has been a trying time for them. Pray for their salvation as well. Thank you for your prayers. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 3/25/03
Praise The Lord, Ann will be going home tomorrow. I spoke to Ann today as I have every day that she has been in the hospital other than her time spent in the Intensive Care Unit, her strength has been amazing as well as her faith. She stated through it all that God would not give her any more than she could handle. He has been her strength! She is still retaining a lot of fluid, she will be given medication to help her with that. She will be staying with her parents until she regains her strength. Ann thanks all of you who lifted her up to the Lord in prayer. I thank you for your prayers and all of your emails which I copied and sent to Ann. May God Bless you and yours. In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 4/21/03
Hello everyone, once again I ask that you pray for my niece Ann. She was admitted to the hospital last night, diagnosed with three blood clots in the neck. She said she is very uncomfortable as her face is very swollen. The kidneys still aren't functioning as they should be. Thank you for your prayers.  In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 12/26/03
Ann has been in the Intensive Care Unit for three days now. She is doing better and will taken out of ICU as soon as they find a bed for her. The doctor finally talked her into being placed back on dialysis. She will be having dialysis three days a week from now on until a kidney is available again. Please keep her in prayer. Thank you, In Christ Love Charlotte
Update 1/19/05
Ann is in the hospital, the kidney that was implanted in 2001 is infected.  She is scheduled to have the kidney removed today at 4:00 PM. She will be given antibiotics before, during and after surgery. They are prepared in case she needs a blood transfusion. Her mother Ruth who has always been there for her through everything passed away in January 2004.  I know that Anne misses her mother deeply and it will be hard not having her there with her today. Ruth was a very special mother, so caring and had so much love for her children. My brother (Anne's dad) and family members will be at the hospital before she goes in for surgery today and will remain there until they know that everything is OK. Ann was to be scheduled to have another kidney transplant in March, her donor is her Pastor. The transplant will have to be rescheduled. They are hoping to reschedule it for sometime in June providing that all goes well with the health evaluations which will be done in May. Please pray that that the surgery goes well and pray for a speedy recovery. Also pray for the upcoming transplant that the evaluations are OK and that the transplant will be successful. I will keep you updated on her condition. Thank you for your prayers.  In Christ Love Charlotte

Update 3/4/05

Ann was released from the hospital a week ago and had to return again the other day. The line for her dialysis was clogged. She spent an hour in surgery to get it working again. Her Pastor was going to donate a kidney but when all test were done the doctor said that it won't work and that a family member would be better. Anne will be meeting with doctors from Ohio State University to discuss placing a line for dialysis in her arm. If this doesn't work there are no other places left to place the line this is a major concern right now and of course that a donor be found soon. I have to say my niece has a lot of faith. I look at all that she has been through over the years and I know that God has been with her through it all.

Update 10/03/09

Ann was taken by ambulance from the nursing home three days ago. She has pneumonia. Her heart stopped beating for a brief time. They did not expect her to pull through the first night. I just called to check on her, the doctor has her in an induced coma state. She is not responding to antibiotics and they have called in an infectious disease specialist. Things aren't looking so good for her but she is in the care of our Lord and we know that he has the power to heal. Please keep her in prayer. Thank you.
In Christ Love
 Charlotte