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Marsha Mendenhall

This is a long post.

I have a friend that passed away yesterday, her name was Caterina Herrera, you may remember me asking for prayers for her. I have known her for over 45 years, and recently reconnected with her.

She went through 12 years of dialysis and finally received a kidney transplant last year. After that, she had heart surgery to replace a valve in her heart. Then there was infection in the incision. She had been in and out of the hospital, mostly in, for the last year.

I am asking for prayers for her family, they have been through so much this past year. She was the center of the family of husband, children, grand children, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Tonight, I read a post that her daughter wrote that told about what was going on 3 days before she died, I want to share it with you.

“Family and friends, this has been hard to write and post and I want to thank my sister in law for the words. My mother is very sick. We had a meeting today with her doctors and we decided to continue to provide care and help her get better for as long as we can. She has had a few mini strokes, the fungal infection she had when she first got there is gone, they started a new antibiotic for the infection they believe is in her heart, they believe the valve in her heart she had replaced recently has synosis from the infection which is causing her heart to throw clots. They believe this has caused the mini strokes, she is back on dialysis but her kidneys seem to be doing ok with the help of dialysis, she was put on a cpap to help her be able to fight all this and not be also dealing with her 02 but she can also be put on a nasal cannula when she has guests to talk with. She was battling low blood pressure also and has started a new med to help with that. She was coughing up blood this morning they were concerned from the blood thinners she possible had bleeding in her stomach but the blood in her mouth has stopped so they are now just watching that she needs the blood thinners for her heart so they did stop the thinner just for today to make sure the bleeding isn’t something bigger and is hopefully just from a bloody nose she had from the cpap. She has multi organ issues that she’s dealing with. So the hope is to continue antibiotics, then do a scope sono down her throat to see her heart to see how bad the valve is and view the infection in the heart. we are hoping they feel like she’s well enough to do surgery and fix the valve which would help with the mini strokes she’s having and the infection she’s battling. She is swollen up and a little yellow she battles staying awake and she doesn’t look like her self at all. We all agreed to continue fighting with her but she really is walking a fine line of being able to make it through all of this . We continue to ask you to pray for her !”

Thank you for your prayers.

Received: March 4, 2023

Des Read

Asking for prayers as I undergo sinus surgery tomorrow morning. Praying my doctor’s fix my issues without issues and the Lord watches over all of us.

Received: February 26, 2023

Chris

Pray for my Dr. Appointment that they find a resolution for my hip issues. Pray for all involved and that Gods will is carried out! Thank You!

Received: February 26, 2023

Bonnie

Please pray for my long time friend, Margie Deem, as she will have a pace maker put in tomorrow. Please also pray for comfort for her two son’s, Kevin and Keith. Thank you.

Received: February 23, 2023

Colby

My coworkers mom is in the hospital with major heart problems and there is nothing they can do at this time…. Asking for prayers for her mom and my coworker as she goes through this with her.

Received: February 21, 2023