This came as a bit of a shock. A beloved reader woke up feeling not quite right, went to the hospital, and received some shocking news only hours later.
Abigail Adams has had a potentially life-changing event and has requested a rather specific prayer. (She believes God likes it when we are very specific whenever possible.)
Please ask specifically that they pray that I can get in early next week (Tuesday) to see Dr. Erik L. Torgerson to start treatment/schedule surgery (preferably before the new year).Β – Abigail
Oh no…Abigail I will specifically pray for you to see Dr. Torgerson sooner than later. God, please cover AA with your love and protection and give her peace and healing.
Done!
YOU *GOT* IT, AA!
Done-a-rooni!
There will be lots of people praying AA.
Abigail Have no fear. You are in the hands of God and the best medical people in the world. Been there. Let me know if I’m wrong.
Done!
Get ready for an early appointment.
Just got the word. You’re in. God Bless you.
I’m on it AA!
Oh no Abigail! π© Specifc prayers said for you to see your dr. ASAP. Thinking of you. (((Hugs))) πππ€
Praying for you, your family and the care team that the path to resolution is swift and free of hurdles.
Often when I donβt know what to bring to God, I simply ask His will be done. I trust He has superior knowledge and take comfort in that simple request (plus, itβs freeing to relinquish my own control, which is a difficult thing to do.)
Whatever lies ahead AA, youβre included in my prayers that you find answers sooner rather than later, that you take comfort in Godβs care, with strength to face any challenges before you.
Prayers, Abigail.
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Early appointment and a full healing for the New Year!
Praying! May God bless, protect & heal you!
Never underestimate the power of praying people in large groups. Deus Vult.
Abigail, prayer just sent. Will continue throughout the next few days. I know your faith is strong. Lean on God. We need you.
A.A.your on my list, your name will be entered into our ”book of intentions” @ Holy Mass,on both tomorrow [sunday] and monday . God be with you , peace of Christ
Let us know if this will require prayer and fasting.
You got it, girl!
I also believe specificity matters. When you really know what you want, your heart is easy to read.
We need you. Get well ASAP!
Consider it, an honor to put in a great word for you.
Hey youse guys, I just spoke to a connected guy from New York, who is close the HIM. Abigail will be fine. It’s taken care of. Not to worry.
Praying now and will continue the prayer often.
Just saw it. On it and my family will keep you in our prayers.
Done best I know how. And I was very specific for what was asked and whom I was asking it for, and from.
Abigail, you be at peace. An intercessor has been summoned and made aware.
Praying, my sister, along with all the others in our IOTW Family. Be strong and of good courage, and may the peace that passes understanding be yours. Blessings to you and your family.
Prayers sent, dear Abigail, and more to come. Stay strong in your faith and may God bless you.
Prayer sent. More to follow.
Prayers coming your way. On my way to church in a few minutes.
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Romans 8:25-27
Abby, know we pray – Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven
You are in our prayers.
Done, and re-done, and re-re-done, and will be continuously done as long as you wish, dear AA.
Prayer warriors in my family are on the case, AA! Hope you can relax at least a little, while you wait, and have a Merry Christmas
Prayer team notified,
Lord, you know what Abigail needs, provide her with all she needs and desires. Provide her doctors the wisdom to identify and cure her ailment.
Give Abigail your resting peace and strength for the coming days or healing.
Thank You Lord for Abigail and all you have done and will do for her.
Coming at you … or HIM, rather.
Prayed for you just now, Abigail. This outpouring is amazing.
Absolutely will do, and will keep you in my prayers.
Paging Dr.Torgerson, pick up the “you better be on your A Game Tuesday” phone.
Sounds like Moe has some urgent care connections. Moe, I’ll be giving you a call if I need any help. Hopefully it’s not going to be needed, but you never know.
@cato
Beautiful! I am praying again plagiarizing you!
Praying.
I pray that Abigail Adams gets in early next week (Tuesday) or before the New Year to see Dr. Erik L. Torgerson to start treatment/schedule surgery!!
I’m on it.
Ask and it shall be given.
Got it. And, in addition to the specific request, I will, as Blessed Solanus Casey did, put God on the spot by thanking him in advance.
Specific prayer to Jehovah sent, AA.
Done.
Specific prayers to Him and Peace to you dear lady.
Prayers sent. Thinking of you.
I go offline for a while and bad news shows up.
Prayers for you AA. See the doc soon.
Joe6pak. Damn right! What I say, I say. Abigail will be fine. I have spoken.
Our thought are with you.
Be strong and positive.
You are always the first to pray when we need it – We all owe you bigly!
Godspeed ππ»
Prayers.
AA – Peace and strength for you
Dr. Torgerson – You have an appt. Tuesday for our friend
Moe Tom
I’m with you !
Prayers and blessings for you, Abigail! Hugs too!
You will be in our thoughts and prayers Abigail.
Praying for Abigail.
Praying on your behalf Abigail.
Paging Dr Tangerson, Dr Mittie, Dr. Tangerson.
Done AA
Peace, Abigail! All will be well. I know. ….Lady in Red
count me as a yea and Amen
On it. Hang in there, Abigail! <3
I covered you in prayer before The Throne Of The Nazrene Abigail Adams. π
Thoughts and prayers for you dear friend I’ve never met. God Bless!
just prayed! Thanks for keeping us updated, BFH!
Done, A.A.
Godspeed, Abigail!
Praying
Prayers for you, AA. I also hope you’re comfortable and can rest.
Prayers and well wishes. Get better soon.
Prayers for you.
Have a Merry Christmas knowing all this is working for you!
That specific prayer said for AA, as well as one for healing.
Prayers sent Abigail.
Being a believer in the direct approach, I just sent word to Dr. Erik L. Torgerson that if he knows what’s good for him, he’ll get Abigail Adams’ appointment scheduled STAT, or else he may be getting a visit from some IOTWR members named Guido and Salvatore, during which he may be doing some praying himself, if you catch my drift.
I think you’ll get in now, AA.
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No words can accurately express my gratitude, guys. (But, you know me, I’ll try).
I want to thank our own Big Fur Hat for his touching words that he sent me via email last night. What a peach (don’t tell him I said so).
Yeah, it’s the big “C”. Anyone here who’s been through this or has been with a loved one who has, will know how outside the box — outside the contours of your ordinary life — finding out it has settled on you feels. And the unkindest cut of all is getting the news when you’re standing there in one of those impersonal hospital gowns, trying to cover your nakedness and feeling waif-ish, surprisingly alone and incredulous.
God is good. And so are you.
Love,
~AA
I wish I could respond to each of you personally. I hope you’ll understand if I don’t right now. But, Vietvet, I’ll know what happened if the receptionist puts me on hold for a moment, comes back to the phone and stutters her way through some lame excuse about me being on a “banned” list. LOL!
God bless you Abbie … my prayers are that you beat this like Trump beat the Hildabeast … specifically π
… stay strong
AA
I know you are tougher than nails. It’s time to be that tough. Anything you need let us know. You can beat this.
Dear Abigail…. I’m Praying for you. Hang in there… and know that things will be ok.
You are constantly in my prayers. I know the Lord is with you.And His healing power is all around you.
Abigail: Glad to see you are up and about. I’d tell you a story about the “C” but it would bore the shit out of you. You’ll be fine Gal. Believe me.
Abigail:
“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.” –Padre Pio
God will hear all our prayers for you. And the good doctor will hear from Vietvet…
Fear not, AbigailAdams. The Lord is with you. Trust Him – let The True and Living God order your steps. Praying for your healing and recovery. Expecting a testimony from you, filled with miraculous, inspiring evidence of God’s Love and favor.
Abigail Adams,
All of us here are standing around the IOTW “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree in a large circle, holding our web-connected hands & praying for a very special Christmas Gift for you in that all goes well & you are soon on the road to a speedy recovery.
I just got home and I want to say Thank You to all of you .
This is one of the best things about iOTW , when one of us needs prayers and help this group steps up.
Thank You Mr. Big Fur Hat it means a lot what you have done .
Again Thank You all of you. We will get through this .
PS. AA is not going away anytime soon she has work to do in 2020.
Add one more prayer to those of everyone else to get you through this rough time and come back strong and healthy.
Done.
Abigail, you do know that the big C is very popular these days, right? I mean, all the “smart set” are getting it now. Fortunately, there’s a lot of treatment options available for almost any flavor you may have. Put your care in the hands of your doctors and let them work their craft. That’s why they went to medical school, and we didn’t.
P.S. – As far as the hospital gown thingy, just accept this one idea and it will make your hospital experience a lot easier:
When you go in the hospital, you check your modesty at the door. You can pick it up again when you leave, but while you’re in there you’re just a broken machine that needs fixing, and they don’t care if you’re naked or not. It’s just a job to them.
Hope this helps.
Done
Vietvet — I can’t even tell you how hard we laughed at your other comment. “Guido and Salvatore” “..if you catch my drift.” Too funny!
Yeah, I know cancer is almost passe’, but if they’d told me I was pregnant I would have been a lot less surprised. . .and shocked. . .and frightened by it.
(I asked for Dr. Torgerson because he’s not just a great doctor for this, but he’s dashingly good looking, too.) Actually, I consider that God was looking after me from the start because Dr. T “just happened” to be at the hospital yesterday and “just happened” to read initial tests and he’s the one who ordered the CT. I didn’t get to meet with him, though. Apparently there was enough info on the ultrasounds that he didn’t hesitate to confirm what he was seeing.
You’re a really funny guy. I’d invite you to a software engineering party.
Abigail,
Sorry to hear about your troubles.
Suggestion: You already seem to have a good sense of humor, which is good. A positive mental attitude will go a long way.
My suggestion is to start detoxifying your body with foods that help your system become more alkaline. Cancer is supposed to die in an alkaline environment.
There’s a book titled, “CLEAN”. Get it.
Prayers for you, hon. We’ll get this crap out of your system for good.
Abigail Adams I’ll try to recreate this from what I wrote earlier but it just disappeared.
I fully understand where your thoughts are at right now. I got hit between the eyes in February with a stage 3 advanced diagnosis. When they let me come home I started searching the net for answers and hopefully cures. After going all in,(chemo,radiation, immuneotherapy, nutrition) my October pet scan showed no hotspots. I will find out at January’s scan if I can celebrate a bit. I included a couple of websites that can help you get started but maybe that is why my post disappeared. An email address is listed with my handle so BFH can give you that if you would like some information on beating this thing. My prayers are with you.
Remember one thing: a positive attitude and a good sense of humor(along with a baseball cap or a snazzy wig /sarc) are your strongest weapons!!!
Prayers of love and strength to you Abigail Adams.
On the eve of the most joyous day in history…believe.
Having been on the bad side of AA in some posts… you will beat the C
Will say a prayer at Christmas Mass tonight for you.
Be strong.
@Pogo
“All of us here are standing around the IOTW βCharlie Brownβ Christmas tree in a large circle, holding our web-connected hands & praying”
I love that image. Perfectly said.
You got this, Abigail. Let us know if you need anything.
Prayers for you and your doctor, Abigail.