[Oe List ...] Prayers for daughter, Eva; update

[Nancy Trask]

So sorry Eva is having such a struggle.  I remember her so fondly when she
was just a tiny girl in the Boston House — trying to put piggy tails in
that baby-fine hair, and taking her by train from Boston to somewhere,
maybe Philly, on the first leg of a trip to Chicago.  She was a wonderfully
plucky child with a creative spark, and a real joy to be around.  Prayers
for her surgery and recovery.
Grace and peace and love,
Nancy Trask

On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 10:09 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> 2020 greetings from Pittsburgh.
>
> For some this email is first information about our daughter Eva.  For
> others this is an update.
>
> We are asking for prayers for our daughter, Eva, our first born.  She was
> in the Order with us in Chicago, New York City, Canada and Boston.  If any
> of the "Second Generation got chicken pox during the summer '78 eg camp,
> she is the one who brought them from Canada!
>
> Last Monday we had just returned from Pittsburgh where we had spent some
> of the holidays with Eva and her family.  We had a good time.  Eva went for
> walks and beat Carleton in two games of ping pong.  A few hours later, we
> received a phone call from our granddaughter Rayna, saying that Eva had had
> a stroke and was in the ICU at Allegheny General Hospital, conscious but
> had no feelimg or ability to move the left side of her body and unable to
> speak.  She had blood clots on her brain.
>
> Not much sleep for us Monday night.
>
> Tuesday morning we headed back to Pittsburgh, and during the day learned
> her condition had stablized.   We stayed at a motel Tuesday night when we
> were able to say goodnight to her over the phone.  She didn't talk but
> understood us.  A Wednesday morning phone call to the nurses station
> indicated that she had been able to move her arm and leg and could speak a
> little.  We arrived at the hospital mid morning and found her mostly
> resting with her eyes closed.  Ahren and Charity were there.  Ahren,
> Carleton and I sang songs to ber that she requested--camp songs, hymns, and
> Christmas carols.  She loves having visitors and listening, when she can't
> talk.  She is receiving food intravenously to prevent aspiration and also a
> blood thinner.  She has had an MRI and another scan. Heart is good as is
> blood pressure and no bleeding on the brain.  Her left carroted artery has
> a 99% blockage which doctors believe was the cause of the stroke.  She
> will  need to have surgery on it as soon as she is strong enough, perhaps
> in a week or so.
>
> During the day she became more alert, talking more and joking with many
> visitors, such as pointing her red index finger ekg monitor and saying, "ET
> phone home."  So, she is making progress slowly but surely.  The main thing
> now is regaining her strength and mobility.  We're not sure how long we
> will be here
>
> Thank you for your prayers. calls, emails, and visits--so much appreciated
> by Eva and all of us.
>
> New Year's blessings!
>
> Grace and peace and love,
>
> Ellie/Elinor. :)
> elliestock at aol.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OE mailing list
> OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20200101/760e3792/attachment.html>