Please Pray For Randy!

[carol]

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY HUSBAND HIS NAME IS RANDY CALLOWAY. HE IS IN UK HOSPITAL LOCATED IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCY HE IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. IT BEGAN BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2008 WHEN WE WERE INFORMED HE WAS IN THE END STAGE OF NASH (NON-ALOCHOLIC SYNDROME HEREDITY) GOD BLESSED HIM WITH A LIVER TRANSPLANT IN APRIL 2008. ONE LIFE WAS LOST, WHILE 4 LIVES WERE SPARED, HIS, MINE, AND OUR TWO DAUGHTERS. HE DONE WELL FOR OVER 2 YRS UNTIL THIS APRIL WHEN HE CAUGHT PNEUOMIA AND WAS ADMITTED TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL IN LOGAN, WV. HE STAYED 7 DAYS THERE AND WAS TRANSFERED TO CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER IN CHARLESTON, WV. THERE THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE FLUID FROM BOTH OF HIS LUNGS. UNFORTUNATELY SOMEHOW THEY ENDED UP PUNCTURING BOTH LUNGS. WHICH, IN TURN, CAUSED A PATHWAY FOR INFECTION TO ENTER THE LUNGS AND SLOWLY COLLAPSE ONE BY ONE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THINGS COULDN'T HAVE LOOKED WORSE AND HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE SEPT 1, 2010. HE HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL AFTER HOSPITAL BEFORE FINALLY ARRIVING AT UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. THEY ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS WHILE PROVIDING THE CARE NEEDED TO CLEAR THE MULTIPLE INFECTIONS. AT THAT POINT THEY DECIDED TO DO SURGERY ON HIS LUNG TO RID SOME OF THE INFECTION BUT IT JUST CAME BACK STRONGER. IT SEEMED AS IF NOTHING WAS WORKING AND ONE PARTICULAR DOCTOR CAME IN AND ORDERED AN INJECTION TO ALLOW HIM TO HAVE A BOWEL MOVEMENT. THE SHOT WAS ADMINISTERED AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER HE WAS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO ANYONE OR ANYTHING. IT WAS AS IF HE KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED HIM TO DO, BUT HE WAS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE ORDER. THE HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN, BARRY ALONG WITH MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM BUT WE TOLD THEM TO PRAY PARTICUALRY FOR WHAT EVER WAS HAPPENING TO HIM THAT NIGHT. AROUND MIDNIGHT AFTER STEPPING OUT TO ALLOW HIM TO BE CLEANED WE RETURNED TO DISCOVER HIM FULLY RESPONSIVE AND UN-AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT HAD OCCURED. HE PROGRESSED IN HIS RECOVERY TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS TRANSFERED TO A REHABILITATION FACILITY WHERE THINGS WENT STRAIGHT DOWN HILL. HE WAS TAKEN TO UK EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHERE I WAS TOLD HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT. GOD CARRIED HIM THROUGH IT ALL AND HE IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE CRITCAL CARE UNIT OF UK. WITH GOD AND THE PRAYERS HE IS STILL HERE AND HAS THE STRENGHTH WITHIN HIM TO FIGHT THIS NEVER ENDING BATTLE. EACH DAY THE TEST RESULTS ARE COMMING BACK SHOWING SLIGHT PROGRESS GIVING US THAT GLIMPSE OF HOPE WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON EACH DAY. WE NEED ALL THE PRAYERS WE CAN GET AND ARE PRAYING FOR HIS RECOVERY EVERY MINUTE OF EVERYDAY. PLEASE ASK EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM AND OUR ENTIRE FAMILY. I KNOW HIS FAITH IS BEING TESTED ON A DAILY BASIS, PLEASE PRAY THAT HE REMAINS CLOSE WITH GOD AND KNOWS THAT GOD IS WALKING WITH HIM, INSTEAD HE IS CARRYING HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AGAIN HIS NAME IS RANDY CALLOWAY AND HE IS IN CCU AT UK HOSPITAL. PLEASE, I BEG YOU TO ASK EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO SAY A PRAYER.

THANK YOU,

THE CALLOWAY FAMILY

(CAROL, LEALEA, AND BECKY)