Please pray for my great aunt

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My great aunt has recently been admitted to the hospital. She has been diagnosed with pneumonia and she has serious breathing problems (she has to use a portable oxygen tank on a daily basis even when she’s “healthy”). The doctors seem to be quite concerned and have already asked her questions like whether or not she wants to be resuscitated in the event that her heart were to stop, etc. I know these questions are necessary, but apparently the way in which they asked her really scared her into thinking she was going to die right then and there. Sadly, with her chronic poor health and the fact that she now has pneumonia the doctors are probably not wrong to be asking her such things, however she gets confused so easily that it would have been nice had the doctors been a little more gentle with her. 😦

I am asking that you please remember her in your prayers. I have no idea what will come of this (she has been in the hospital before with close calls) but I just hope that if it is God’s will to take her that He grant her the grace of going peacefully instead of in a state of fear and confusion. Just to clarify, she is a good Catholic so I have no fears about her soul.

I would like to thank everyone in advance who is so kind as to remember my great aunt in their prayers. I know how good the prayer warriors on CAF are and I am certain that all of your prayers will be of help to her. Thanks.
 
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I feel for you and your great aunt. I’ve known others in this same situation so I understand. I will pray that God’s will be done and we should pray that God will give the doctors wisdom to make the right decisions. I believe she is suffering. Let us pray that the nurses give her the best of tender compassionate loving care. No matter how strong our faith is I believe most of us are afraid of the unknown in death. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will be with her to erase her confusion and anxiety. May she feel bathed in the soft light of God’s love and peace. I’ve read that angels are present around the ill although we cannot see them. May they guard and protect her from all harm. We ask and believe in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Thanks for all of your prayers. My aunt is still in the hospital, but at least she’s not in the emergency room anymore. Hopefully she’ll be able to get through this, but either way I know your prayers are helping her.
 
Praying for your Aunt and for you too, as I know this is not easy for you to watch. May God Bless You!
 
Thanks again to everyone who has prayed for my aunt. Unfortunately she has taken a turn for the worse. The doctors are moving her to the Intensive Care Unit. Apparently there is a dangerous build up of CO2 in her lungs right now and the doctors are very concerned that her body might not be strong enough to fight off the pneumonia. Some of my relatives are already very worried that she may die soon. 😦

I currently live over 2 hours away from my family where I am attending school and haven’t yet been able to visit her myself because of final exams. I’m hoping to be able to see her soon both for her sake and so that I don’t have to rely on second hand accounts about her declining health.

I ask that you please continue to pray for my aunt (Betty). Please pray for her recovery and if it is not God’s will for her to recover from this illness then please pray for her soul and that she has an easy passing from this life into the next. Thank you.
 
O Blessed Virgin Mary, on this your feast day as Our Lady of Fatima I pray that you will grant my petition and intercede on my great aunt’s behalf. Please ask your Son to bring her healing if it be God’s will and if that is not God’s will then please be with her to comfort her as she begins her journey from this life into the next. Amen.
 
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