Recent developments:
While he was receiving radiation treatment via the SIR spheres for his liver lesions, the chemo was suspended. Without the chemo, the initial tumour grew dramatically and caused a blockage. He had surgery to deal with it about a month ago and started another round of intensive chemo immediately.
He had another PET scan on Wednesday. The new chemo was completely ineffective and the cancer has spread to both his lungs. He will be seeing his oncologists today to discuss what they will do now, but it pretty much looks like palliative care only. There is nothing they can do.
Thank you all for your prayers.
Dear Linda Marie I am so sorry and so sad to read this. I have been keeping David in my thoughts and prayers. As a mother my heart goes out to you.
I continue to pray for a miracle and that the doctors can and will do something to help David . May God bless David and you and all the family
Lord please hear our prayers for David.The latest chemo has not been effective and things are bleak. Please guide the oncologists and all medical professionals to have the skills and knowledge necessary to help David in every way. We pray for a miracle for David Lord.Please comfort David and his dear mother Linda Marie and all his family who love him so very much.
Lord in Your mercy please hear our prayers Amen
St. Jude, the glorious apostle faithful servant and friend of Jesus,
the patron of hopeless cases of things despaired of,
pray for our friend this son who is sick and so miserable.
Make use we implore you of this particular privilege accorded to you,
to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of.
Come to our assistance in this great time of need,
that this son may receive the consolations and succor of Heaven
in all his necessities, tribulations and sufferings,
particularly to help our friend to get better from his illness
and to give him good health
and to guide his path,
and that we may bless God with you
and all the elect forever.
I promise you, O Blessed St. Jude,
to be ever mindful of this great favor,
and I will never cease to honor you
as my special and powerful patron
and to do all in my power to encourage devotion to you.
Amen
A Prayer to St. Peregrine for Sick Relatives and Friends
O great St. Peregrine, you have been called “The Mighty”, the “The Wonder Worker” because of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in their need. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being. You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to heal these sick persons whom I entrust to you:
(we pray for this son to be healed)
Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude to God for His great goodness and mercy.
Amen.
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
Prayer for a Miracle
God of all creation, you who spoke a simple command and brought forth light from
the darkness, I ask you now to send forth your miracle-working power to heal (this son). You cleansed the lepers, opened the eyes of the blind and by
speaking a simple command, you empowered the crippled to rise up and walk.
You sent forth your life-giving power to all those in need, including those you raised from
the dead. I ask you to send forth your healing power into this son’s body and give him the strength to fight his illness. I ask this through my Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
