A friend of ours had to make a phonecall...........

and she told us that her and her 2 daughters wouldn't be at Rebecca's birthday party because of a family emergency. Then she went into the emergency.

I know this man. I know this family. Their hearts towards adoption is SO HUGE! They have two Chinese daughters of their own. We met them when we had NO children and were invited to a "playdate" with other adoptive families in the southern MD area.

The dad in this family is a diabetic, type 2, just like me. He's older (older than me), and was struggling with his diabetes......................His diabetes reared it's ugly head earlier in the week. He has now lost a foot to the disease. He's been transferred from a local hospital to Georgetown Univ. Hospital. I know alot of the readers of our blog are christians and pray. I'm asking you to pray for this family. He's still in ICU and has been there for quite a while. His kidney's have tried to shutdown. He's on dialysis. He's doing a tad better, but anyone who knows anything about Diabetes knows things can happen QUICKLY and without warning.

I've been in touch with the family. (The mom) I feel so bad. I feel bad because him and I, even though we don't know each other as well as the mom and I do, we share that same disease! God knows it's ugly! I hate it! It takes too much from people! It's not fair and it strikes ANYONE at any age! You don't have to be fat, skinny, tall, short, have a history of it in your family, or not. It will strike with whom it decides.

Please, if you remember in your prayers, please pray for "D" and his family. God knows who this family is. He goes for another surgery tomorrow. When I find out more, I'll pass it on. Their girls are both under 10. Pray for the mom as she goes to the hospital and still tries to keep the girls on a "schedule" as much as can be done.