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Carol
Carol Olejnik
Carol
Carol Olejnik
Sep 3, 2015

Prayer Request

I don't know where to start, so I guess I will just tell everyone that my son, Daniel who is only 40 has had 3 back surgeries in 8 months, the last being a fusion to repair damage done by the previous 2. The doctor who did the fusion seemed to really care about his well being and quality of life which was significantly diminished after the first two surgeons compromised his back and took away his quality of life. My son was so hopeful that this last surgery would be his last and was so hopeful and went to church to thank the Father for his blessings and then 2 months ago, the pain got even worse. The fusion surgeon keeps asking my son to trust him, but the pain is getting worse and my son is worried he will become a prescription addict (something he cannot abide with or live with). He is behind on all his bills (which I told him to please not worry about because we will work on that together - he doesn't want me to help with this as he feels he is a burden). His job does not understand the pain he is in and he is fearful of losing that as well. I keep telling him that God loves him and is working to making his situation and medical issues resolved. Dan has helped everyone he can in this world - if ever anyone needed any sort of help, Dan was always there and always helped. He was born with a birthmark on the left side of his face and his school life was horrendous with all the children picking on him. He feels that this has held him back in his job as well. Dan has had so much lemons in life and worked so hard to be a good and loving man and he is one of the best I know. I have been praying to God for 394 days to take away his pain a little each day and to heal him completely so that he can know he is loved and cared for and that miracles are possible. Dan has asked what he did that would make God turn away from him in his time of need. I have added Dan to so many prayer chains and had masses and lit candles asking for just a small amount of healing each day so that Dan's faith in healing could be returned. I believe Dan is suffering with PTSD and I ask tht you please, please pray for the Heavenly Father, the Blessed Mary and their Divine Healing Son, Jesus to look upon Dan with compassion and reach down a hand in mercy to heal Dan of his physical, emotional and spiritual pain as Dan is not wanting to go on with life because he believes that his quality of life is so low. Please, please pray for my son with me? I promise to pray for each of you in return. I am at such a loss at how to help Dan.

Carol
Carol Olejnik
Aug 30, 2015

Prayer Request

Dearest Heavenly Father and Holy Family... yep, it is me AGAIN. I feel as I have become a constant nagging or tugging like the tiny gnats that circle my head when outside and I am hoping with all of my heart that you are not annoyed with me for constantly running to you about my son. Sometimes I feel as though you must be and I apologize for that but I am scared and do not know where else to turn, so I run to you and throw my arms around you while crying to ask you to take the pain away from my son who has been in constant horrible pain for a year now and is hanging on by only threads. He feels abandoned by his friends, his doctors, his coworkers and thinks that he has no reason to draw another painful breath. I know how very busy you are God, but I am on my knees asking for a break to his pain, if you cannot take it all away at this moment, perhaps take it down to where it is at least bearable without the need for painkillers. I would be most appreciative. I ask others that I do not even know for prayers as I have for the past year and I love and appreciate each and every one of those prayers offered up on Dan's behalf. I don't know how much longer he can hold on and work (40 +) hours a week with this level and still want to go on. This is breaking my heart. My son worries about how far behind he is falling financially and I keep telling him to let go of that worry as that is something we can all work on to help him through. All of this: the constant horrible pain, the work (and his workers telling him it is in his head to suck it up), the mounting bills keep rolling through his mind and he cannot sleep and has lost almost 50 pounds (he was never heavy) .. please give me the words to find to ask for mercy for him ... I feel inadequate and watching him like this is beyond my ability to put into words. I ask you to please, please reach down a hand in mercy and take away the pain .. and if you cannot do it completely at the moment, please take away as much as you can so he can handle this easier. He has held on for so long only because of you and his family, but he is tired, oh so tired.
Thank you Lord for allowing me to come to you and the compassionate and caring individuals who pray for him and please bless those individuals as well for their good deeds. Amen.

Carol
Carol Olejnik
May 15, 2015

Prayer Request

Update on Daniel: He underwent his 3rd surgery for his back on April 7th. He had a back fusion to correct the compromised discs that the other surgeons left with their botched surgeries. He also had a large cyst removed from his sciatica nerve. Daniel has worked hard on getting out of the dark space he had been in with the previous 2 surgeries and has come to a better place about his healing. He understands that he must let go and let God heal him and that it will not be all at once but will take time. He is trying very hard to be patient and he is doing well but still has pain and I would ask, if I could, that he be continued in your prayers.
The other reason I am writing is because with everything that has been taking place in my family (many, many other surgeries) I reinjured my compromised knee (2nd time in 6 months) and am in pain and cannot straighten my leg out nor put weight on it. I need to get a knee replacement and have scheduled an appointment with an ortho surgeon to get this done. In the meantime, though I feel very useless and unworthy, I would like to please ask you to include me in your prayers for healing the pain and allowing me to straighten my leg until my surgery can be scheduled. I am very sorry to ask, and I hope you understand how hard it is for me to ask for myself.
I thank each of you for being compassionate and caring and for any prayers you will say for my son Daniel and for me. May God continue to bless each of you.