Matthew
My brother-in-law Matthew Schrock has metastatic cancer and is in the hospital with several health crises. He had several mini-strokes last week, each one followed by prompt recovery, but the search for a cause has turned up further problems.
Apparently a mass/clot/infection (it gets called one of these things at various times, by various people) has formed around one of his heart valves. This is the source of the clots that have caused the mini-strokes. Leaving it alone is risky and removing it would be risky also.
Matthew has pneumonia too. Pain medication is helping now, but getting the pain controlled did not happen right away.
Until the strokes began, Matthew had not spent time as a hospital patient since his initial diagnosis more than a year ago. The prognosis was fairly grim, but he has had mostly good weeks since then. He was here for my mother's funeral on January 17.
Matthew's wife, Clara, is my youngest sister. Matthew and Clara's four children live nearby in Columbus, OH, except for Joshua, who is in school in California. Matthew is 53.
Matthew was in grade 7 when he first entered the classroom where I was teaching in Ohio in the 1970s. He was my student until he left school for good--until years later when he set out to become an architect. Enrolling at Ohio State University took the family to Columbus from Holmes County.
Please pray for Matthew and Clara and their family.
Apparently a mass/clot/infection (it gets called one of these things at various times, by various people) has formed around one of his heart valves. This is the source of the clots that have caused the mini-strokes. Leaving it alone is risky and removing it would be risky also.
Matthew has pneumonia too. Pain medication is helping now, but getting the pain controlled did not happen right away.
Until the strokes began, Matthew had not spent time as a hospital patient since his initial diagnosis more than a year ago. The prognosis was fairly grim, but he has had mostly good weeks since then. He was here for my mother's funeral on January 17.
Matthew's wife, Clara, is my youngest sister. Matthew and Clara's four children live nearby in Columbus, OH, except for Joshua, who is in school in California. Matthew is 53.
Matthew was in grade 7 when he first entered the classroom where I was teaching in Ohio in the 1970s. He was my student until he left school for good--until years later when he set out to become an architect. Enrolling at Ohio State University took the family to Columbus from Holmes County.
Please pray for Matthew and Clara and their family.
posted by Mrs. I (Miriam Iwashige) at
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