Special Prayer

This has been just one of "those" weeks. I won't bore you with all of my troubles, but I have one special request, that you pray for my sweet little 11 year old neighbor Courtney. My Monday morning started out with a phone call from my neighbor Amy telling me that she had an emergency and that she had already called 911 but could I please come down and watch her son until her husband Brian got home while she took Courtney to the hospital. I ran down the street, let myself in the house and found Amy in the bathroom with Courtney screaming in pain on the floor. She thought it was constipation, she had been to the Dr. a week ago with the same symptoms, just this time it was down her right side so Amy was afraid it was her appendix. My son Dayton had the same problem a few years ago after coming home from camp, Courtney had just been to 5th grade camp so we figured that was the culprit. If only it were that simple. The EMT came to the house and determined that she was probably fine, no appendix problems and that Amy could take her to the ER herself instead of a traumatic ambulance ride. So my hubby loaded Courtney up and put her in their backseat, she was in alot of pain. As the day went on I noticed after several hours that they were still not home. I finally called Brian to see what was going on and he told me that the hospital found an ovarian tumor and could not help her so they sent her to the University hospital 10 minutes away. We are so fortunate to have 2 very wonderful hospitals so close by. They claimed that they have never seen a child this young with such a tumor. She has her own team of Dr's documenting everything. They removed a softball sized tumor on Wednesday, along with her right ovary. We are now waiting to hear what the pathology reports indicated, whether it is the big bad disease or not, they already put a stint in for her during surgery in case she needs chemo. This is where you come in, please join us in lifting this sweet family up in prayer, please pray that the tumor was benign and that she can come home and return to her normal, scooter riding little life. Poor Amy couldn't eat all week and has been an emotional wreck, I really can't imagine. We are all in a state of shock, we thought she was going in for consitpation and then we find out that she is the first case this huge hospital has ever seen with this type of tumor. We are so thankful that we are so near such a great hospital and her care can continue while she is close. It was thought she may have been able to come home today, I haven't seen much life over there the past two days so I am not sure. They live 2 doors down from us and are just wonderful neighbors, when we moved in Courtney was a year old. She is just the sweetest young lady and I love when her and her little brother will come knocking on our door to see if Dayton wants to come out and play with them. I am sure their lives are forever changed by the events that have taken place this week, we will be there for them, however they need us, but right now I feel the only thing that I can do is spread the word to pray for little Courtney. Thanks so much!!!