Please remember Doug L. in prayer. His wife, Mindy contacted us to let us know that Doug is in the hospital with heart issues. This is very serious.
Update:2/9/2024
Doug was discharged last night & had his first & best sleep in our hotel room! Thank you Lord! He would love to connect with you & will. Hope y’all have a wonderful weekend!
M
Update:2/6/2024
Hello!
Prayers are so beautiful coming from people we don’t even know or have met! So thankful:) Thanks to all of you!
Good morning:) Doug officially looks like a warrior, a battle wound to prove it. A new level of pain but different as he journeys with one less limb. He has had many rough sleepless days as the doctors tried to “under dose” him. All got figured out, as we have learned, one needs an advocate to speak for them. So sad the ones who don’t have anyone. Another reason the medial field is called a practice….they practice on us & even more when we consent or have no one to help speak for us. Learning so much! Once they got his pain meds right (yesterday) he was able to sleep. I have never witnessed such human superpower strength & will so it is ONLY through the power of our LORD! It’s incredible! Am organization came in to start the fit of a prosthetic for him. Let the rehabilitation begin! Miraculously his heart seems to not be a concern. They had a scheduled heart surgery next week! I convinced them otherwise & not sure why they didn’t see that losing a limb & then having your chest sawed open, a week later, would not be detrimental! His leg looks so much healthier! Praise our Lord! Now prayers are for his whole healing, no infections, learning a new walk, mental motivation & in a nutshell, this new journey, for us both:)
More 2 come!
Thanks Charlie!
M
PS
My website (Doug’s is under construction Men2Warriors.com) is Women2Warriors.com. Please check it out when you can:)
Update: 2/4/2024 <<<Back to Top
Yes the toes weren’t enough as the blood flow is weak in his foot. So on Tuesday that’s the plan at 3:45 est. He will be fitted for a prosthetic within 2 months. Our prayer is…the heart doc & team are pressing us with having his heart surgery one week out from this surgery. We both believe he needs recuperation & this surgery too will tell how much so. He’s not had much sleep in nearly 3 weeks…maybe longer. Not a healthy thing for him. He’s always had a blood disorder where his red platelets over multiply but finding out he has coronary artery disease & peripheral vascular disease was our shock & now he’s losing limbs? Nuts! I will soon update you after his surgery for that update. Thank you so very much!
Mindy
Update: 2/2/2024 <<<Back to Top
Hello Charlie,
Wow! Thank you for ALL of your mentions of my sweet amazing warrior & the prayers! We know the Lord is walking this with us & appreciate this so much!
Doug’s update is removal of his left foot at his shin/calf this coming week, & he will then be fitted to wear a prosthetic. This is 2-3 month process & healing. We will be staying in Michigan (home state) while he heals. They want to do heart surgery soon after, but we don’t feel the Holy Spirit leading him to have back to back surgeries. Doug’s pain & lack of sleep are still miserable for him so my biggest prayer…rest for him.
I will keep you posted on his updates & next surgery.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Mindy
Update: 1/26/2024 <<<Back to Top
Hello!
Doug asked me to update you:) And I should have by now so forgive me as I’m trying to get word out to all:)
He had 3 toes removed...leaving his big & next toe. He will learn to walk again & should quickly b/c he’s a warrior…he’s staying positive. And prayfully they can manage his pain as his tolerance is extremely high so much so that it would be a lethal dose to an average person. He has a heart ablation next if they can keep his heart rate under control as it is “irregular”. I listened the other day to it. I was curious to hear it & wow he actually has a dancing heart! It skips like dance steps. So sweet! Made me smile & tear. Doug is suppose to have next a scheduled open heart surgery (couple of weeks) where they will bypass up to 5. This all is nuts! But our Lord is showing us the way & illuminating it! So many people & paths He’s opened for us. We came back from California for our son-in-love (laws) funeral & planned on taking our daughter & their 18 month son back to Cali. We stay there in the winter months…living in our RV..sold our home etc to wake up people to His kingdom! We live truly an amazing life & this is just another plot change for us. Doug has some “sick” insides & prayfully we can figure this new journey out for & with him. The hospital finds him to be a marvel & he professes Him & has prayed with docs. It’s incredible, educational, scary, exhilarating, exhausting, & we are learning this medical industry, but knowing our Lord….we are more than covered! We are witnesses! Like even now…I’m on my way to get my 3rd rental car (2 failed before & have been towed) & Doug has yet to see me as he is in recovery from his foot. I’m 2 hours away to get it, oh my! I’m in the humor stage with all of this now;) It’s way healthier to laugh! Thank you for reaching out to Doug! He’s very thankful:) More funventures to come…
Mindy
Update: 1/24/2024 My hubby’s update: <<<Back to Top
Good morning beautiful people! So day 7 & my guys pain is ultra horrible & they can’t get it under control. His foot is even worse…may lose a toe….but believing not! The surgery is tomorrow & proceeding the heart ablation because of the blood flow in the legs. He also needs open heart, another story. Not sure of much else other than the pain at the moment & his lack of sleep has him about to go crazy! It’s about 10 nights now without it. Had a wonderful pain management doc come in & even pray with us. So cool! But I do have to leave at some point to sleep & keep myself healthy…the night is horrible for him for pain…worse. Anyways so much I can’t text to keep you posted. Thank you for your prayers already! If you are willing…I’m fasting & praying today…if you would too…in the way our Lord leads you to. Thank you!
Update: 1/22/2024 <<<Back to Top
I’m astounded but we have besties who are docs & they both believe it’s been lifestyle induced, past lifestyle so to speak….because Doug is an athlete (set world records in his 30’s) , weight lifted since age 12 power & body, ran companies, opened businesses, raced dirt bikes, plus a marriage & fam…& all of life!!! Well it all added up & his heart was taxed & some of his vascular insides are, well, as if he’s a 90 year old, to put it simply. He overproduces red blood cells (Polysythemia) too & so these docs are in a quandary because he is so young & has these issues. He has an electrical & plumbing issue with the heart is their layman’s terms. He’s in the hospital for this week, may get a short break to leave & then do the scheduled heart surgery. So YES, please include my incredible warrior hubby in on the page:) Thanks again |