Re: My friend Karla
From: cindy shruhan (cindyandbobby@webtv.net)
Thu Jan 23 09:48:27 2003
At Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Jo Eslick wrote:
>
>Most of you don't realise this, but Karla have been close friends for a
>long time, and to find out that she was in hospital again under the
>present circumstances saddened me greatly.
>
>Karla has had a long and painful struggle with ARD and those of you who
>don't know who she is will find her on the adhesions quilt.
>Unfortunately it hasn't been updated recently and so her latest
>struggles aren't recorded there.
>
>She is a tough, passionate and caring person who struggles to regain her
>dignity after a disastrous urostomy left her with a leaking seal, making
>socialising an uncomfortable experience for her... there is always a
>lingering odour of urine surrounding her, making a social occasion
>embarrassing and uncomfortable.
>
>Her greatest passion is her daughter and granddaughters and deceased
>grandson who died from SIDS. Karla wants more than anything for people
>to understand the dangers of surgery and chasing after that seemingly
>elusive "pain free" place that we all crave.
>
>She is a tough and inspirational lady and a friend I have admired since
>our early introductions when I first stumbled across the IAS message
>board. When I read this morning that she had opened her eyes for a
>short time, it didn’t surprise me. Karla still has a few goals on her
>checklist and she will do her best to fulfil each goal before she leaves
>this earth.
>
>Karla would appreciate our prayers and support and I know she would also
>want us to continue the fight for awareness and the education of
>adhesions sufferers, the general public and the medical communities....
>letting people see and understand what it is truly like to live in our
>tortured worlds.
>
>To you Karla, my dear friend I send up my silent and constant prayers
>that you receive the best of care, the love and support of your family
>and your thousands of friends around the world via the IAS, Bombo and
>the UKAS and I pray that you find peace Karla. May the will of God rest
>easily upon you and your family and whatever path he has chosen for you
>now my friend is the one you are ready to follow.
>
>With all my love, my fondest regards, warmest most gentle and heart felt
>hugs,
>Jojo.
>
>--
>Joanne Eslick
>Founder Australian Adhesions Support Group
>http://www.bombobeach.com
>NSW Australian Co-ordinator of
>International Adhesions Society
>http://www.adhesions.org
>
>--
>I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based
>on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer
>reaching out to help others.
>
TO MY JO, BOY BABY GIRL I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE YOU POSTING, THEN I SAW IT
WAS FOR OUR KARLA, YOUR PRECIOUS WORDS MADE ME CRY, AND YES SHE HAS ALSO
HELD MY HAND THROUGH THE DEEPEST PART OF THIS HORRID DISEASE, AND I
PROMISED KARLA SOMETHING, WAY WAY LONG AGO, SHE ASKED ME TO PLEASE DO
NOT HAVE SURGERY UNLESS ITS LIFE OR DEATH, NOW THIS WAS DONE BETWEEN
HER, AND I PRIVATELY, SO SHE KNOWS I WILL ALWAYS UPHOLD THAT PROMISE,
YES OUR GIRL KARLA HAS SEEN MORE THAN ANYONE I KNOW OF, AND THE HORROW
SHE HAS BEEN PUT THROUGH JUST DOESNT SEEM FAIR THAT ONE SOUL SHOULD
ENDURE SO MUCH, HER DAUGHTER, AND G.KIDS ARE HER LIFE, SO IM PRAYING
WITH YOU JO, THAT OUR GIRL WILL FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALSO, AND KNOW BABY
GIRL, AND THIS IS FROM MY SOUL,IM SENDING UP PRAYERS TO YOU, MY SPECIAL
GIRL ALWAYS..MY HEART JUMPED A BEAT WHEN I SAW YOU HERE, IM GOING TO
YOUR WEBSITE SOON, I POSTED TO YOU THERE, HOPE YOU SAW IT LOVIE....GOD
BLESS MY GIRL JO, AND I LOVE YOU TONS, YOUR ALSO MY INSPIRATION TO NEVER
GIVE UP, AND NEVER STOP THIS FIGHT FOR ALL OF US....TAKE GOOD CARE LOVE,
WRITE ME WHEN YOU CAN..LOVE YOU SO, CINDY SHRUHAN
cindyandbobby@webtv.net
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I'M VISUALLY IMPAIRED, I NEED THE CAP'S IN ORDER TO TYPE, NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE..THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING...