note: Since I (Joe) am not on social media, but we have many friends with whom our only contact is through the digital pipeline, I’m going to use this site as a platform to share my heart and thoughts about our little Alice. Please know that we’d love to hear from you, but for reasons our own, leave your comments here on the blog instead of Shelly’s Facebook, and we’d greatly appreciate it.
In various conversations around the dinner table over the last couple of months, my wife and I occasionally discussed the fact that it seemed the “light” had gone out of our little girl’s eyes. This was significant, since Alice’s full-featured smile could infamously light up a room of any size. She has seasonal allergy issues, so we chalked it up to that, and did the whole Zyrtek Allegra Claritin thing.
Then she seemed a bit more unstable from time to time. Shaky might be a better word. Not much, just a little. But still our happy little girl (and she still is, by God’s grace!). Last Tuesday I came home, and she met me at the door, which she often did, and as we talked together, I noticed her eyes weren’t quite tracking with each other. Not crossed, and not really a lazy eye, just not quite in alignment.
I mentioned this to Shelly, and she said she’d been thinking that same thing for a couple of days, but that maybe it was just her worrisome nature making things up. But if I saw the same thing, we thought we’d get her checked out. Wednesday morning I brought her to see an LPN who suggested some additional allergy treatments, gave us a referral to an allergy and an eye specialist, and sent us home. In previous experience, it takes weeks or months to see a specialist, but when Shelly called, they had an appointment for Friday morning in Wyoming, MN.
We watched, Shelly worried, and when Friday morning came, we really only had one question for the allergy specialist: “Do allergies make eyes misalign?” Answer: No. Then some additional allergy info, and we left, I took her to Target to buy her a teddy bear (and for once, I was hoping she’d pick the expensive one. She made a solid mid-range choice, and when asked his name a thousand times over the next two days always called him “Bear.”) Then we headed back home. On the way, we called the Pine City clinic once again, figuring we’d try to be seen by someone else, and lo and behold we got an appointment for 3:00 that afternoon.
As Violet and I sat in the waiting room and Shelly took Alice to be seen, the Doctor took one look at Alice and said, “I don’t know what this is.” He ordered some blood to be drawn for lab tests. A nurse came to get me, to help hold Alice while they drew blood. I sat holding her while two nurses worked on getting a needle in her arm. They had just got the needle in, (and I must say, Alice was amazingly calm, as she has been this whole ordeal) and they’d missed the vein and were trying to find it when the Dr. walked back in the room, told them to stop drawing blood, and pull the needle. Weird.
The nurses left, Shelly was off with Violet, and the Doctor said to me, “I called down to the Children’s hospital, and actually got a neurologist on the phone. He said bring her down. Take her to the ER, it’s Friday night, but we don’t want to wait until Monday. I’ll tell them you’re coming.”
So, we swung by the Dairy Queen to tell Natalie our plans, by the house to grab an overnight bag (how my wife manages to get all the essentials and miss nothing in a matter of 5 hyper-stressed minutes is beyond me), kiss the other kids good-bye, and headed down to Minneapolis.
Thank the Lord for friends and family who dropped everything to care for the kids over the next couple of days. We’ve not had a request denied us, no matter how inconvenient it’s been.
At the ER Alice went through a battery of little tests. Look at the light, follow my finger, push my hands, walk, jump, stand on one leg, etc. Shelly and I answered a zillion questions. They said her eyes weren’t technically crossed, and in a moment where no medical people were in our room, we said to each other that one of the Doctors had eyes that sort of matched hers. Probably this was nothing.
Little Alice, naturally shy, slowly warmed up to every one of the doctors and residents who came in and ran the same little tests with her. She must have followed fingers and looked at lights and touched this or that a thousand times. But at the end of a few hours, it sounded like they were sending us home.
But before they let us go, the ER Doctor made one more call to a neurologist, and when he returned from that call, his tone had changed. Now we were staying the night. She was going to get an MRI.
So they moved us “upstairs,” got us settled in, and over the course of that Friday night it felt like a million more “follow my finger, what’s your bear’s name, look at my nose, push on my hands,” and blood pressure readings.
Shelly had about had it when Alice didn’t finally get enough space to fall asleep until about midnight, only to be woke up again (which is no small feat for a sleeping Alice, as those who know her can testify!) to look at the light, squeeze fingers, etc.
The MRI happened about noon. Alice, exhausted, fell asleep long before they sedated her so she wouldn’t wiggle while in the machine. That was a long hour and a half, sitting in a waiting room, trying to eat, holding Violet, knowing nothing, while I mused aloud to Shelly that we might be just wasting everyone’s time and money. She assured me we were not, which was helpful but hardly comforting.
As we sat there, a voice that was trying to be calm but was clearly panicked came over the intercom: “Code 21, unit 1, code 21.” Was that Alice? What’s going on? I googled code 21, and actually got a sheet from the University hospital. Code 21 is a potentially explosive situation, apparently something like a volatile patient about to go ballistic. Well that wasn’t Alice. But it showed us how raw our nerves were.
Then the MRI was done, and we went back to sit with Alice as she woke up, very slowly, in her Alice way. Back to the room to wait.
After an hour or two, a young man walked into our room and introduced himself as a neurological resident. He asked us a few questions, said something about “showing us the pictures,” talked to Alice for a little bit, and then walked over to the computer. As he was taking us over to the other side of the room, he said, “They don’t call in a neurologist to deliver good news.” He said they’d found a tumor at the top of her brain stem. As he pulled up the scan of her head, I was looking at a little black dot wondering if that was it. He pointed to a massive white section, right in the middle of her brain. “This is the tumor. This white thing isn’t supposed to be here. This is not good. It’s basically inaccessible, we can’t get to it.”
Gulp. That thing was (and is still, at this point), gigantic. He talked us through the concept of lakes of fluid in the brain, and how the lakes drain down rivers, and this tumor is starting to make the rivers smaller. Then he explained how a child’s brain is so “plastic” and developing so rapidly, it learns to develop around the tumor, and function with it in there. But at some point, the brain can’t handle it anymore, and that’s when you start to notice some of the symptoms. These things usually show up by the time a child is Alice’s age.
He wasn’t hopeless, but he wasn’t hopeful. So far, I guess we can say the same for pretty much all the doctors we’ve talked with. The hospital’s brain tumor specialist came to see us on Sunday morning, which to me was a testament of the gravity of the situation, since I don’t think he typically works Sunday, and he talked to us a little bit about sending us home for a few days while they assembled a team to do a biopsy because, as he said, “I want to see this thing under my microscope,” ran some of the same little tests – follow my finger, look here, squeeze this, push that – and said to the team that followed him, (rather cryptically, to us) “I’ve seen what I needed to see,” and was gone. But we liked him, he’s the only one thus far to use the term “determine the path to recovery,” which still rang a little hollow but we hope he knows what he’s talking about.
An hour after he left, the hospital’s chief neurological surgeon came to see us, and said, “You won’t be needing us, as this is inoperable.” I asked “What’s the procedure for doing a biopsy?” I wanted to know how they get a needle in the middle of her brain to get the tissue. “Oh, we don’t do biopsies on this kind of tumor. This is a gliomic tumor. We only do that if we don’t know what it is, and we know what this one is.”
That was news to me. I told her the previous doctor said he wanted to do one. “Oh, I see. We haven’t talked and I thought I’d get here before him. Well, a biopsy will give us some specifics that may allow you to enroll in clinical trials and experimental treatments.” Hardly comforting terms.
I avoid googling medical things, but just because I wanted to try to get some idea of a prognosis and the doctors had (and thus far have) carefully avoided giving us one (which I don’t blame them for, as their information is still incomplete as I write), I checked out gliomic brain stem tumors. There are apparently two kinds, one is mean and nasty, and the other one is more docile and treatable. They only biopsy the docile kind. So I figure the neurosurgeon is convinced this is one of the mean ones.
One of the resident neurologists came back in our room a few hours later to talk with us again, and said that the brain tumor doctor had seen something just different enough in Alice’s tumor that he wanted to get another look at it. I think that’s hopeful. I asked her, “This feels hopeless, should we be hopeful?” She said, “I’d stick with hopeful. And enjoy her for…” and then she kind of rescued that train of thought somehow, but I’ll never remember how she did it.
My wife asked Pastor Ivan Fiske to come pray with us, and so on Sunday afternoon he did. Pastor Bob came from Lewis Lake an hour later, knelt by the bed, and wept. God bless those dear men. Shelly and I cry, a lot. But we are enjoying Alice. We are amazed by the outpouring of affection and love from all corners of our little world. It’s funny – we know God is sovereign, and if a sparrow doesn’t fall without Him knowing about it, Alice doesn’t have a tumor without Him knowing about it. But just when it seems like we should be angry with Him for not stopping it, or wonder why, of all people, it should be our Alice, we remember that He is our only real hope. So we look to the God who superintends tumors and say, “Oh God, help us trust your wisdom and grace.” I’ve often said the past few days, “Jesus loves the little children, but He loves them in strange ways.” That’s how I feel. But if I don’t understand the strange ways, I do understand He loves Alice, and He loves us.
Thursday is biopsy day. We still won’t have a prognosis for a couple of days while the pathologists do their thing. They are assembling the best they’ve got (and they’ve all been absolutely wonderful, and if I sound like I’m complaining, I’m not. There’s just not a lot of “glad game” left in me right now), which is a comfort and a concern. I wish Alice had the kind of problem the janitors could fix, rather than needing the best of the best, or the “A Team” as the resident neurologist called them.
So dear friends and family, that’s where we are and how we got there. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime if you wish to serve us, please do these two things:
Pray. Pray for Alice. She is oblivious to what’s going on, but “what’s going on” marches on nonetheless. We beg God all the time to let us keep our little girl. Please ask Him that for us too. But we pray that God’s will be done, and we cling to this promise: “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory that is to be revealed to us.” The future, barring an unusual Providential intervention, seems bleak. But who knows, God is God, and does as He pleases. May He please to be merciful to Alice, and to us, that we not have sorrow upon sorrow.
Pray for our other five children. These are perilous days for their souls. I’d far rather lose Alice for a few short years than lose one of my children for eternity because they turned their back on God, feeling that He’s turned His back on them. God save all my kids – now, but especially forever.
Cry. God is in this, and we are absolutely stunned at the tears shed in God’s presence for our little Alice. The tears of the men of God in particular are jewels adorning Alice’s life. If tears are stored in God’s bottle, it would seem he has a barrel full for those shed for Alice, and they are indeed precious. As one of the elders of our church stood in our driveway with tears streaming down his face, I thanked God to be surrounded by godly men with soft hearts. We know in this age of information there’s a zillion different cures for cancer, and the time will come for you to share those with us. But for now, we just need to cry and seek God’s face with you, and the time for those conversations will come later.
Comfort: We love hearing from our friends and family, and if you like, leave a note here on this page. We need you. We hope you understand that we can’t physically or emotionally respond to everyone, but your kind words and deeds are not unnoticed, indeed, they minister much grace and peace to our hearts. We thank you so much.
There is much more to say, and I’m sure I could have said what I did say in a better, more gracious way. But thank you for entering this trial with us. To the dear folks at Quamba who haven’t fully let us go yet, and the beloved saints at Lewis Lake who have embraced us as one of their own already, to our family and our friends, and to those of you we’ve never met but God has called you to our side to bear this burden with us, we are so grateful.
God help us.
joe and shelly, natalie, joe, emily, kylie, alice, and violet.
September 28, 2017 at 1:21 am
Keeping you continually in prayer with the biopsy tomorrow.
I was listening to the Getty song
‘He will hold me fast’
And immediately thought of your family!
He WILL hold you fast ❤️
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September 28, 2017 at 1:21 am
Keeping you continually in prayer with the biopsy tomorrow.
I was listening to the Getty song
‘He will hold me fast’
And immediately thought of your family!
He WILL hold you fast ❤️
-Amber Nelson
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September 28, 2017 at 1:22 am
My heart breaks for your family as I read this; yet the Grace that is so evident in your writing encourages me to know that God is in charge and that you accept that His Will Be Done no matter how difficult that might be. I pray that Alice might have a full recovery and that God would be given the Glory of that miracle. I pray that your family will feel God’s perfect presence/love enveloping you as you walk this journey of the unknown. May you find comfort and peace in the fact that God knows the purpose of your struggles.
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September 28, 2017 at 1:27 am
Praying for you, your family, and especially for Alice. Saw your blog post, shared on FB by Heppners legacy. We have been in your shoes. Our oldest child had brain cancer at 5 years old. He is now 23. He had medulloblastoma. God is good, all the time!
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September 28, 2017 at 1:41 am
The email came, I prayed and then you trust God, delete the email and move on. Not this time. I am unable to delete the email, it stays in my inbox and every time I see it, I pray.
Steve Pfleghaar (Bethany Bible)
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September 28, 2017 at 1:43 am
We are burdened for your family and praying for God’s will to be done, for His wisdom for the medical team & comfort & sustaining power for your family. Rebecca Dixon, Brisbane Australia.
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September 28, 2017 at 1:57 am
Been praying for you all since I’ve heard the news. Much love to you and yours.
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September 28, 2017 at 2:26 am
This afternoon I was driving down the road praying for Alice and as I was praying the Chris Tomlin song came on “I lift my hands” The first words of the song are – Be still there is a healer His love is deeper than the sea. My prayer is and will continue to be that He will be the healer for Alice.
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September 28, 2017 at 2:32 am
Keeping you all in my thoughts! Good luck and may God be with you tomorrow.
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September 28, 2017 at 2:43 am
Praying for Sweet Alice and your family from Pensacola, FL! May God have His healing hand in her and provide you all strength and comfort.
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September 28, 2017 at 3:12 am
Prayers for Alice and her family.
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September 28, 2017 at 3:16 am
My prays go out for you and your family. God is gracious and in control of everything. I pray for healing for your daughter Alice but also His will be done. Keeping look above no matter how your journey goes. God has a plan and we cannot always see it but He only has our best interests through it all. God Bless!
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September 28, 2017 at 3:18 am
We have been praying for Alice and your whole family since hearing this news. May God wrap his arms around you and grant unto you all that you stand in need of.
Jeff Tvedt & Family
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September 28, 2017 at 3:19 am
Praying for your sweet daughter and comfort for you and your wife, from Twin Cities, Minnesota. ❤
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September 28, 2017 at 3:44 am
Having walked a similar walk, my heart cries for you. Your faith is your comfort and the example for your children, a light to the world. God gives our kids a little extra something to soldier through these battles. It doesn’t mean they’re easy and it doesn’t mean they’ll win, but I hope that observation from being the parent of a pediatric brain cancer patient can worm its way into some crevice to give you peace. 💝Prayers for you and yours!
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September 28, 2017 at 4:04 am
Praying for this precious little one. I live in Michigan and Nautas are friends. Only the Lord knows what is ahead for all of you Will be praying for continued peace in your hearts and healing for Alice
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September 28, 2017 at 4:33 am
I don’t know you and this is the first time I ever read this blog (it was linked as a prayer request) I want to let you know that my heart goes out for you and your family. I’ve cried and prayed and cried over this. Im amazed at the words you wrote in the midst of all of this situation, words that speak truth about life and about God. May God keep you faithful through all of this. May God heal Alice. May God save all of our kids. Prayers from Costa Rica.
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September 28, 2017 at 4:50 am
Praying for you in Mexico. Count on that.
Isaiah 41:10
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September 28, 2017 at 5:58 am
I am a cousin of Danica’s and am praying my heart out for your little Alice. We never understand why these trials happen but pray for strength and hope as you go through it. A good friend of ours up here in Alaska had stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer at 2 years old but prayer and God’s neverending love got the family of 5 (soon to be 6!❤) through it and she is a very happy 5 year old cancer free little girl! We are holding you all up in prayer from all around this country! God Bless and stay positive! Hugs!
– Gravley family
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September 28, 2017 at 10:33 am
God is weeping with you, but His glory will be known to all. Love and prayers for Alice and her family. Keep looking to God, in Him is all hope!
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September 28, 2017 at 11:04 am
Praying for all of you and the doctors.
-Katja
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September 28, 2017 at 11:17 am
Praying for Alice and your family A child is a Wonderful gift from God.
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September 28, 2017 at 11:40 am
Our hearts are hurting and we are crying and praying with you and for you and Shelly, for the kids, their cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. And for Alice, we are praying for God to be merciful but to also be glorified in whatever happens. May your family be a shining testimony of God’s grace to everyone watching…the medical teams, those near, and those far. We are praying especially today for all the tests and biopsy. Please call us if you need us to do anything for you, we are here to help support you during this road.
Psalm 57:1,2 – Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
Chuck & Jennifer Hervin
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September 28, 2017 at 12:02 pm
Crying and praying for your sweet daughter, Alice. Don’t know you but I pray with an awesome group of women and am going to pass this this on that they will be praying for you all as well. From Illinois
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September 28, 2017 at 12:58 pm
My heart aches with you and for you. I don’t know you but I will be praying for you…..I will ask others to pray.
Jesus, You know this family intimately and You love them unfathomably. They know You. They love You. Please hear our prayers. God, in the midst of this turmoil I also want to praise You! Thank You for the beauty and size of the family of God, Your family…The Church. Thank You that there is an instant ‘connect’ when one of us is hurting and in need. Thank You for Joe’s honesty and his testimony to his faith in trusting You. Thank You that they have a place at Your feet when they are weary and need rest. Thank You that You want us to come to Your throne and receive mercy and grace and help when we need it. Thank You that You are all knowing, You listen, You rescue and You care. Father God, as so many lift up Alice and every member of her family and friends to You, we are asking for complete healing. For strength for Joe and Shelly and for them to remain faithful. God, Joe’s words about his children’s souls…..speaks so clearly to how well he knows you. God speak tenderly to their children and let them know Your presence especially in such difficult times. Give them Your peace, God I pray that thru’ this family, others will come to know You that they will be in contact with. The doctors, nurses, specialists, care teams, HUC’s, lab people, anyone that will be caring for Sweet Alice God I pray for….for wisdom and for them to see You. May You be glorified. Amen.
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September 28, 2017 at 1:19 pm
A friend of a friend shared your story and I felt the need to respond. We were in a similar situation to yours that started just 3 weeks ago. My 20 year old was diagnosed in Minneapolis with a different type of very rare tumor on his brain stem. The neurosurgeo just kept saying “sorry dude” to my son. He had done this surgery “less than a handful ” of times with mixed results & then told us about one of his clients having a massive stroke during surgery & dying. If my son did survive the surgery it would most likely be with many deficits, but would die by December without the surgery. He was very honest in what he told us from his experience, but we were absolutely devastated & walked out with no hope. On our 2 1/2 hour trip home we decided to pick out any glimmers of hope from the conversation & focus on the positive, and get a second opinion. 3 weeks later here we are at The Ohio State University James Cancer Center and after a 13 1/2 hour surgery by the most amazing surgery team, my son is recovering and just about ready to go home. They were able to remove every bit of that tumor and caused no harm to his brain. He has a bandage across his nose & a slight bruise under one eye – otherwise he is completely himself again. I know every situation is different, and there are so many types of tumors, but I wanted to encourage you to seek out that second or third opinion, There are specialists in certain tumors who are also doing research, and that’s who you want to talk to. I googled for days for information & who the best surgeons were. We were surrounded with prayers through this journey, and I really felt that God led us here. I will pray for strength for your family.
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September 28, 2017 at 1:31 pm
Your current situation was shared with us by our pastor at Prayer Meeting last night. We prayed for Alice and your family. Our hearts ache for you all but yet know God is the Perfect Healer and Caretaker for us all. We will pray earnestly for Alice, your family and the medical professionals. Trust in Him.
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September 28, 2017 at 1:35 pm
Praying for you all! God Bless.
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September 28, 2017 at 2:08 pm
Praying for Alice and the whole Reed family! I have to believe that God has something – whatever that may be – in mind when things such as this happen, but I know it is hard to see it at the present moment. Praying and much love sent your way. Have a wonderful day (the best you can!) Trust and Faith is the only option now. ❤
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September 28, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Praying for Alice and her family also for the team of dr’s. May God’s love and peace surround your family.
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September 28, 2017 at 2:16 pm
I am lifting you all up today! May you feel his presence and His Peace! I pray the biopsy goes as planned and the results give good insight.
Your prayer warrior,
Linda Kleppe
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September 28, 2017 at 2:22 pm
Praying for your family and the medical team treating Alice, that you all sense His presence and find peace only He can give. Love from Alaska
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September 28, 2017 at 2:26 pm
Praying! Praying for all of you as your family goes through this!
Reading this blog brings back so many memories as my daughter Cambriella went thru this too and is still living with inoperable brain tumors…she is 9 years old now…it’s a long story that I can share with you sometime or if you have any questions just ask! What I do know for sure is to stand strong with your beliefs and completely trust in the Lord for your answers! And I agree that you should get 2nd or even 3rd opinions!
~Diane
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September 28, 2017 at 2:35 pm
My family will continue to pray for sweet Alice & your family. We will add Alice & your beautiful family to our prayer chain at Hibbing Alliance Church as well❤️
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September 28, 2017 at 3:01 pm
Many of us at Countryside Bible Church in Southlake Texas, have been praying for Alice and your family. Our hearts are touched by your situation, and your faith in Christ. May He grant you peace, strength and healing. ❤️
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September 28, 2017 at 3:31 pm
May God keep his loving arms around you and your family. Praying and positive thoughts. God Bless you.
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September 28, 2017 at 3:40 pm
I do not know you, but know some of your friends who have shared this and asked for prayer. I was brought to tears over your story and will continue to pray. I have experienced God’s grace in healing my children after a horrific car accident that took my husband’s life. I will pray for that same miracle for Alice.
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September 28, 2017 at 4:14 pm
Praying for Alice and for your family!
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September 28, 2017 at 4:34 pm
My heart breaks for all of you. God please lift up this family and heal Alice and everyone’s hearts as they are breaking over the news. Please watch over the other children to stay strong and Joe and Shelly to feel your touch on them and their family.
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September 28, 2017 at 5:38 pm
Michelle and Joe,
I am standing firm on the word for your Alice! Satan must be threatened by your work for God to be attacking your family. May God surround you with his presence and peace. Protection for you all in Jesus name.
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September 28, 2017 at 5:40 pm
This came to me through one of our church family and I want you to know that our church will be holding you and Alice up in the days ahead. Tears are streaming down my face as I write this, and of course there are no words, but know that she (and you) will be brought before the throne as you go through this trial. May God draw you all near and hold you close in the days and weeks ahead.
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September 28, 2017 at 6:04 pm
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailling love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed says the Lord who has compassion on you.
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September 28, 2017 at 6:21 pm
‘Yeah, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow, I AM with thee.” Those words comforted me as I walked through my breast cancer journey. May they comfort you as well. HE is with us every step of the way.
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September 28, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Praying for Alice and asking others to stand in the gap as well. It is awe-inspiring to see how brothers and sisters in Christ all around the world are praying for Alice and your family (as I noticed from the comments above). We may not be neurosurgeons, but we are the hands and feet of Jesus. I pray He will use all of us to bless you and yours, and hear the prayers of His people.
“Dear Lord, our Great Physician, please heal this dear child through your merciful healing power. May you provide a miracle that bewilders Alice’s physicians and bring Glory to your great name.
Rochester, MN
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September 28, 2017 at 7:18 pm
Oh my heart breaks. I’ll be sharing this with my family and our Bible study group. I’m praying for all of you, for strength, courage, Faith, time and healing for Alice! God is faithful and I pray you feel his presence through this all! Your prayer requests and tears have reached Canada! We are praying and crying with you. God have mercy and please bring healing, in your name Jesus, Amen.
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September 28, 2017 at 7:19 pm
Oh my heart breaks. I’ll be sharing this with my family and our Bible study group. I’m praying for all of you, for strength, courage, Faith, time and healing for Alice! God is faithful and I pray you feel his presence through this all! Your prayer requests and tears have reached Canada! We are praying and crying with you. God have mercy and please bring healing, in your name Jesus, Amen.
Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada
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September 28, 2017 at 8:41 pm
I have been and will continually lift up your family and situation in prayer. There just simply are no words for when this hits. This should never have to happen in your lifetime but as I have seen for myself it rings all too close to home. We serve a great and mighty God who is capable of miracles, praying for that in your family.
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September 28, 2017 at 9:27 pm
All my love and prayers to you Michele and Joe ♡ I am so sorry and will keep Alice, her brothers and sisters and you two sweet parents in my prayers.
Love,
Rachel Greiner
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September 29, 2017 at 12:54 am
This hits close to my heart as my own daughter of 7 years old is named Alice! I’m am praying for your family and I don’t think I will go a day without praying. For when I look at my daughter I will be seeing yours. Our God is an awesome God who reigns for heaven above . Peace, joy and healing to you and your whole family. I pray you receive a gift of Faith during this time. ❤️
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September 29, 2017 at 1:21 am
We are praying for Alice and her recovery and asking God for total healing for Alice.
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September 29, 2017 at 2:07 am
My heart hurts for your family, and I am placing great hope right now on your behalf in Christ. He has gone before your family in this journey, and He can be trusted. Praying healing, in Jesus’ name, that Alice’s testimony in life will bare witness to God doing an amazing work in her body– what seems impossible to man is possible with Him. Praying His peace surpasses all understanding right now. Luke 18:27, Matthew 19:26
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