Prayer Wall

Linda Doughty

Pastor, could you please pray for my dear friend, Darla? She’s been having episodes of high blood pressure and cranial pressure due to a congenital condition called Chiari Malformation…here is the explanation… it’s very serious and can cause a stroke….
I have Chiari Malformation. I’ve had 2 brain stem surgeries (very invasive serious surgeries) and in need of a third one, the most invasive of them all. I also have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, (EDS) a connective tissue disorder. I’ve had over 22 surgeries from this and have 5 torn tendons needing surgery now. And then on top of that, CRPS (a nerve damage that causes massive nerve pain from my last shoulder surgery.) All of these things go hand in hand together a lot. So another surgery is dangerous for CRPS too.

The one that is urgent is the Chiari Malformation. As I said above, I have had two surgeries on brain stem. The back part of it. The front of my brain stem has a kink in it so it cuts off the cerebral spinal fluid flow, making excess fluid stay in my brain. It is causing pressure on all my cranial nerves in my head. Cranial Nerves II and III are massively squished causing my left eye to see double and triple and about to be blind.  I have cranial instability from the first two brain surgeries so my prayer is that if I have to have surgery, I could have this one which might hold my head up straighter so fluid would flow better, decreasing pressure in my head and on my cranial nerves to sustain me til the Lord comes back.

Stress causes increased blood pressure which just a tiny increase causes enough increase pressure in my head to cause TIA or stroke. Darla needs a miracle