Prayers requested

Hi everyone, I hope you know that I don't usually ask this of you but.... here's what's been going on...

DD has a friend who's very quiet and polite--we really like her and her younger sister, too. Their family is very dysfunctional. They are on welfare and share a house with other family members. (They're the ones I posted about recently, where a relative actually owns the house, but only "lives" there when he and his significant other have been drinking....) They are really the kind of people you make comments about, but the kids are very nice. And I want to help them, for sure.

Anyhow, DH has become friends with the girl's father. And I like him, too. He seems very nice, although a little slow. And I'm glad that DH has a friend, since all of his pre-bipolar friends have abandoned him....DH and this new friend of his can sit and talk for hours. And (friend) is usually willing to help out with whatever DH is supposed to be doing, and DH has done some favors for him, too.

The father has been questioning his relationship with the mother because the mother refuses to help out with the kids, refuses to take her medications, and gets angry when he applies for a job....he's been trying to figure out what to do, since the welfare people are ordering him to find a job--who will take care of the kids? Etc. And maybe he should leave. Drama. But he's a nice guy. He really seems like a caring person, despite his shortfalls...

Anyhow, about two weeks ago, this man's wife had a seizure. It was known that she had some medical issues, so a seizure wasn't too big of a deal....but when they were on their way to the hospital, she had another one, so they called an ambulance. At the hospital it was discovered that her lungs were filling up with fluid and she had a large blood-filled cyst on an ovary. (I don't know what the "official" diagnosis/prognosis is or was, this is just what the guy told DH.)

So they sent her to a more urban, well-equipped hospital. She continued to deteriorate, and was put on a ventilator. They sedated her. DH said that based on what his friend had told him, they expected her to make a full recovery. It almost sounded like someone talking about a person having a bad cold or something. Not a big deal. I dunno, it sounded pretty dire to me...but it could be that the dad/friend did not understand how awful this really sounded....

Anyhow, today apparently, they called him and told him that she had taken a turn for the worse--she had aspirated fluid during another seizure. Luckily Social Services was able to give him some gas money to get back to the hospital....now suddenly, I think he is understanding the gravity of the situation. And it's one thing to consider if it's a good idea to become a single parent, but it's a whole 'nother ball of wax if you don't have a choice in the matter....

I'm worried. So I thought that maybe if some of you who pray, could say a prayer for her, well, she might not appreciate it, but I would, if only for two girls who could be losing their mom...