Linda, our prayers are with you and Christopher. I am also forwarding this to all my other lists. Heavenly Father, we come to you today to ask for your intervention in this young life. Please breathe your healing breath into Christopher and guide the doctors, giving them the insight and wisdom to help him. We humbly pray, Amen Robert Palmdale, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Acord To: appalachian family ; Carol & Bill Wolfe ; Joe Morrison ; Joyce ; Stella Cagle ; Tressa Myers Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:56 AM Subject: [appalachianfamily] Fw: Prayers Linda Acord ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Acord" <lincor58@hotmail.com> To: <lincord@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: Prayers > Hello to all, > I am writing to ask that you send up prayers for my 7 month old grandson Christopher Hilbert. He was taken to Childrens Hospital on Friday to check out a swelling near his eye. They did a MRI and found a large tumor. The tumor extends from the back of his eye to the back of his brain. He was taken to surgery today (Sat.) for a biopsy. They also did a spinal tap, placed a catheter in his cartiod artery thru his heart to give him his meds and to do blood draws, they took bone marrow samples from both of his legs, they put in a gastric feeding tube for feedings. He only weighs 10 pounds at this time. He has been diagnosed with a rare fast spreading cancer called ocular rhabdomyosarcoma. Due to the size of the tumor the doctors said that it is inoperable at this time. They are starting Christopher on chemotherapy and radiation on Tuesday. They hope to shrink the tumor so they can operate and remove as much of it as it as possible. I know that prayer can bring about miracles!!!!! I am also asking that you send this email on to everyone that you know so that we can get a prayer network going for Christopher. I will keep you all informed as to his condition. Thank you all so much!!!!! > > Linda Acord > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: appalachianfamily-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 5/19/2003