Late Monday Update on Lori Climer 4/1

Friends & Family,

Lori has had an extremely difficult day and evening. I had to take her to the doctor late this afternoon to get new prescriptions ( California law is different from Massachusetts law) for her pain. We didn’t get home until almost 8:00 p.m. by the time we found a pharmacy that had what she needed.

Great Concern:

Before surgery Lori had a twitch at the upper right corner of her lip. This twitch helped her eye blink. The twitch is gone at the present time. Therefore the eye is not blinking or closing. There also appears to be a block to the right side of her mouth which weakens her smile. Lori is very depressed (which doesn’t happen to her) and withdrawn. She is extremely concerned. When the nerve transplants were put into her face several years ago to give some definition to the right side - the surgery was done by one of the world’s greatest plastic surgeons – who unfortunately died this year. Lori has experienced a very emotional day. Our prayer is that the swelling in her face has caused a temporary condition and will soon be back the way it was before surgery.

How to Pray

Please pray for the movement in Lori’s lip and eye on the right side to return. Please pray for the swelling to pass quickly so the block from her smile will go away.

1. Please pray for Lori to find peace and to trust the Lord in this most difficult time. She has been through so much and for a young woman to face the challenges of having her face have more malfunctions is not something she is willing to accept. This is very serious.
2. Please pray for the pain control – our doctor here is trying to work with her to make the pain manageable until she can get over the postoperative phase.

We don’t seem to have the right words to be able to encourage her. Sometimes words are so empty and placating. Lori spends so much of her time trying to make others feel good that it is very easy to look over her pain and discomfort. Thank you so much for your willingness to pray for Lori as she deals with this very serious and painful time in her life. Thank you for the emails of encouragement to her. Hopefully she will soon be willing to have some visits. We are pleading for God’s love to cover her with assurance that He is in control.

We are covered by His Grace,

Carol