A prayer request

I think it was 2 years ago around Easter, when my mother in law let us know she had been diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease.  She has been taking medications, which appeared to be helping with her symptoms.  Things seemed fairly "status quo."

Until the past few months.  Rather rapidly she has lost strength, mostly in her left limbs.  She is having pain.  Muscle contractions.  Having a difficult time walking.  Things have changed rapidly.  After an MRI & several consults with doctors in Omaha, she was left with no fixes & no answers.  Any google searching you do will only find you things more scary than Parkinson's.  And so I didn't google.  This week & next week she is consulting with mulitple specialists at Mayo.  Trying to find some answers & some relief.  One of the doctors she saw today, whose name was written on the book "A Physician's Guide to Parkinson's" said, he symptoms together simply do not describe Parkinson's. 

I have learned in talking to others who have family members dealing with degenerative type diseases, is that part of the hard part, is there are no tests.  Its not like other diseases you can scan for, or draw blood, or biopsy & say... "you have ________."  Is all done by rule out.  And that symptoms vary.  And that there are so many "sub" groups or variations, that its all so grey.

So today I ask that you pray with us.
Pray for comfort. Pray for strength.  Pray for healing.  Pray for answers.

We love you Grandma Candy!