Dear Ones,

I want you to know that Doug has taken a drastic "turn for the worse." After coming into the hospital Wednesday with trouble breathing, he has continued to get worse. Late this afternoon, his lungs were filling up with fluid, his kidneys worsed (from an already bad condition), his heart was stressed with some fluid surrounding it, and his blood pressure had dropped. An emergency procedure was done to remove the fluid around the heart, in hopes of seeing the blood pressure "bounce back." It failed to bring the expected result. With his kidneys not working and low blood pressure keeping it impossible to do dialysis, toxins are taking their toll.

The doctors called me in (together with my pastor and his wife) to say they have done all they know to do. Bottom Line: unless God intervenes, Doug will not make it. Family has come/is coming in. We are praying for God's will to be done; Doug is in His hands. Please pray with us and for us.

Kelly