SteveO back in the hospital

Okay, I know, I know...., it has been 22 days since the last update. I could do the excuse thing but it doesn't really matter, what does matter is that SteveO is back in the hospital.

For those who are just tuning in - SteveO is a very strong Christian man and one of my dearest friends! He was diagnosed with a brain tumor approx. 15 years ago. Surgery took most of it out but left him paralyzed on the right side of his body and the remants of the tumor continued to spur seizures that are debilitating and painful. SteveO has lived a productive and Christ-centered life in all of this then the seizures became more painful and plentiful and the doctors found the cancer had returned to his brain. There were some treatments and during the time SteveO was back at home he fell and fractured his hip. A steel rod and some nuts and bolts went into his right hip and then an infection happened but finally home again. Just a few days after that he began experiencing major pain...., and it must have been major cause SteveO can handle pain, so his wife had to call for the paramedics and at the hospital they discovered blood clots in his right shoulder area. There are many reasons these clots could have developed but the point is they are painful and with SteveO's brain tumor the procedures to eliminate them could be life threatening.

So you have been brought up to speed. SteveO has had lots of visitors and his family is close but I would ask that whoever the Lord sends to read this that you would stop RIGHT NOW and pray for SteveO and ask the Lord to remove his pain and heal him. I would also ask that you would pray for SteveO's ministry which God has placed him in which is shining His light in the hospital.

I see and/or speak to him everyday and also speak to the nurses, doctors, and other hospital workers that interact with SteveO and ALL of them - even those that don't profess any faith in any thing - love SteveO. Nurses that aren't assigned to him stop by to visit with him, those that check blood pressure peek in to say "Hi," workers who help keep things tidy chat with SteveO and even doctors stick around to visit. They all tell me, "there is something special about that guy."

It is Jesus!

SteveO never is quiet about Jesus - "He's my Rock," he'll say. He will ask anyone what they believe in, what they have faith in and "if you were in my position would you pray?" He gives me a report on who knows Jesus and who I need to speak with and/or pray for and when I ask him how he knows, SteveO smiles and says, "I ask them...., what do I have to lose? And, I want them to know all they can gain!"

As of about 5pm yesterday, SteveO is still in lots of pain. He has gone through another "roto-rooter" type procedure for the blood clots and we have to sit tight and see if it was successful - which could be withing the next couple of weeks. In the meantime they are trying to keep him comfortable.

God's timing is always perfect, He loves SteveO more than anyone on this earth can love him, He is The Way, The Truth and The Life and we do have Total Victory in Him!

Come on and stand on the Rock with SteveO and get that total victory Today!