Prayers for Peter

Matushka Anna · Post by **Matushka Anna** » Wed 14 January 2004 9:08 am

Please pray for our friend Peter, Orthodox, married and father of four children, who has a double pulmonary embolism. Mercifully doctors diagnosed this potentially fatal problem -- this is the beginning of healing. But it will be a long haul for Peter, his wife Maria, and their four children.

Mary Kissel · Post by **Mary Kissel** » Wed 14 January 2004 12:54 pm

We'll be praying for him and his family Matushka.... would you be able to tell us what a double pulmanary embolism is? Does it have something to do with the heart?

MaryCecilia

Mary Kissel · Post by **Mary Kissel** » Wed 21 January 2004 1:29 pm

Matushka,
How's Peter and Vladika Alexander doing?

MaryCecilia

Gregory2 · Post by **Gregory2** » Sun 25 January 2004 5:22 pm

A pulmonary embolism is a clot that has dislodged from somewhere (usually from the large, deep veins in the legs - from "DVT's" (deep venous thromboses)) and migrates up to the heart where it's pumped out through the pulmonary arteries into the lung vasculature. There it lodges in the small vessels and can kill lung tissue becuase it obstructs the blood supply. Large pulmonary emboli (PE's) are often fatal. It is very good his were caught in time -- usually people present with shortness of breath when they present with PE's. Having a PE means that you will have to be on anticoagulation (usually warfarin (trade name: coumadin) at this time) for a certain amount of time to prevent future clots from forming. Some of us have predispositions to forming clots -- often genetic mutations. Cancer, estrogen use, and prolonged immobility are among other factors that also predispose to clot formation. "Double" PE's simply means that there are 2 of them.

I hope this was helpful.

Mary Kissel · Post by **Mary Kissel** » Mon 26 January 2004 10:31 am

thankyou stgregory that is helpful

maryc

user_257 · Post by **user_257** » Tue 27 January 2004 1:10 am

Peter will be in my prayers and the prayers of my family.

My sister lost her fiance to a pulmunary embolism two years ago. Tragically, we lost our father that same week.

Matushka Anna · Post by **Matushka Anna** » Tue 27 January 2004 7:49 am

Many thanks for all your prayers. Peter is home and being treated as outlined with medication to dissolve the clot. Both Vladyka Alexander and Peter should be in our prayers for a while to come. Healing takes time. Thank you for your prayers.

In Christ,
Matushka Ann Lardas

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