The John-Henry Westen Show - October 18, 2021


Prayer update： LifeSite co-founder's daughter improving


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A brief update on the progress of my daughter Mary Catherine and her recovery from Hashimoto's encephalitis. Mary Catherine has been released from hospital and is back in her community with her family and friends. She is doing very well!

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00:00:00.000 Hi everyone, this is John Henry Weston for LifeSite News.
00:00:03.060 I wanted to just give you an update again on my daughter Mary Catherine and her progress
00:00:07.860 to thank you for your prayers and actually share with you some very good news.
00:00:12.200 Stay tuned.
00:00:30.880 Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.
00:00:33.640 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
00:00:38.480 Amen.
00:00:40.060 I have some really neat news to share with you.
00:00:43.520 My daughter Mary Catherine, as if you might have heard, the progression was really quite
00:00:49.100 serious.
00:00:49.420 We had a very bad diagnosis of Hashimoto's encephalitis.
00:00:56.700 She went to hospital basically paralyzed.
00:00:59.440 We almost lost her on the way in the ambulance because of breathing problems. 0.89
00:01:04.040 She had to be resuscitated and so on.
00:01:06.440 And so that was what we were presented with in hospital.
00:01:10.340 There were first a 13-day stay in hospital where there were many episodes and a lot of
00:01:17.560 different testing, just sometimes very scary, and a lot of paralysis, basically an inability
00:01:24.960 to move.
00:01:26.220 And we had some movement, but in the upper limbs and so on.
00:01:30.760 That was followed by a release from hospital and then a few days of return to hospital after
00:01:39.600 repeated seizures.
00:01:41.440 In fact, the seizures started to get so bad that my wife just couldn't take it anymore.
00:01:47.200 Went back into emergency once again, back by ambulance to the hospital.
00:01:51.600 And so things were pretty rough for a while.
00:01:56.040 But I have to tell you, your outpouring of prayers, I got contacted literally by thousands
00:02:02.020 of people.
00:02:03.280 And there was an outpouring of prayer like nothing else.
00:02:06.460 There were priests from different parts of the world who celebrated masses for Mary
00:02:11.480 Catherine, promises of prayers, even from some bishops.
00:02:14.900 And also, it was very touching, the school that Mary Catherine attended.
00:02:21.920 I had to pull her from it, unfortunately, because of what was going on.
00:02:25.660 But the school, Our Lady's Seat of Wisdom College in Canada, they had done a day of fasting
00:02:33.280 for Mary and prayer together as well.
00:02:38.260 And I heard many, many of the students joined in that and professors as well.
00:02:42.560 Very touching, all of this support and prayer.
00:02:47.520 It's a beautiful thing.
00:02:50.480 And it's been very fruitful.
00:02:52.980 Mary, after having been rushed to hospital last week, because of the seizures, four and
00:03:02.660 five in a day sometimes, very, very concerned.
00:03:06.960 She was in hospital.
00:03:08.080 She witnessed the, or the doctors witnessed the seizures.
00:03:12.340 They had her videotaped and on EEG machines to see what was going on.
00:03:15.880 And believe it or not, she was released from hospital seven days ago now.
00:03:24.240 And as of yesterday, we have six days with no seizure at all.
00:03:31.840 So that is, for us, a miraculous thing.
00:03:36.360 I want to also give you an update on her mobility.
00:03:40.720 So, you know, we're, physiotherapy right now consists of trying to get up and,
00:03:45.880 and, and walk.
00:03:46.900 And so, um, on Saturday, uh, Mary Catherine for the first time went to mass and, uh, she
00:03:54.920 went to mass and, um, we didn't realize it that much, but when you're sitting in a chair
00:03:59.640 or in a pew, you're actually using your legs quite a bit to balance, I guess, and things
00:04:04.040 like that.
00:04:04.520 I know things we don't think of, but, um, she was pretty exhausted after that and, uh,
00:04:10.600 unable to walk back to the car.
00:04:12.100 So we got a few fellows and we carried her back to the car. 0.77
00:04:14.520 Um, on Sunday, the next day, uh, we were a little bit more cautious.
00:04:20.120 She, she remained in the car for mass listening on the, on the radio, but, uh, was able to
00:04:25.160 come in for Holy Communion, make it all the way up and all the way back, and then, uh, sit
00:04:29.180 down and talk to some friends.
00:04:30.260 She's totally overjoyed to be back sort of in the community as it were, and, uh, back
00:04:36.540 with her friends.
00:04:37.100 And she's got a little message that she wanted to share with you personally of thanks.
00:04:43.180 Here she is now.
00:04:46.700 Thank you so much, everyone, for praying for me.
00:04:48.960 Really helped through this journey, and I will be sure to keep all of you in my purse.
00:04:53.560 Once again, thank you so much for your prayers.
00:04:59.640 Mary Catherine is praying for all of you who are praying for her, and what a beautiful community
00:05:05.780 of love and support we have in this brotherhood of Christ.
00:05:10.920 And so let's keep one another in prayer.
00:05:14.800 Um, miracles do happen, and in the midst of this world, which is always going to be full
00:05:21.680 of suffering and different challenges that we have to face, we can be there for one another.
00:05:29.160 We can extend not only, um, you know, uh, our, our smiles and our prayers for one another,
00:05:37.640 but, uh, there have been a lot of amazing people who have, uh, made meals for the family and
00:05:43.860 done things to reach out and help out.
00:05:46.200 And, uh, it's an awesome community.
00:05:48.700 We've got to keep that up.
00:05:49.760 Not only when we're in the midst of absolute insanity, but it's so good because you really
00:05:53.900 know who your friends are when you're down.
00:05:56.460 Thank you, LifeSite family, and all of you who've been praying for us.
00:06:00.940 May God bless you.
00:06:02.400 I'm John Henry Weston.
00:06:07.640 I'm John Henry Weston.