Prayer update： LifeSite co-founder's daughter improving
Summary
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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Hi everyone, this is John Henry Weston for LifeSite News.
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I wanted to just give you an update again on my daughter Mary Catherine and her progress
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to thank you for your prayers and actually share with you some very good news.
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Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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I have some really neat news to share with you.
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My daughter Mary Catherine, as if you might have heard, the progression was really quite
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We had a very bad diagnosis of Hashimoto's encephalitis.
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We almost lost her on the way in the ambulance because of breathing problems.
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And so that was what we were presented with in hospital.
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There were first a 13-day stay in hospital where there were many episodes and a lot of
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different testing, just sometimes very scary, and a lot of paralysis, basically an inability
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And we had some movement, but in the upper limbs and so on.
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That was followed by a release from hospital and then a few days of return to hospital after
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In fact, the seizures started to get so bad that my wife just couldn't take it anymore.
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Went back into emergency once again, back by ambulance to the hospital.
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But I have to tell you, your outpouring of prayers, I got contacted literally by thousands
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And there was an outpouring of prayer like nothing else.
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There were priests from different parts of the world who celebrated masses for Mary
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Catherine, promises of prayers, even from some bishops.
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And also, it was very touching, the school that Mary Catherine attended.
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I had to pull her from it, unfortunately, because of what was going on.
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But the school, Our Lady's Seat of Wisdom College in Canada, they had done a day of fasting
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And I heard many, many of the students joined in that and professors as well.
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Mary, after having been rushed to hospital last week, because of the seizures, four and
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She witnessed the, or the doctors witnessed the seizures.
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They had her videotaped and on EEG machines to see what was going on.
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And believe it or not, she was released from hospital seven days ago now.
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And as of yesterday, we have six days with no seizure at all.
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I want to also give you an update on her mobility.
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So, you know, we're, physiotherapy right now consists of trying to get up and,
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And so, um, on Saturday, uh, Mary Catherine for the first time went to mass and, uh, she
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went to mass and, um, we didn't realize it that much, but when you're sitting in a chair
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or in a pew, you're actually using your legs quite a bit to balance, I guess, and things
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I know things we don't think of, but, um, she was pretty exhausted after that and, uh,
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So we got a few fellows and we carried her back to the car.
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Um, on Sunday, the next day, uh, we were a little bit more cautious.
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She, she remained in the car for mass listening on the, on the radio, but, uh, was able to
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come in for Holy Communion, make it all the way up and all the way back, and then, uh, sit
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She's totally overjoyed to be back sort of in the community as it were, and, uh, back
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And she's got a little message that she wanted to share with you personally of thanks.
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Thank you so much, everyone, for praying for me.
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Really helped through this journey, and I will be sure to keep all of you in my purse.
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Once again, thank you so much for your prayers.
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Mary Catherine is praying for all of you who are praying for her, and what a beautiful community
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of love and support we have in this brotherhood of Christ.
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Um, miracles do happen, and in the midst of this world, which is always going to be full
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of suffering and different challenges that we have to face, we can be there for one another.
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We can extend not only, um, you know, uh, our, our smiles and our prayers for one another,
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but, uh, there have been a lot of amazing people who have, uh, made meals for the family and
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Not only when we're in the midst of absolute insanity, but it's so good because you really
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Thank you, LifeSite family, and all of you who've been praying for us.