Taken from the BBFI NEWS
From: Gene Worley <EWorley5@nc.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:36 PM
I would like to express my appreciation to everyone who has prayed for
Glenda and me at this time. For those of you who have not heard, we are
in Colorado Springs, CO with our daughter & family and our son and his
family for a family reunion (our first in four years). We had been here
for about 8 days, and on Friday night, Glenda complained of chest pains,
and sat down, and then she fainted. We called 911 and by the time we got
her to the hospital they had her on life support. The initial tests
indicated that she had a heart attack, but later we found out that it
was not a heart attack, but they did find 350 cc of blood in the lining
of her heart. As of this time, they do not know what happened. They made
an incision below her sternum and with a scope went in and removed the
blood. This was all in addition to a cat scan and a echo cardiogram.
On Sunday morning, the cardiovascular surgeon came in and he told me
that he had thought all night about her case, and could not figure out
where the blood came from. He then ordered an ultra sound (a tube down
her throat that allowed them to see the heart.) It seemed to reveal a
tear in the aorta valve. In fact, they were so certain that they
prepared her for open heart surgery. After she had been in surgery for 1
- 2 hours, the nurse came and told us that the aorta valve was perfect.
We don't know why the ultra sound showed this tear, but they did say
that the cat scan and the echo cardiogram were more reliable than the
ultra sound.
During the surgery when they went into the groin, they found an enlarged
lymph node gland. They have done a biopsy on this and we are waiting for
the results. Please pray with us about this.
Currently, they are cautiously optimistic (presuming that the biopsy
comes back negative). She will be on the ventilator until Wednesday, and
hopefully, they can remove it at this time. Her heart and all of her
vital signs seem to be normal, so we are hoping that after the
ventilator is removed, she will begin to recover.
Please continue to pray for her.
Gene Worley
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From: Tim Taylor
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:16 AM
My husband, Tim Taylor, is in Burlington on business this morning and we
got a call from Pastor Jim Lake in Barre, Vermont. He is on his way to
Oklahoma to take care of his dad, but he received a call on his cell
phone this morning from Gene Worley, BBF missionary to Ethiopia. He
tells us that his wife, Glenda, has had a massive heart attack.
They are in Colorado Springs at this time (their daughter is there and
they just arrived). My understanding is that his son who is a missionary
in Norway is in Colorado Springs as well. At his first call to Jim, Gene
said the doctors told him the only hope was for a miracle. He did call
back to tell Jim that they had drained some fluid off of Glenda's heart
and that she was in intensive care.
He asked that I send this message on to you so that you can let others
know so they can pray for them.
Thank you for your help.
Sandy Taylor
Victory Baptist Church
Vergennes, Vermont
BBFI NEWS
From: "Steve Bender" <sbender@bbfimissions.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:08 AM
BBFI Missionaries needing your prayers at this time.
Glenda Worley - Ethiopia
Glenda suffered a major heart attack on Friday night, she is in
Colorado Springs, Colorado and presently on life support but showing
slight improvement.
Steve Bender
BBFI Mission Office
