URGENT requests for Steve & Stepheny Kinney's daughter, Sarah:

3/19/08

Today before I took Sarah over to the doctor's office again, because she's complaining of pain in her right side especially lately after eating..she says it 's quite sore and I thought maybe gall bladder attack..I'm not sure...nausea ...she's still not feeling 100% since last November..but we're just hanging in there day by day...all these pains that come and go...

1/24/08

Sarah is feeling worse and having more symptoms and doctors have no answers for me.

I am heart broken as she is looking worse and she suffers quietly . She is now having swollen neck glands added to the list as well as this persistent chest pains, that now come if she laughs or cries..She has always complained about these chest pains, of which doctors tell me it's all stress..because chest x-ray was normal.

She hasn't had regular menses at any time, and this has totally ceased for the past 2 yrs. or so ...Could this be all related to hormones?

I am basically on my own, and there are many symptoms that no one is helping to figure out what is the cause of ALL this?

Would you please all pray that some doctor somewhere will put his finger on what it is.

She is afraid to be alone now, and asks me if she's going to die.

She's had on going headahes for almost 2 weeks , and soreness at back of her neck,vision problems , dizziness and the newest thing added is she feels like she's tremoring inside her body...she says it feels like an earthquake under her feet. You cannot see her physically shaking but she is..inside her body..

This is really mystery to me..

Is it because I witnessed and led those 2 HIndu children to Jesus just before she came down with ALL this stuff? I don't know what's going on..

I took her to neurologist FINALLY yesterday who checked her over and gave no answers..

He doesn't think it's pseudo tumor or MS..or brain swelling....but there's so many symptoms. where do you start? He's ordered an MRI..

I guess other things can be going on in her chest that a chest x-ray won't pick up..

PLease pray that we find out what's wrong with Sarah soon as I don't know what'll happen if no help is forthcoming....and we're not getting any help  from anyone...

She does not look well...and I don't know where to go or what doctor to see anymore..

I've switched doctors and ran to hospitals with her and everyone just sends us home .

1/22/08

Hi .. The Neuroligist office just called and can fit Sarah in tomorrow Tues at 2:00. The .secretary said he just came back from holidays and after looking at Sarah's doctor's assessment felt urgent to get her in ..I hope it's nothing really bad ..I hope he'll get an MRI done very quickly so at least we know if there's anything or nothing.

Before this neurologist called I had spoken to two Christians on the phone, who prayed for Sarah. Both Christians work for Messianic Ministries...

The first person Mari-lou  is from the Chosen People Ministries...who I support them monthly and occasionally call in to talk to someone.

The second person is a Pastor  Clyde Williamson, I know from way back in the 80's who was Assistant Pastor @ Queensway Cathedral in Toronto...lovely person. His MInistry now is called Operation Outreach..It is to the Jews and Israel..which I also support this cause. He prayed for both Sarah and me together by phone today, and he had a vision while he spoke on the phone to us: He saw an engagement ring for Sarah... he even drew a picture of it while we talked. He said could be one or all of 3 things...

1. Physical ---actual happening

2. Spiritual --meaning Sarah is engaged to the Lord..She belongs to Him
3. Supernatural---all dreams Sarah had from the Lord is to bring her closer to HImself.
 
I would appreciate your prayers as we go to neurolgist tomorrow please..as I don't know the outcome of all this and what we will be facing in the days ahead.

God bless you all my friends.  Stephanie

1/14/08

Blood tests are normal and we're no further ahead than we were 2 months ago..So far only thing said, is by our Eye Doctor who we've seen for many years is that he suspects papilledema and Pseudo tumor cerebri.OPtic nerve neuritis.. I took his note to 2 different places..One to a hospital as Sarah was feeling crummy and they'll set up seeing a neurologist sometime.No one has called me yet after 2 weeks of waiting thus far... The hospital  eye doctor didn't agree with our eye doctor, and is sending Sarah to this neurologist whenever THAT appointment will materialize. I also took the note to my Mother's new family doctor who said there are so many non specific complaints that he's starting with blood work again, and another EYE Doctor again for another opinion. How hard is it to get a MRI done? Especially since Sarah now has more things added to the list? Vision bothering her....dizziness comes and goes...tingling hands and feet and arms and legs....pain in the nape of her neck....lingering headaches......ears are now also bothering her too....her eyes are painful at times.....they feel sore... I don't know what's going on, and I feel like we're getting no where fast..docs just send us home to play waiting game . We've also been told it's all in her head! PLease pray  for this to finally take off and get somewhere fast if it's indeed something that should be looked at now..

12/30/07, 4:47 a.m.

Hello again ...I took Sarah again yesterday to Eye Dr.s Office because she's seeing spots and cloudy white shadows in her sight.Along with ALL her other complaints( which come and go). Her eyes have suddenly shot off on their own to  the right sudddenly several times over the past week or so. She  says she feels 'out of it' . Dizzy .. I told eye Dr. who gave me a letter to give to my family Dr.-- But later when we came home she wanted to go to hosspital as she doesn't feel 'right' in her head.
I told eye Dr. could it be perhaps MS? as I was suspecting. As we were leaving to go to hospital..I opened this letter and Eye Dr. says he found trace of swelling in her optic nerve and suspects pseudo tumor cerebri.

12/30/07, 4:47 a.m.

Hello again ...I took Sarah again yesterday to Eye Dr.s Office because she's seeing spots and cloudy white shadows in her sight.Along with ALL her other complaints( which come and go). Her eyes have suddenly shot off on their own to  the right sudddenly several times over the past week or so. She  says she feels 'out of it' . Dizzy .. I told eye Dr. who gave me a letter to give to my family Dr.-- But later when we came home she wanted to go to hosspital as she doesn't feel 'right' in her head.
I told eye Dr. could it be perhaps MS? as I was suspecting. As we were leaving to go to hospital..I opened this letter and Eye Dr. says he found trace of swelling in her optic nerve and suspects pseudo tumor cerebri.

At the hospital they looked Sarah over in Emergency  and they said come back this AM 9:15 Sunday morning to see another eye specialist..from there he will decide what to do next...PLease pray for Sarah as she may have to have MRI and lumbar puncture...I know lumbar punture is painful..please pray that it is not serious for us.

12/30/07, 5:35 a.m.

Something weird happened when we were waiting in Waiting room in Emerg. WE went to Mt.Sinai hospital---first time for us there.
Young very slender fellow walked in right in front of us before we got there and he went ahead of us.

He turns around and starts talking .About his own plight and what brought him there.

Exact same things as Sarah's complaints..chest pains...panic attacks---which is what we thought Sarah was having according to what docs told us..but Sarah is very calm but worries sometimes.

We went and sat down and this same fellow follows us and sits right across from Sarah .

He's going on about pains in his jaw--same as Sarah..same same same..on and on he talks.    It's like he's describing Sarah instead of himself.Uncanny!

Same age!  19 Same symptoms. His grandfather also is a welder..same as Sarah's grandfather was.

Then I asked him what he'll be taking @ University. Same as Sarah! He said-."Art--drawing and writing"...same things Sarah likes and wants to take...

He wore a t-shirt with 'Nightmare before Christmas on it...which  I found out image on shirt was called'Jack Skellington'. KIng of Haloween.

I mean this Christmas has been somewhat of a nightmare experience with Sarah's health.

Do you see where I'm going with this? Too many coincidences....too many.. Now I'm wondering who was THIS person?

Everything that we are going through and even our family and university plans were the SAME as HIS..WE've never met this fellow before.

WHat do you make of this?

12/30/07, 5:53 a.m.

Hi  please pray today Sunday as I take Sarah back to Emerg this AM @ 9'15 to see Eye dr. to determine what is causing Sarah to have increased cranial pressure in her head..of which these careless doctors here , where I've been taking her said it was all in her head.

This started in November after Sarah's last dream in which she saw Jesus and heard trumpet! I   hope it is not tumor or anything like that. She'll have MRI I suppose but I'm not looking forward to her going through a lumbar puncture if need be..PLease if you don't mind pass my request on to everyone ....I feel so bad...And she's been complaining so long with no help from these docs here...when it could've been something below the surface festering and could've been caught sooner . They thought it's nothing serious physically, just imagining all these pains .

I am so discouraged with some of these doctors unwillingness to listen closely to our complaints and do tests on her first--- before jumping to conclusions that  it's all in her head.