Sending all with all my heart that the best possible outcomes occurs.

{{{Alison}}}

Doing little flip-flops of joy tempered with medication-dependent reality. Good thoughts, energy, and prayers are on their way from us both.

I’m waving dpns (sending good knitting energy and prayers) for you that this dose works. Crohn’s is a wicked thing, and I hope you never have to have that surgery!

More prayers. It’s all I can offer

um. Ok, I think we’ve hit the Going To Sing Serious Campfire Songs.

Once I dreamt of magic and also some pleasant things
LIke little tiny rainbos and daisies on a chain
Sunshine in teh rain and snow on a summer’s day
But none we ever answered until you came my way

Now I have my magic, my daisies rainbows too
Along with pleasant memories of tiems I spent with you
And as I see these little thing appear inside my mind
No greater gift of love could anyone ever find

I know now believe that deep within my heart
the distance nor the time between cannot keep us apart
The rainbows and the daisies are little things, that’s true
My heart will ever be content now that I’m friends with you

Once I dreamt of magic and also some pleasant things
LIke little tiny rainbos and daisies on a chain
Sunshine in teh rain and snow on a summer’s day
But none we ever answered until you came my way

Shadylady, I can’t thank you and everybody enough. Prayers are huge.

many more prayers for your miracle

Lots of love and healing wishes coming your way. I’m hoping the Humira works for you as the Remicade has for me.

(big huge hugs)
Kelli

ok going into overdrive on the make the Humira work – and work good and fast prayers…

It’s not often that a nurse finds a patient thrilled to get a PCC line. But then, most patients aren’t as well educated about their disease process as you.

Hugs and prayers keep coming your way!

Alison: You will be the first one I pray for tonight when I say my prayers. Tomorrow is an important day for you and the Humira drug and I will pray that the Humira dose is able to do its job tomorrow and that you are indeed home free. Hugs Bonnie

Praying for a miracle, and sending you ever so much love.

Lucy says “Reh! Reh! Reh!” Which means “red”, and you get to spend a heck of a lot longer hanging around and listening to my stories about this crazy little girl, so don’t you get any funny ideas in your head about anything other than that Humira working so well and so fast that your silly old Crohn’s won’t knew what hit it.

My family received our own little miracle last week, I hope and pray that you find yours too. I’ll be praying for you.

Hi Alison, hang in there! Lots of people praying daily for you. I’m sure you’ve researched everything under the sun for Chrohn’s and you probably don’t want to hear another “suggestion”…but have you read ? He was very, very sick with it and through mostly dietary changes, he healed himself. Maybe Richard could pick it up and once you get stronger and out of the woods,you could use it as a motivator to look towards a future of healing!
Blessings,
Lisa

Alison speaking here: thank you, I appreciate the thought, but I can’t let his name on my blog. There is a medical condition that causes people to eat dirt. He sells his dirt as a cure, and he means well but I feel he harms patients. I can’t let my blog give him any more publicity.

Humira worked a miracle for me and I’m sure it will do the same for you. Your first dose worked really well, considering how bad you were and with the next dose on top of the first? And with you getting actual nutrition to back it up? And all of us out here praying for you? It’ll work.

Big hugs.

I will make tomorrow’s prayers on your behalf very specific.

Sending more prayers for you Alison. I will be thinking of you tomorrow as you receive your second dose of the Humira and be praying that it will make a difference.

The Humira WILL work! It has to! I’m sending every good thought I can muster over to the West Coast!!
**HUGS**

Fingers, toes, and knitting needles crossed that it works!

Alison my prayers as always are with you. I hope the Humira will work and that you’ll begin to heal. Much love coming your way from here in NY

Oh, Alison, I am continuing to pray for your miracle. You have been through so much. May God bless and help you thorugh this very difficult illness.

Hugs,

Pam

Hey Sweetie!

I’m thinking of you, pulling for you, and pulling for that darned Humira, too!

Love,
Annie

You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers, my dear friend! I do hope the Humira really kicks butt in the best possible way. Hang in there. Peace and blessings and much love, and many thanks again to Richard for keeping us all updated when you don’t feel up to writing. (((((HUGS))))) to you all.

Prayers for you, dear. Many prayers.

Miracles surely happen! The Lord does big, miraculous things, and I’m praying and believing for you.

Give her an H, give her a U, give her an M, I, R, A and make it W.O.R.K.! Whew, haven’t cheered like that since I was a teen.

In all seriousness, Dale and I are both still praying for your complete recovery and hope the Humira does what it’s meant to do for you. I know the sustenance you’re receiving from the PCC line will help your body accept the Humira.

{{{{{{{Alison}}}}}}}

I forgot to say relax, just rest & relax.

sending lots of healing thoughts your way!

Sending everything I’ve got your way, Alison! Much love to you.

Miracle is on it’s way, I know it!

I believe that God will grant you that miracle tomorrow. I, and many others, will pray for you tonight, and tomorrow, and however, long it takes. Hang in there.
Hugs from Vermont!

Oh, Alison, I will fast and pray that tomorrow’s dose will work. We do not want to have them start doing surgery if it can be avoided. Prayers and positive thoughts coming your way.

I have been thinking of you often, and will pray for tomorrow to be a good day. Keep getting stronger everyday. You have to make it to Indiana/Kentucky some day.

saying prayers for you!

Hooray for nutrition. however you hav eto get it. You can’t heal without energy which means you need food! Or energy liquid. Whatever you like to call it. With the power of food and the healing of Humira, you can do it!

I am also sending healing vibes your way. *knit, knit, purl, purl, knit, knit, purl, purl, Repeat from * until healing accomplished

praying praying praying. Love you!

Sending prayers for that miracle and many others.

XO

Lots of prayers for you. You need that miracle!

definitely praying that the Humira works

*hug* – yumm – so glad your body is willing to deal with things that way, and *yeah* – here’s some more prayers to help the Humira succeed

Praying for a miracle for you. Praying that the nutrition helps and the Humira does its part. Good to be in the loving hands of good workers. You are amazing in your focus on helping others while you are so much in need yourself. May God Bless you with every breath you take.

Love you!
Karen {{{{{{Alison}}}}}} (& Hi to Mom & Richard)

I will pray continously tonight for it to take.Hugs Darcy

If it takes miracles — big or small– so be it. Many, many folk praying for this to work, including me.

If anyone deserves a couple of miracles right about now I believe it is YOU! Sending good thoughts your way for a successful round of Humira.

About the Humira working, As Captain Picard would say, MAKE IT SO!!! Isn’t that what AMEN means too? And the Beatles would say, LET IT BE!. However God hears it, Please God, let the Humira heal Alison!!! AMEN

Hang in there dear Alison. I’m glad you’re finally getting some nutrition. You need all the strength you can get. Better late than never. I hope tomorrow is a really good day!

Love & Hugs & Prayers,
Gretchen

Well, this PICC nurse is hoping and praying. Call me if you need me. Any hope you can go home on TPN? ( Yes I know- they changed the name to PPN- but I’m old. It’s still the ER for me, too, not the ED)

me agin. My DH just emailed a prayer to Jerusalum, to be tucked into the Wall for you.

Continuing to pray for you daily, Alison, and especially for tomorrow. Thanks to you and your DH for all the updates.

Will put that new prayer point to good use. Enjoy your eating-free nutrition.

Storming heaven. I will be praying all day tomorrow as I go about my day.

Everything is a miracle. Miracles happen every day. You aren’t asking for the impossible. Rest and stay hopeful.

I came across your blog via someone elses and have been popping by for the last few weeks to see how you are doing. I have had colitis since I was a teenager and have been suffering quite badly for the last year but your account of your illness has made me realise I am not that badly off at all and I am trying to feel less sorry for myself! I wish you well with your treatment and hope it means you avoid the operation. Sue.

Okay, the biggest prayer yet! Like eveyone else that is all I can do but I wish I could do more.

Prayers and positive thoughts being sent to the big Man for you.

Alison, I read something similar to Lisa’s comment in today’s NYTimes science section. Of course, it sounds like you ate plenty of dirt for free as a child playing in nature! Your way was cheaper and more fun. I can’t wait for you to get better to be able to share more of those stories with us.

It will take. That’s all there is to it because I don’t know how to knit a new colon…

You are forever in the continuous stream of healing thoughts and prayers from me. and yes, as LynnM wrote, miracles happen everyday.
XOXOX

Prayers abound.

Sending all my prayers and good wishes for tomorrow. May the Lord bless you and keep you safe!

I didn’t see this before bed last night so am getting it on Tuesday morning — hopefully rounds are over and you will have received your dose.

Count me in. I’m defintitely on the team praying for that miracle to happen.

But I want to state here, in front of witnesses, once and for all, while we are both alert and awake: I am so tremendously glad and honored that I got to meet you in this lifetime, Alison. You have taught me and are continuing to teach me a great number of things about caring, loving, understanding, listening, reaching out, praying, being there…I could go on. And of course I’m glad there’s knitting, too.

Much, much love, and hugs. Thank you, and thank you to everyone who is taking care of you.

*soft hugs* and love. Hope things go well today with the Humira. And yay! nutrients!

I didn’t make the blog run last night – East Coast time vs West coast is several hours…..however, I am trusting Humira to be the miracle drug you need that it has been for me. I take a dose every week and it has helped me so much. Prayers have already been said for you this morning. Trusting God to provide the answer.

Prayers, hope, and healing vibes coming your way, from me and my knitting friends!

Pegi

Then we will all be praying for that second miracle.

I’ve come to your blog through Natania’s blog. I too suffer from this awful disease. I’m on Humira and have been for the last 10 weeks. I really hope that you see some improvement so that you don’t have to have your colon out. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I’m sending love and prayers your way, Alison.

Thinking good thoughts about the Humira. It HAS to work. We all need it to work for you…

We have your back Alison…just relax and let the drugs and nutrition work…

As LynnM pointed out, your mother let you grow up playing outside, getting filthy, eating dirt, and falling into dirty water. In other words, you mother did everything she could to give you a healthy immune system. You’ve had problems, but now good medical care, plus being raised with exercise, dirt, and love will carry you through!

My prayers and well wishes are with you. May the Humira work as needed and you be able to make further progress on your recovery.

{{{HUGS, SMILES, & PRAYERS}}}

Prayers coming your way.

I hope the infusion is going mor smoothly this time. (with embarrassed shrug)I get IVIG, and every dose starts with Benadryl and Tylenol to prevent a reaction. You are doing this, right? I hate to think you are using the Epipen before trying simpler, and more comfortable, solutions. OK, I still feel sheepish for being so nosy, but I’m going to leave it in, and shrink off, embarrassed, and think good thoughts for you.

Hugs and virtual hot cocoa — just the way you like it.

Still sitting (via the internet) by your side willing you to be well and telling you encouraging stories of my son’s miraculous recovery with Humira.

I wish and hope you make a wonderful recovery very soon.

Alison, my thoughts and prayers are with you and I will be thinking of you tomorrow and in the days to come and willing all the healing in the universe to come and reside in your body. *hugs*

Adding my, late, words of support in.
And as always thinking healing thoughts for you.

Tell Afton that a colon looks like a long skinny, wrinkly tube…think one of her socks, just smaller around and much longer–and just as colorful! *smirk*

Beaming hugs and best wishes for an optimal outcome!! Glad you’re feeling better!

Good luck with it – I hope it works for you!