Prayer for Lauren

Hi friends and family,

I have emailed before asking for prayer and here I am again asking for LOTS of prayer. Sarah (a good friend for High School) has a little girl named Lauren, she's 3 1/2. This last year she was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor, a childhood cancer. She has spent the last 6-8 months in and out of the hospital with surgeries, chemo and radiation. She has really been fighting it hard, God bless her. During this time Sarah and her Husband James, found out their were expecting. They just were coming up on the end of treatments for Lauren when Sarah had their new baby, Tre. He is 3 weeks old now. On friday Lauren was complaining of stomach pain, they took her in and after going through some testing until 1am, the doctors discovered that another tumor had grown on her lungs. She was having a lot of pain, the tumor had collapsed one of her lungs and filled it with fluid. They also took a biopsy of the tumor and are starting chemo again this week. Right now, the doctors don't know what to tell them. This should never have happened while in Chemo.

Please pray for strength and healing for Lauren,for God's grace for the immediate and extended families, and for special strength for Sarah as she stays in Iowa City (a good hour from their home) w/out her husband with a sick child and a newborn.

After spending much of the last year in the hospital, they have some significant bills. they absolutely didn't expect this to be happening again. Please pray about how God could use you to minister to this young, hurting family.

NEEDS:
PRAYER
GAS GIFTS CARDS
GIFT CARDS FOR FOOD AT HOSPITAL( the link below will take you to the hospitals website where you can purchase cards to be sent to their room) Just tell them it's for Lauren Ballard (parents Sarah and James Ballard)
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/uichildrenshospital/sendasmile.html
GET WELL CARDS
ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL HELP

THINGS FOR LAUREN:
Stuffed animals of any kind
Books
Puzzles
She loves Pink and Purple

Please forward this to anyone that you know. We could use all God's saints praying for her precious life. If you'd like to help with any of the momentary gifts please let me know via email and I can tell you where to send it. PLEASE share this with anyone you can.