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A while back I posted a thread asking for our prayers for Peachbongi's family. To make a long story short, I'll do my best to relay what is going on.

Peachbongi's husband Michael is 35 years old and a police officer. He injured his back pulling 4 people from a car wreck and saved their lives. This heroic effort caused an injury where fragments of bone shattered and wedged into his spine.

He underwent surgery to remove the fragments of bone which were dangerously close to the spinal cord. Everything should have gone fine - as I said, Michael is 35, in good shape, and healthy. Things were looking good for a while but there was drainage from the surgical site and it healed over with apparently a deep staph infection inside. Michael woke up one day unable to walk and Peachbongi a 120-lb woman had to help her 200-lb plus husband walk to the bathroom. Things were improving again and on Christmas, Michael fell to the floor trying to get to the bathroom.

Again he is not walking on his own and being hooked up again to antibiotics by IV 5x a day to try to clear this infection. He is going for more testing as they now believe that the infection is setting into the bones.

Peachbongi has had superhuman strength to physically care for him along with her three kids since this happened with little help or support. She is managing the situation very well, all things considered. But she is angry and tired, but most of all petrified that this may not go away.

She needs our prayers! This is a horrible way to spend the holidays and she has tried her best to make it very nice for the kids. Her dogs are also being well taken care of. Honestly, I don't know how she does it.

So please say a little prayer for Peachbongi and her family - she needs them!!

ETA: I forgot to add that his father was just diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. They are really having a horrible time!