I’m going to relay what has been happening in the flipper family as of late and ask for prayers as well. As a man of faith and a family that has faith, our family is going through a tuff time, again.
My stepdaughters health is declining. When she was 8 years old she was diagnosed with lupus and lost 50% of her kidney function.
She also has PXE, a rare connective tissue disorder. She has also had 7 stents put in her chest and has had 3 open heart surgeries to repair and replace valves. Doctors didn’t expect her to live past 15 and was granted a “make a wish” back then.
My wife has tried numerous times to get her disability through ssi before I met her and each time they have denied her, even with lawyers.
She’s never been able to work because of her disabilities and is on state aid and Medicare, but it’s very limited.
She now 26 and her lupus is now advancing. The past month has been tough on the family, as she has been in and out of the hospital for blacking out and seizures, so bad that she can’t walk now and needs 24 care. My wife, god bless her soul, has quit her job to be there for her while I work and has been going crazy through all of this.
Through all of this I’ve been reaching out to the state and all resources I can come in contact with for help, but the state of Missouri is terrible in this regard.
There’s little the doctors can do at this point and I have and will be the rock that god wants me to be for us all.
Please include us in your prayers, Reef family! God hears all prayers!