Please pray for Jeff

I know a few people on here know our church song leader, Jeff Wooldridge. He's a faithful servant of the Lord and we've been so blessed having him as our song leader at Maranatha. Jeff has glaucoma and Tuesday morning around nine (central time). Jeff is having eye surgery to release pressure from behind of his eyes. I don't know the technical term for the surgery. It's a simple procedure but it does have an element of danger in it.

I would appreciate your prayers for this brother tomorrow morning.

Thanks!

Thank you to all who prayed.

The surgery was a success and Jeff is doing well. Praise God!

Praise God!

Due to complications Jeff has been readmitted into the hospital. Please continue to pray for him.

Thank you!

Roniya wrote:
Due to complications Jeff has been readmitted into the hospital. Please continue to pray for him.

Thank you!

Prayed...Sorry to hear about this. I will continue to pray for him.

There is blood behind the retina of Jeff's eye and he can only see light out of it. He will stay in the hospital for a few more days while a specialist tries to find out what is wrong. Jeff cannot see out of his other eye very well at all, so please pray for God to touch him and bring healing to this eye.

Here is the latest news on Jeff.

This morning the doctors said that the prognosis is not good and it looks like he will lose his sight in that eye. The doctors cannot operate for two weeks and in that time if the blood does not coagulate it will damage the retina resulting in blindness. This is his 'good' eye. The vision in his other eye is very poor.

A miracle is needed. And our God is able! Please pray!

ccchhhrrriiisss wrote:

Praying! My dad has had some issues with his eyes over the past couple of years. He needed several operations and was usually given a bad prognosis. My dad is in his 50s and much too young to lose his eyesight. The Lord heard our cries and my dad's condition stabilized and he has not lost any eyesight since. In fact, one of his surgeries actually improved his eyesight considerably!

Praise God for sparing your dad's eyesight! That is an encouraging testimony of God hearing the cries of his children! Jeff is 32 and although I know he has been bracing and preparing himself for this, it would be a very hard trial for a young man like him to go through. Though I do believe that Jeff, whatever trials God takes him through, will come forth as gold tried and refined in the fire.

My wife and I will be praying for Jeff! May the Lord do what the doctors cannot.

Amen!!!

Thanks to all who are praying.

~Joy

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Lord, please heal this young man in Jesus name. Use him for your glory and give him and all of his family comfort and peace, Amen.

bonni wrote:
Yes Joy, I have been wondering too how Jeff is.

Angie and I have been praying for him, I know he is in the hands of a loving, good, and perfect God.

In Christ, bonni

My brother brought Jeff to church on Sunday and it was a blessing having him there and seeing the saints gather around to support and encourage him. At the end of the service my dad asked him if he had anything to say and he said:

"Life is not sight. Life is Christ, and He never changes."

There really isn't any change in his condition. He cannot see anything out of that eye. And unless God intervenes, the blood behind his retina is in the process of destroying his vision. When I hear something I will post it.

Thank you so much for your prayers for this brother. I printed out this thread and gave it to him on Sunday in hopes that the kind words and prayers of the saints shared here would encouraging him. Do continue to pray for Jeff, for God to sustain and strengthen him during this trial.

Tomorrow morning (June 5th) at 9am Jeff is going back in for surgery. The doctor will be removing the blood and relieving the pressure on his eye. Please pray for the mighty hand of God to work healing in Jeff's eyes for the glory of His Name! May the power of God be displayed in this hospital tomorrow through Jeff's life.

Thank you for praying.

Bump.

HeartSong wrote:
Any word yet?

No word yet.

Jeff was in surgery for over two hours. The doctors were not able to remove all the blood from his eye, but hopefully this surgery will relieve the pressure behind his eye. They will have to do the surgery again to remove the rest of the blood. The doctors said that his eye does not look good. He will be staying in the hospital tonight.

If I hear anything else I will post it. Thank you to all who prayed today. Please continue to lift up brother Jeff to the throne of grace.

~Joy

Jeff is feeling much better. The surgery has brought relief to the pain he was experiencing.

Pray for him to have a good night's rest tonight!

Here is an update that I received from Jeff. It has a more detailed explanation of all that has been going on. He has another doctor appointment on Wednesday. He expressed gratitude for the prayers and comments of the 'sermonindex people'.

Also, praise God that he led the music this morning in church. :) It was a great blessing to have our songleader back leading us in joyful worship and praise to our God.

~Joy

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Every time I have another surgury and learn more about how weak my eyes actually are, it is even more amazing that God has preserved my sight for so many years.

The second surgury (this thursday) has been a big help to how I feel and has been an answer to prayer, even though I still can't see out of the left eye.

The bleeding behind the retina after the first surgury left the left eye in pretty bad shape. The pressure was around 40 and a break had formed in a weak area of sclera back near the scleral buckle in my left eye. Pressure in the eye was forcing the blood trapped behind the retina out through this break so that a large blood clot formed under the conjunctiva.

In summary, this ended up making me feel pretty miserable. Couldn't stay awake during the day - couldn't sleep at night - no appetite for food - hard to concentrate.
Thie second surgury fixed all of this. The scleral break was repaired with doner tissue, the large blood clot was removed, and the pressure has stayed down so far.

The biggest answer to prayer was that more retinal bleeding did not occurr after the second surgury. That is what I was most concerned about.

The eye fluid is still full of blood, so we still have to wait to find out how much vision I may have left.

The steadfast love of the Lord still never ceaces! He never owed me the gift of sight, but he has given it to me for 32-years. He still knows the way that I take, and what is best for me. His grace is still sufficient, and in the meantime, I will have to wait and see what all of the end of this will be for me. I have still been keeping up with some of my workload and plan to go back for a few days next week.

Please pray that the pressure will stay down in the left eye as it heals.

---------------------------Jeff

Thank you for your continued prayers. Jeff has a doctor appointment tomorrow.

Here is an update from Jeff:

The pressure in my left eye is now lower than it has ever been (this is good), and the vision has now improved to dim swimming images, as if thru very muddy, cloudy water. This vision is not yet useful, but it is a hopeful sign and a big improvement.

This is an answer to prayer because it gives evidence that the vision is not destroyed in that eye! There is still quite a bit of blood behind the retina that needs removed or dissolved. Keep praying!

~Joy

Just wanted to share a quick update on Jeff. I don't have the technical details on his recovery but his vision is improving. He even drove to church this past Sunday! We were really praising God for that!

Keep praying for God to do great and mighty things in this situation for His glory! He is alble.