Friday, January 23, 2009
Peace
It is truly amazing how the brain works so hard to cover up trauma. As you may have seen on one of the other posts, Tracy was grateful to have the organs out as if she knew her body had rejected them. Today, she woke up and didn't remember that the doctors had told her that they had removed the rejected kidney and pancreas. She was angry and rightly so after all that she has endured. She has fallen asleep for now--a peace that is so precious! This must needed rest appears to be a gift to help heal her body and soul.
Love from you...
Here are only some of the words of encouragement that were sent on to Tracy and those around her. I have modified some of the emails and tried to protect names.
Thank you so much for your email regarding Tracy. I have forwarded your email to our Compassion Care department as well. Please know that our Healing Room will be lifting her up in prayer for total healing.
Blessings,
J. K.
Administrative Assistant to
Pastor T. B.
Gateway Church Freedom Ministry
I was just wondering how Tracy is doing. I am thinking she did have the surgery, but not sure. You have touched me with your compassion and loyalty towards your friend. It reminds me how even in the worst of circumstances God is faithful to show is loving kindness to us through others who love him. Blessings---- L.
Thank you for keeping me updated. I have already lifted Tracy up in prayer and will continue to do so throughout the day.I forwarded your email to my husband. I in turn fowarded it to the Pro Players Foundation Board President and E. S. the president of the school board. The have already chosen a family to receive the funds for this years benefit, but Both J. B. and E. S.are very interested in trying to help find financial assistance some way for Tracy. J.B.is fowarding the information to others who offer this kind of financial assistance. E. said that she knows Tracy but had no idea of how ill she was. She is looking into other resources as well. God knows what Tracy needed long before we did and I have no doubt that He will provide for her. Let me hear how she does with the surgery.Blessings, L.
I will forward to our prayer warriors from Life Group. Thank you for sharing your heart regarding your friend. I am sitting here in awe of your love and devotion to her. I am also praising the Lord for what He has already done and what He will do. I cannot imagine what your friend and her daughter must be going through. I will also pray for K. And, since we are women and we love to nurture and care for others, could we perhaps help Tracy and/or Katie out when she gets home with meals, transportation for K., errands, house cleaning, etc? We are really good at those things!!! I know how much the everyday tasks can be overwhelming, especially under her circumstances. I praise God that he has brought you into our Life Group! You are already such a blessing!
Thank you so much for your email regarding Tracy. I have forwarded your email to our Compassion Care department as well. Please know that our Healing Room will be lifting her up in prayer for total healing.
Blessings,
J. K.
Administrative Assistant to
Pastor T. B.
Gateway Church Freedom Ministry
I was just wondering how Tracy is doing. I am thinking she did have the surgery, but not sure. You have touched me with your compassion and loyalty towards your friend. It reminds me how even in the worst of circumstances God is faithful to show is loving kindness to us through others who love him. Blessings---- L.
Thank you for keeping me updated. I have already lifted Tracy up in prayer and will continue to do so throughout the day.I forwarded your email to my husband. I in turn fowarded it to the Pro Players Foundation Board President and E. S. the president of the school board. The have already chosen a family to receive the funds for this years benefit, but Both J. B. and E. S.are very interested in trying to help find financial assistance some way for Tracy. J.B.is fowarding the information to others who offer this kind of financial assistance. E. said that she knows Tracy but had no idea of how ill she was. She is looking into other resources as well. God knows what Tracy needed long before we did and I have no doubt that He will provide for her. Let me hear how she does with the surgery.Blessings, L.
I will forward to our prayer warriors from Life Group. Thank you for sharing your heart regarding your friend. I am sitting here in awe of your love and devotion to her. I am also praising the Lord for what He has already done and what He will do. I cannot imagine what your friend and her daughter must be going through. I will also pray for K. And, since we are women and we love to nurture and care for others, could we perhaps help Tracy and/or Katie out when she gets home with meals, transportation for K., errands, house cleaning, etc? We are really good at those things!!! I know how much the everyday tasks can be overwhelming, especially under her circumstances. I praise God that he has brought you into our Life Group! You are already such a blessing!
Humor the Darkness
Here is a little humor from Tracy on pain medication as she was having hallucinations...
Tracy-- "Why are they doing that?"
Christie--"Tracy what do you see, what do you mean?"
Tracy--"Why are all those men line dancing to gospel music?"
Tracy's life long friends
Christie and Michael Francis
Turn of Events
Here is a break down of Tracy's turn of events taken from various emails and texts that documented her journey.
Jan.14, 2009
I just had to let you know as soon as I found out. Tracy is being admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas tonight to see if she is a good recipient of a donor that is available. Keep her in your prayers. I can’t believe it is all happening so fast already. I will keep you updated on her situation. Thanks for your prayers!
Jan. 15, 2009
God is amazing! I’m always amazed to see how he works in our lives and through the lives of others. Tracy spent the night at Baylor Hospital last night going through many test to see if she would be a good match for a donor that was available. I don’t know much about the donor, but I do know he was male and only 21 years old and was pronounced brain dead. (Please pray for him and his family as I can’t even image the pain they must all be feeling over their precious loss.)
God matched Tracy up with it appears to be some very young and healthy organs. She is currently in surgery now receiving them. The surgery is expected to be 6 hours long. She will probably be out around 3:00 if everything goes well. Tracy is expected to be in the hospital for about another 6-10 days afterwards. Thank you so much for all of your faith and prayers and thank you for listening to the Holy Sprit through all of this. God’s timing has been absolutely perfect through all of this. I love what T-- said, “The Lord is awesome! Praise Him! Remember that Paul tells us to "pray without ceasing"! (1 Thessalonians 5:17)”
Great News!! Tracy received a dual kidney/pancreas transplant Thursday evening, January 15th 2009 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
I’m not surprised that most of Tracy’s coworkers had no idea how sick she really was. She has such an amazing work ethic, faith in God, and peaceful heart. She is the kind of person that doesn’t ask for help as she has had to help herself all through life. She has had diabetes I believe since she was a child. Tracy has been working with, I believe, less than 20% of her kidneys working for the last couple of months now. She has had multiple eye surgeries to help prevent blindness from her diabetes.
Jan. 17, 2009
Tracy is able to have visitors, but is still too week to make phone calls at this time. She continues to need more and more blood and may require a transfusion as the doctors are not sure if her pancreas is bleeding internally so your prayers are still very much appreciated.
Jan. 21, 2009
I just got off the phone with Christie, Tracy's bff who has been by Tracy’s side for the last 48 hours. Tracy is not doing well at this point. She has been continually throwing up for the last 36 hours and has been bleeding a lot, and her blood pressure has been out of control. She is expected to go back into surgery this afternoon to fix a bleeding area of her pancreas. Tracy is unaware of what is going on as she is pretty much out of it at this point—probably more grace from God then anything.
Jan. 22, 2009
We were told Tracy went into sepsis on Wed. Tracy ended up rejecting both organs. They were surgically removed Wed. and she was told about it yesterday. She has been under a lot of medication as expected, and I will find out more today on what other options are out there for her at this point. My friend, Christie, said the doctors were still hopeful. Christie's text said,"I'm at hospital it looks so good. Her breathing tube is out! She has to whisper but is very alert. Her outlook is very good. She's glad the organs are out;)
Jan.14, 2009
I just had to let you know as soon as I found out. Tracy is being admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas tonight to see if she is a good recipient of a donor that is available. Keep her in your prayers. I can’t believe it is all happening so fast already. I will keep you updated on her situation. Thanks for your prayers!
Jan. 15, 2009
God is amazing! I’m always amazed to see how he works in our lives and through the lives of others. Tracy spent the night at Baylor Hospital last night going through many test to see if she would be a good match for a donor that was available. I don’t know much about the donor, but I do know he was male and only 21 years old and was pronounced brain dead. (Please pray for him and his family as I can’t even image the pain they must all be feeling over their precious loss.)
God matched Tracy up with it appears to be some very young and healthy organs. She is currently in surgery now receiving them. The surgery is expected to be 6 hours long. She will probably be out around 3:00 if everything goes well. Tracy is expected to be in the hospital for about another 6-10 days afterwards. Thank you so much for all of your faith and prayers and thank you for listening to the Holy Sprit through all of this. God’s timing has been absolutely perfect through all of this. I love what T-- said, “The Lord is awesome! Praise Him! Remember that Paul tells us to "pray without ceasing"! (1 Thessalonians 5:17)”
Great News!! Tracy received a dual kidney/pancreas transplant Thursday evening, January 15th 2009 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
I’m not surprised that most of Tracy’s coworkers had no idea how sick she really was. She has such an amazing work ethic, faith in God, and peaceful heart. She is the kind of person that doesn’t ask for help as she has had to help herself all through life. She has had diabetes I believe since she was a child. Tracy has been working with, I believe, less than 20% of her kidneys working for the last couple of months now. She has had multiple eye surgeries to help prevent blindness from her diabetes.
Jan. 17, 2009
Tracy is able to have visitors, but is still too week to make phone calls at this time. She continues to need more and more blood and may require a transfusion as the doctors are not sure if her pancreas is bleeding internally so your prayers are still very much appreciated.
Jan. 21, 2009
I just got off the phone with Christie, Tracy's bff who has been by Tracy’s side for the last 48 hours. Tracy is not doing well at this point. She has been continually throwing up for the last 36 hours and has been bleeding a lot, and her blood pressure has been out of control. She is expected to go back into surgery this afternoon to fix a bleeding area of her pancreas. Tracy is unaware of what is going on as she is pretty much out of it at this point—probably more grace from God then anything.
Jan. 22, 2009
We were told Tracy went into sepsis on Wed. Tracy ended up rejecting both organs. They were surgically removed Wed. and she was told about it yesterday. She has been under a lot of medication as expected, and I will find out more today on what other options are out there for her at this point. My friend, Christie, said the doctors were still hopeful. Christie's text said,"I'm at hospital it looks so good. Her breathing tube is out! She has to whisper but is very alert. Her outlook is very good. She's glad the organs are out;)
A New Day
This Blog, Enduring Essence, is for Tracy Herzik and her amazing fan club that has supported her in so many immeasurable ways.
Tracy Herzik is a beautiful 40 year old single mother needing a dual transplant of a kidney and pancreas. She has been an active member of Gateway Church in Southlake for more than six years. She began kindergarten in Southlake in 1973 at Carroll Elementary. Tracy graduated from Carroll High School in 1986. She is currently employed by the Carroll Independent School District as the secretary to the principal. She is also a proud mother of a beautiful loving fifteen year old daughter, Katie Herzik.
Be a part of Tracy's Amazing Journey and feel free to leave comments for her.
Tracy Herzik is a beautiful 40 year old single mother needing a dual transplant of a kidney and pancreas. She has been an active member of Gateway Church in Southlake for more than six years. She began kindergarten in Southlake in 1973 at Carroll Elementary. Tracy graduated from Carroll High School in 1986. She is currently employed by the Carroll Independent School District as the secretary to the principal. She is also a proud mother of a beautiful loving fifteen year old daughter, Katie Herzik.
Be a part of Tracy's Amazing Journey and feel free to leave comments for her.
A New Day...
This Blog, Enduring Essence, is for Tracy Herzik and for her fan club whose unwavering support shines everyday in so many different ways.
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