Mona's Health Journey Update

1/19/14

We would like to say thanks for everyone’s prayers and concern for the health and well-being of Pastor Mona. We will never take it lightly. We don’t mean to appear impersonal but we wanted to update all family and friends of concern with the advantage of technology do to the inability to communicate to everyone expediently.

      Mona has been suffering with a condition called Pudendal Neuralgia http://www.spuninfo.org/index_files/WhatIsPN.htm  for over a year that has been very debilitating, immobilizing, and humiliating, to say the least. After many prayers, asking God to place a doctor in her path that could provide help toward the path of healing, He did just that. This rare and unfamiliar condition is not well covered in the medical world in the U.S. and therefore is not of great concern to many physicians leaving a lot men and women suffering and left unattended.

This weekend, Mona had a four month standing appointment with Dr. Mark Conway in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The appointment with Dr. Conway and staff consisted of consultation, and extensive specialized testing to determine the nature of the condition and measure its effect in relation to the functionality of her nerves.  The test was good in regards to the discovery and affirmation of her condition, however, do the longevity of this condition such testing sent her body into great and intense shock in her back and lower region of her waistline causing her to be rushed to the hospital for further care.

Mona was admitted and has been in the hospital for a few days receiving care from such a traumatizing experience. Even though the test was needed and fulfilled the purpose of measuring Mona’s health condition, her body could only withstand so much stress applied to it before it reaches this level that at times can get out of control.

Now that the test has been given and observation made to the response of Mona’s body it is recommended that she should have surgery to try and free the Pudendal nerve from such irritation and agitation in this region of her body. The surgery process is not just a “fix all” surgery but is a part of the healing process that will take some time to fully recover from and assimilate into a “normal” active life. Cases have varied in recovery from 6 weeks to as much as four years as patients experience the difference after the surgery.

A lot of questions and answers have been put on the table by the Harpers and Dr. Conway due to the nature of this type of surgery and recovery period in order to make an intelligible and comprehensible decision that’s best fit for Mona’s body. We are asking for continual prayers and we will continue to update this site as this journey continues to develop.

-James