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Please pray for Kristi
By Jeremy | August 16, 2007
My cousin Kristi is in the hospital with a kidney infection -- frightening given her history of renal illness for almost 30 years.
A few months older than me, Kristi was my rock as a petrified, four-year-old student on his first day of school 28 years ago. A few months later, both of Kristi's kidneys failed, propelling her down a harrowing journey of medical scares and near death experiences that continued until her fourth transplant in 2002 finally stabilized her health.
Kristi's mom (my mother's sister Phyllis) passed away when she was 8 or 9, and our grandmother, who had assumed many of the responsibilities for Kristi's care, died three years later. Yet through it all, Kristi persevered. She lived for six years in the 90s with my parents, and co-founded Generation Xcel in 1996. Her courage inspired the highest prize Xcel awards to its outstanding staff member annually.
Kristi will face this latest challenge with the grace and dignity that has characterized her entire life. But please uplift her in prayer.
Topics: kristi brattli, prayer alert | 4 Comments »
August 17th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Just read the post on your Cousin. Hope and pray she is doing better today. Will keep posted.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Hey Jeremy, we have cousin Kristi in constant prayer. We love you guys. xoxoxo
November 19th, 2007 at 10:58 am
I dont know kristi, but came across her article. Ive suffered from kidney infection quiet recently, it was so painfull, was a really bad experience. I pray shes gets well soon, i hope she does. Hope she has alot of loving people around her, to help keep her cheered up..
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