Orien Rose is on the mend.

My friends’ daughter is on her way to 100%. She is healing faster than even the best predictions could have imagined. If you missed the post on Orien Rose and her surgery read this.

A big fat thank you to everyone who thought about this brave little girl during her surgery last week.

Prayers for my friend’s lovely child

I received this e-mail Sunday evening from my very dear friend Roberta. I think some of my regular readers will recognize her name from previous mentions here, and some of you might now be regular readers of her blog.

Hello friends,

My sister and I are reaching out to people with blogs or websites (great or small), asking for a big cyber favor. We are hopeful that, after hearing about this amazing story, you’ll want to participate. We fully acknowledge that this is off-topic for most of you, and we understand if you choose not to participate.

I teared up after reading the blog posts written by the mother of a little girl who was in an horrific boating accident last summer. I’ll be praying for Orien Rose and I would be very appreciative if you would please consider praying for her however it is that you do that, whether you talk to God, focus some happy thoughts, chant, or sing. Please leave a comment here, and at Christine’s blog.

Blogging for Orien Rose

Orien Rose is a miracle. She is a nine year old girl who, just over a year ago, was in a horrific boating accident. There was skull, facial, and brain injury. Really bad stuff. Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 24th, she is having surgery, and we are looking for as many people on this earth as possible to simply think of her, and send positive energy.

You should see her now; have a look at this article in the Times Herald Record Online from the other day. Orien is an exuberant and hilarious kid, and the interviewer doesn’t even mention how she burped the entire alphabet for him.

If she were doing only half as well as she is, the doctors would still be baffled by the speed and thoroughness of her recovery.

She is alive, well, and burping today due to teams of skilled and dedicated paramedics, doctors, nurses, and therapists, the fierce dedication of her parents, and the power of community. Orien Rose has been prayed for by Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and Santeros, she’s received energy from witches, Reiki masters, and anyone willing to simply hold a positive image in their minds for a moment.

Tuesday morning she faces the final hurdle: Replacement of the missing portion of her skull; a coordinated effort by neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, and infection control specialists. AND by the people who’ve been sending her positive energy of myriad forms for this past year.

Orien, her father, asks that people put a reminder on their alarm clock. A reminder to just think about Orien Rose when you wake up. They check into Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I. at 6:30 AM (eastern time) and the procedure begins an hour or so later, and it will go on awhile, so whatever time you get up will be fine.

You can read Christine’s blog about Orien Rose’s progress, and their progress as a family.

Feel free to repost this on your blog, or link here, or write your own version in your own words (or all three).

Oh! And now that I think of it, if you do go to Christine’s blog, leave her a comment. I’d like to see her blog crashed by the spike in activity.

Thank you for being part of this very real miracle.

Thank you my dear readers for considering participating in this focus-thought-prayer-love-in. I’ll post any updates as I receive them.