JMC Vlog Episode 46 Update on My Fight With Crohn's, Prayer Request for ...

Latest update on my fight against Crohn's Disease and prayer requests
for my friend Heidi and my new friend Janelle who are both fighting
Crohn's Disease

To learn more about Heidi visit http://www.reverbnation.com/heidialex

I'd Like To Introduce You To My Friend and fellow Crohn's Fighter Heidi

Me on the Right and My Friend Heidi on the left

4 years ago I became very good friends with a young woman around my age name Heidi who has been fighting Crohn's Disease Since she was 12 years old.  We became friends through facebook thanks to my husband Jeremy because He was friends with her because she was in a Christian Rock band and we were looking to interview her and the band on our Christian internet show that we did.  But God had a great plan, the week i was diagnosed Heidi wrote my husband and told him that she was there for me and Jeremy and if I needed any advice on fighting Crohn's and some tricks to coping with it, to feel free to contact her. 

So I did and Heidi and we have had an amazing friendship now for 4 years. Last September, Heidi and I got to meet face to face for the first time. She flew to Ohio for a couple days for a mini vacation and my mom and I picked her up from the Airport, had lunch with her and spent a couple hours together and then dropped her off at her hotel.  It was an amazing moment to meet Heidi and feel such a kindred spirt (As Anne Of Green Gables Calls it, that day I felt like Anne did when she met Diana)

However, on July 18th 2015 my friend Heidi was admitted to the hospital due to her Crohn's Disease, the next day July 19th she was scheduled for an emergency colonoscopy to see what was going on, however the doctors could not even do the colonoscopy because they discovered her colon was completely blocked and she also has several fistulas.  When this was discovered Heidi was sent in right away for emergency surgery. However her condition was so bad, they could not do all the surgery she needs and so she will have to go back in for more surgery in a few weeks to try and repair the damage the fistulas have done.  Heidi has also been put on a brand new drug that is being used to help Crohn's Patients because every other medication out there that is used to treat Crohn's no longer works for her.  She is literally at the end of the line on medications to try and combat this disease that is trying to destroy her body.  And last September she told me when we met, that she was heading towards having to have a complete bowel resection and have a colostomy bag.

But the good thing is, today Heidi got to go home from the hospital.  She can now be at home resting and be with her son Zion and her family.  For a Chronic Illness fighter, being home and suffering is WAY better than being in a hospital suffering.  So I am so happy she is home for now until she has to go back in for surgery in a few weeks.

Not only is Heidi my fellow Crohn's warrior but she is also my sister in Christ. Heidi has such an amazing faith in God.  And honestly watching her go through her fight with this disease and continuing to stay positive and watch her faith continue to increase as her suffering increases has truly inspired me and helped me to grow in my faith in the Lord and find the positive inspite of the all the negatives that is surrounding me.

We both support each other in our fight against this disease and are there for each other even though she is in Florida and I'm here in Ohio. Our friendship is truly a blessing from the Lord and I cannot thank him and Praise Him enough for putting Heidi and I in each others lives.

Before I end this blog post I want to share with you what Heidi just posted on her facebook page an hour or so ago.  Heidi shared the picture i shared above in this post along with this message.....

I have had the honor and support from this girl and her husband since they ran across my rock band in 2010, "Days of Revolution". It has been so encouraging having her in my life, especially since we fight the same disease daily. This picture is from October of last year, when I had the chance to fly out to a concert close to her hometown! I love her so much! friends for life, my fellow fighter. I love you Miranda!

When I read this I immediately thought of the Song "You Got A Friend" by James Taylor, it truly sums up our relationship.  I hope you have enjoyed getting to know my friend Heidi.  

If you want to learn more about Heidi she is a musician, and model, along with being a Crohn's Fighter, here is the link to her music page where you can listen to her music and watch her videos. Her song "Rescue" Is amazing and it truly autobiographical about her fight with Crohn's 

https://www.reverbnation.com/heidialex