Prayer request

The following is part of an email I just received from a dear friend of mine. Her fiance is very ill and I thought that since I am averaging 15 visitors a day that I might be able to recruit some prayers for them.

Hello everyone,
This is Joy, Matt's fiance. As some of you may know, Matt has in the past
couple of weeks become seriously ill. What started as a flu a month and a
half ago has now developed into cardio myopathy, a serious condition affecting
the heart. Last week Matt was told the virus had somehow affected his heart,
but with medication he would be fine. It was then called myocarditis. This
condition is one that causes congestive heart failure. Matt's heart was
enlarged which can cause the heart to beat faster to compensate and fluid to build
up in this body because it's not being pushed through properly. He kept
getting worse through the week and over the weekend, so he was finally
hospitalized and put on a dobutamine holiday - a drug that usually revives the heart
into a healthier functioning so meds can work better. However, I guess it
didn't do as well as needed for Matt. He had an echocardiogram yesterday that
showed his heart was not that much better than a week or so ago when we first
went to the cardiologist. Tomorrow he goes in for a cardiac cathederization to
assess the pressures inside his heart as well as get a biopsy to send off to
some heart specialists. Yesterday he was told the best case scenario would be
that he would be back to normal in 6 months, the worst a heart transplant.
I'm not sure if that best is still an option w/ the news we got today. His
doctors have already started talking to the heart transplant specialists, which
is who they are also sending this biopsy to. If tomorrow's tests show his
heart is inflamed - that's good news b/c they can treat that and hopefully help
his heart start working better. If not, they are hoping the specialists can
suggest some medications like antivirals that might help. There are several
things they can try before resorting to a transplant.
Needless to say this has been a very difficult and scary experience for us.
We keep hoping for good news but it's been few and far between so far.
Please pray for us or send out your good thoughts for us.

PLEASE forward this to anyone you feel might want to know this information.
Blessings,
Joy

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