FROM: Dallas
Aug 16 @ 8:14 AM

Dear Larry & Lea, God’s blessings to you both. I have been receiving forwards from the town marshal’s wife, keeping up on your updates. I found the last one to be VERY TOUCHING, heartfelt, dealing with the precious important things in our lives; relationships. Larry, I always knew you have a beautiful heart, but what I did not know is the eloquence of your writing ability, expressing your deepest love for Lea, it encourages my heart to believe that you both will survive this trial/opportunity and your love will only be sweeter.

I am getting ready to leave Thursday to go to Washington D.C. for the International Society of Poets Convention, (if ya can believe that!! hahaha) I started writing poetry again after a hiatus of several years…I received an e-mail from Poet’s,com saying :submit an original poem in our contest and chance of winning $20,000.00 Grand Prize,$5,000.00 2nd prize…so I had a poem called Just Like A Dad that I had written a year and a half ago for a friend of mine whose Dad passed away, the family took me in when I was 17 so I could finish school, and he was just like a dad to me.

Anyway, I received a letter saying it was a semi-finalist and will be published in a book called Eternal Portraits this fall….A couple of weeks ago, I received a letter from them saying that it had been chosen for the Editor’s Choice Award and that they want to have it professionally recorded on a 3 cd set with 33 other poet’s work. Pretty cool huh?? Pray I win the Grand Prize and should I win ,I will give 1/10th of it to your Lea ’s fund…whatever I might win, I will nontheless. If you want, I will send some of my poetry in another e-mail, some funny, some inspirational/religious, some social commentaries ,I’m a mixed bag, but I guess you already knew that to some extent, right?

Atlanta remains on our collective knees, crying unto God in your behalves. I love you both, Take care, God bless.

REPLY FROM: Larry Vaughn
Aug 17 @ 9:03 AM

Thank you for your wonderfully kind thoughts. You have such a sweet soul, and Lea and I both appreciated your kindness and thoughtfulness during the time we worked together in Atlanta. We wish you the very best, and look forward to visiting with you again soon. I took the liberty of putting you on the distribution list for Lea’s updates. Just let me know if you don’t want to receive these. Thank you for spreading the word of Lea’s need for prayer. I feel the Lord working through our difficulties, and have faith that He will see us through.

FROM: Lance
REF: Emergency Prayer Request
Aug 16 @ 9:32 AM

Dad just called. Mom’s heart stopped again today and she had to be resuscitated. The doctors believe she has a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs. My conversation with Dad was short, but I’m thinking this is what the doctors believe is causing her heart to fail. Via ultrasound, they have also found a blood clot in her left groin, caused by inactivity. A specialist is being called in to place a trap in the artery that leads to her heart in hopes of catching any clot which might come loose. A blood thinner cannot be used due to her
incision. The nurses are working on her right now, trying to slow her circulation until the trap can be put in, which will likely be around 4:30 or 5:00pm today. I am unsure of the severity of this procedure, but the whole situation just sounds horrible. I don’t know how much more of this she can take. We love you, Mom!!

FROM: Dean
Aug 16 @ 10:09 AM

Dear Larry, Thanks for the generally very good news. Lea is making good progress. I know the ups and downs must be heart wrenching, but overall, things are steadily improving.

FROM: Neil
Aug 16 @ 12:49 PM

Hi Larry. I heard about the unfortunate circumstances that have made you a temporary resident in Connecticut. Irwin Mortgage has an office right down the road from Hartford in Rocky Hill. Most of our staff lives and resides within a mile or so of Hartford. Please contact us and let us know if we can be of any assistance. We would love to take you out for a few hours and show you around. Give me a call and let me know if we can take you out for dinner or a quick beer. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

FROM: Barb S
Aug 16 @ 7:43 PM

I am pasting a copy of a note that one of (the) mothers (for whom I baby sit) sent out to the people in her address book. She included the update from 8/15.

——Forwarded Message—–
FROM: Mandy
Subject: Aug 15 Lea update

Below is an update from my friend, Dawn. Her Aunt Lea has been in critical care for almost 4 weeks now. It has been a very serious pancreatic attack. Below is an update from her husband. In all that happens, he continues to give glory to God! Through his emails you can sense his outstanding faith. It gives me chills!
Please pray for this family.

FROM: Link
Aug 16 @ 10:09 PM

Hello all – I just wanted to give everyone a quick update that the clot trap was placed today without incident and that Mom is resting and stable. Dad will have more in his update later today. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support!