Urgent: 11 Year Old Boy in Desperate Need of Your Prayers!

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When something like this happens it really makes me realize how petty and actually unimportant some of the political nonsense we argue about here and elsewhere actually are! An 11 year old boy, a classmate of my granddaughter and a former teammate of my grandson who is two years older than him in both Little League Baseball and Midget Football since all the kids were tiny little things id literally fighting for his life as I write this. About two weeks ago he was riding or driving (I'm not sure of the exact details) a our-wheel ATV and it rolled over, trapping him beneath it. He was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with internal bleeding and injuries and bleeding but he was discharged in two or three days and simply told he couldn't play football for about three weeks. Just the other night we were talking about how lucky he'd been! Turns out, today he started running a fever and it spiked to over 106 degrees and he started with vomiting, diarrhea, and severe pains in his abdomen. Luckily his mother is a nurse so she immediately rushed him to the hospital. It was discovered he'd punctured his intestine and because all the contents went into his sustem and bloodstream he has a very serious infection. He came extremely close to losing one of his legs and his kidneys and other organs have started to fail and hes now on a ventilator. As I understand it, the fact he was in excellent health and very good physical condition because of his activity in so many sports is the one positive that may ultimately help him pull through this. A few short days ago I and other parents and grandparents from the local football organizations were saying how it was so unfortunate the team had lost him for the first few games, the first of which was tonight. I and several others expressed our dislike for these kind of vehicles and we were talking about how, as I stated above, it could have been so much worse and many of the other parents vowed to not let their young kids ride or drive these ATV's in the future. Some of you who are or were from Pennsylvania or surrounding states may be familiar with his father's business. He owns and operates Shannon Tire where they sell tires and do general auto repairs and he now has quite a few branches throughout Northeastern and Central Pa. and maybe even beyond, I'm not sure. They're a wonderful family and Stevie has two older brothers and a little sister. Mom and Dad never miss any of their children's games, practices or other activities and they're generous beyond belief both by donating money and equipment to the local sports programs and volunteering their time whenever they're needed. Please, pray for little Stevie Shannon and his parents Steve and Kellie not to mention Herbie, Jesse and Samantha and both sets of grandparents. This is a very sad story abouwhich I'll certainly keep you posted, hopefully with good news in the coming days. Thank you for reading this. Annie