Urgent Prayer Requests

Kerissa Lee • April 14, 2023

I will walk by faith, even when I cannot see ..🎶

Hey friends,

I’d really appreciate your prayers as I’ve hit a bump in the road. 🙁 I mentioned that I had my port implant surgery last Tuesday the 4th…well, because of my mast cell activation disorder, I’m having a severe allergic reaction to the surgical glue they used. My incision site looks very very bad. 😭

OHSU dermatology got me in today for an urgent appointment. They’re concerned that my incision could be infected, so they swabbed the site to culture it and also prescribed very strong topical antibiotics and topical steroids. In the meantime, they said this will take several weeks to heal (and I can’t use my port 😭) so they placed an urgent order with OHSU Interventional Radiology (IR) to get another PICC line placed. So bummed about that because PICCs itch a ton. 😢

Please pray that any bacteria at the site won’t attach to my port (if that happens, I could get septic again and need surgery to remove the port)—trying to leave these concerns in the Lord’s hands and not worry. 😕 Could you also pray that IR will be able to get me in and place a PICC line asap? Because I haven’t been able to use my port, that means I can’t infuse the IV meds/electrolytes that my body needs everyday.

Thank you, friends. 💗


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October prayer request

By Kerissa Lee • October 19, 2025
Dear friends, At the beginning of October, I started taking a new medication for the autoimmune disease. I thought I was tolerating it just fine, but after several days passed, I began experiencing nausea, loss of appetite, weakness all over, and increased pain. 🙁 It’s like I’m experiencing another “mito crash.” I found out that this specific lupus medication affects mitochondria. That is, it causes an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This, in turn, causes cell damage and oxidative stress. I sure wish the rheumatologists would have known about this before prescribing. But I have to remember that Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome is rare, and they’re not “mito experts.” Anyways, the last time I felt like this was back in May.. I’m so grateful to God that I haven’t needed to be hospitalized from this, but at the same time, I’m also sad that this happened at all, especially because I had such a nice stretch of stable health. I’d really appreciate your prayers, that this muscle weakness can resolve soon, and that this increased pain all over will get back to my baseline. Every time I have a “mito crash,” it feels like I’m fighting the flu which always sucks. The pain has been hard to bear. And whenever I’m in the thick of it, it’s difficult to remember that this too will eventually pass. 😢 Pray that I will endure and follow Jesus’ example like this passage from Hebrews 12:1-2– “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross...” Thank you all so much for praying for me. ❤️

Thank you! (+ a prayer request)

By Kerissa Lee • October 4, 2025
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." James 1:2-3

Praises & Prayer Requests

By Kerissa Lee • September 3, 2025
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23