{"id":2621,"date":"2013-09-10T14:14:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2013-09-10T14:14:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:14:19","slug":"keep-praying-for-ruben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2621","title":{"rendered":"Keep praying for Ruben!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/09\/Rueben_Rocha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2613\" alt=\"Rueben_Rocha\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/09\/Rueben_Rocha.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/09\/Rueben_Rocha.jpg 310w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/09\/Rueben_Rocha-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I updated you because I have been waiting to hear significant updates. \u00a0Ruben had a few more days in which his condition was staying the same or worsening that was followed by a couple of days in which things were looking up and he looked to be on the mend. \u00a0Unfortunately, today his condition has worsened again. \u00a0They are needing to put in a feeding tube so that he is getting adequate nutrition. \u00a0They are not planning an operation nor a transfer to a bigger hospital at this point but those are both options if his situation gets more desperate.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep praying for Ruben!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2621&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I updated you because I have been waiting to hear significant updates. \u00a0Ruben had a few more days in which his condition was staying the same or worsening that was followed by a couple of days in which things were looking up and he looked to be on the mend. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2621\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,508,72],"tags":[71,24650,24657,4061,24651],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer-requests","category-santo-domingo","category-updates","tag-prayer","tag-prayer-requests","tag-santo-domingo","tag-the-rocha-family","tag-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keep praying for Ruben! 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