Gone Too Soon

A friend of mine connected personally to Laura Lee Meyers asked me to pray for her stating, “A miracle is needed.” I immediately started to pray for her only to find out a few hours later, Laura Lee was gone.

Laura Lee Meyers was a wife and mother of two young daughters, Gracie 8, and Gabbie, 4. She was also a high school teacher as well as a Sunday school teacher at the local Baptist church in Teague, Texas. I’m sure she would also want to be remembered as an Aggie since Laura Lee earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Texas A & M. She had been married to Brett for 14 years and was only 37 years old.



What happened? Well, what happened is frightening and a reminder of how precious life truly is. She went to the doctor on Friday and was diagnosed with the flu and ordered to get rest. My friend said that by early Sunday morning she was in severe pain and barely lucid when her husband took her to the ER. The doctors put Laura Lee into an induced coma and into ICU. Her organs started shutting down and she died Monday from a lethal bacterial infection. My friend said Laura Lee never knew how serious it was and never woke up to say goodbye to her husband or daughters.

Please pray for her husband and her two daughters. I cannot imagine what they must be going through. It is comforting to know Laura Lee was a Christian so she and her family possess the ultimate hope. Still, my heart is broken for this young mother. In a way it is a blessing she was placed in a coma and never knew her body was shutting down or had to watch her husband’s anguish as she struggled at the end. Laura Lee did not realize she would no longer be there for her daughters. In an instant, she was gone. Yes, they will be reunited one day, but the pain must be excruciating.

Again, I ask you to remember Laura Lee's family in your prayers.