18 Jun Kyle McQuillen, Former Global Ministries Director, Not Doing So Well

Former Global Ministries director Kyle McQuillen reported in May that he had been declared in remission from lymphoma cancer. However, since then he has suffered other major health problems. On June 12 he had a platelet transfusion because his count had dropped to 17, and a bone marrow biopsy was done the next day. They’re still waiting on the results.

Kyle’s wife, Mar Louise, reported on Friday, June 15, “He still has severe double pneumonia and is still on 2 antibiotics for the next 7 days. He had been on 6 antiobiotics in the hospital, and even at that things weren’t all that great. The major concern now is getting his blood levels up to keep him from getting any other problems. The doc has told him to stay away from people until this gets better.”

He is now at home, and is very weak, but is able to use a walker. His daughters have spent time with him, and home health care checks in occasionally.

“This has been a very rough 3-4 months and I sure hope we have reached a bright spot,” Mar Louise says. “He does have some nodules in his thyroid, but they can’t test them at this point and for now, they are not the biggest concern. I sure praise God for kids. Don’t know where I would be if we had not had them the last 2 weeks.”

Please keep Kyle and Mar Louise in your prayers. Here is a mailing address:

Kyle W. McQuillen
299 Casa Grande
Edgewater, FL 32141

You can keep tabs on Kyle’s progress, view photos, and leave comments on Kyle’s Facebook page.

Kyle McQuillen served as a UB missionary in Sierra Leone, as an associate director of Missions, as pastor of College Park UB church (Huntington, Ind.), and then as Director of Global Ministries 1993-2001.