Alhoumdoulilay!

Thanks be to God!
Sunday night was very traumatic for Lisa and I. By the grace of God we were able to hold our emotions together and by the grace of God a young boy is still alive today!
On our way upstairs for bed, we were stopped by a friend who was holding a very sick Papa, who is 5 years old. Symptoms: high fever, lethargic, dehydrated, vomitting, nearly unconscious, unable to breath and wheezing heavily. His family was not as nearly as disturbed by his symptoms as we were, which makes the situation worse because they really did not see what the problem was. it was as though they though he was barely sick, though this was not the case. Little Papa almost died on Sunday night. Every breath he took, I thought might be his last. He should have gone to the hospital emergency room...but of course he did not. After doing the best we could to treat his fever and communicating some important things to his mother, we left him to sleep it off as best as he could. We prayed over him in the name of Jesus before leaving and insisted that they go to the doctor in the morning. They finally agreed.
Needless to say, Lisa and I did not sleep peacefully that night. As soon as we awoke we went downstairs to see how Papa was doing. He still had a fever and was wheezing, though not as badly. He was much more alert. I carried the child to to the clinic along with Lisa and his mother. Because of many circumstances, we are not allowed to stay at the clinic with him and his mother, mainly so that we are not inclined to take up all the costs etc. (please dont think i am a bad person) because of this, they left the clinic soon after we did, with no medication or news. upon reading our medical books and talking, we made our hypothesis as to what was wrong with Papa. Then we called one of the F4F girls father in the states who is a doctor for some advice. our diagnosis was correct: severe asthma that developed into pneumonia.
finally we got his fever to go down, got some liquids and food in him, and God touched this little boys life! today Papa is running around and acting as goofy as always.

Pray for this boys family that they will know to what extent his asthma is a problem so that they can better take care of him. Pray that as we deal with him and other sickly children in our area, we will know what to do and what not to do...i do not claim to know it all! thank God for healing Papa and for getting Lisa and I through this ordeal!