It was another long day for Esperanza with several doctor visits. Can I just list off all the problems she's got? Aside from the whole in her heart and her cleft lip and pallate (these things we're trying to get surgery for), she currently has bronchitis which we're afraid may turn in to pnuemonia if not given attention (she's trying to cough up the flem but it just won't come out), she's been having seizures with another attack today before going into the doctor- we've had a brain scan done and nothing shows up, she is also having urinary/kidney problems, and for that she's staying in the hospital for 24 hours to have a catheter put in so that they can run some more tests. There are just so many things wrong with this poor child! We've been doing the best we can these last two months to give her the attention she needs- love from us, and medical attention as well, but it seems like everytime we've almost got things figured out, and that we can finally schedule her heart surgery, something else comes up. Before she went into the doctor this evening we sat down as a team and just spent a little time in prayer, and we've come to realize this is all there really is left to do. I don't want to say I think she's going to die, because she's been putting up a good fight for so long, and I know that God can heal her, but for the first time tonight I think it hit me just how grave of a situation we're in. If things aren't handled carefully, she could die. All these things happening to a little baby girl that weighs less than nine pounds, even though she's over a year old. It's just heartbreaking.
So, would you pray with me? Pray for little Esperanza, that God would heal her? "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6. This is a verse I've kept close at hand lately. I'm so thankful for a God who hears our requests! Thanks so much!
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