Palawano Patient

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POOR LITTLE GUY
We spent today taking a Palawano family to the hospital. They are from another area (not our village down south) but went to our partners for help who then sent them up here for us to take to the doctor.

Their little 4 year-old son has this huge growth so that one of his buttocks is enlarged (larger than a softball but not quite a volleyball). It’s gotten painful recently and is causing problems for him.

The doctor requested a CT scan to determine what kind of growth it is, whether or not it is cancer, and where (and how large) it might be internally. He needs to know if it is attached to the spine or pelvis.

So today we took them for blood work and the CT scan. The nurses were very kind to this Palawano family who are not only far from home, but who feel so out of place here in “the big city” that they might as well have been dropped on Mars. They don’t even speak the national language, Tagalog, much at all. So Nili’s husband Odi accompanied them and helped us interface with the doctors and nurses. Because of various delays it took all morning and Lomi and his parents were really ready to leave the hospital… we were, too, actually, but at least we’re healthy and used to living in town.

The lab work showed very low red blood counts and a high white blood count (possible infection?)

Now we’re waiting for the results of the CT scan and then we’ll have the doctor look at him and decide what can be done surgically.

Please pray for little Lomi and his parents Malmagan and Salmida. They’re scared, uncomfortable and feeling out of place here in town. Pray for healing or that something can be done medically. But most of all, they need to know the Lord. So pray also that this time of getting medical help will be a way for them to see Jesus’ love demonstrated in a way that will make them receptive to the gospel.

SO PLEASE PRAY WITH US…

  • for Lomi and his family
  • wisdom for the doctor
  • for us as we help them
  • as we also continue the translation work

Reaching Palawanos together with you,

-Bill and Donna

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