Just Another Day at the Hospital

Today was a great Monday :) It was warm and sunny, and I am feeling better! We made our way to the center and began to settle in right when we got there. I had to make some arrangements concerning the safari Tahia and I will be going on this upcoming weekend (!!!!), which we are super excited about. And when I got done figuring all that out, Leann asked me if I wanted to go to Kenyatta hospital to take care of a young boy with an infection on his leg. Of course I said yes :)

Here is James' story. We actually found out about him on Friday when one of the visitors told us that she had gone on home visit to meet James. When they walked in, he was lying there and had just woken up from a nap. They were actually checking on him because he had not been to school for a week. I guess about two years ago, James cut his leg on some rusty tin and ever since then his leg has gone back and forth from being infected. His mother had obviously not been very responsible in changing his dressings and giving him the antibiotic. Just imagine, having an infected cut for two years! So upon hearing that it was badly infected again, we worked along with Reginah to make sure he made it to the hospital today.

He could walk on it, but we decided to go to a different hospital where he would most likely get better care than if we were to go to Kenyatta. When we got to the clinic, we had a pull a few teeth to figure out what line to get into, but eventually we rested in the slowly moving line for skin patients. We waited awhile before being seen. Here is Leann sleeping haha. She doesn't know I posted this! :) But she shouldn't feel bad, because I fell asleep as well, just like this. I just happened to get a picture of her instead of me!

Anyway, we finally made it into a physician assistant's office and she made a point ask us all about America before even seeing James (a little frustrating) but we were nice since we wanted him to get seen. We got some prescriptions and an appointment for next Monday! Bwana Safiwe!

So James is on his way to recovery and I am so thankful. I cannot imagine being sick for that long and being 10 years old not having the ability to run around with friends. His brother Kevin though is another sad story. Leann was filling me in on a child she had been working with for a while before I came. Kevin is younger than James and has bad vision. So when he went to the hospital to get his eyes checked they gave him some eye drops to use every now and then. One day, some kids he was playing with took his eye drops from him and began fiddling around with the bottle. After some time, they teased him and told him he needed to come get his eye drops. Instead of using his real eye drops they switched it out with super glue and dropped that in his right eye. He is permanently blind now in that eye. When I heard that I was so extremely angry! I do not think the kids were students from Missions of Hope, but even so, I cannot believe children would do that. Kevin is doing better now, and he is on his way to getting glasses for his left eye. Please just keep these boys in  your prayers though! They could use the extra intercession.

Here is a picture of Leann, James, and I after we returned from the hospital. We were in the clinic getting some of his prescriptions. He was such a sweet and strong boy today. I know that he was in a lot of pain :( You can see the little yellow bandana he has wrapped around his wound. I know he would appreciate your prayers as he recovers.

Thank you so much for your prayers regarding my health also! I have felt much better today and I know it is because you have been supporting me in that. Love you all! Have a good rest of your day :)