Saturday, February 9, 2013

Join Jay for Morning Rounds




It’s been a busy week for Jay at the hospital. Here are some cases he rounded on this morning. Please pray for:

-An 18-month old baby with a fully collapsed lung who had surgery yesterday to drain the infection. The lung infection pocket had popped and air from the lung was filling the cavity.

-A mother 26 weeks into her pregnancy. Her husband beat her and her water broke. She is on bed rest. The only neonatal intensive care units are in Quito. So far the hospitals there have not accepted her.

-A regional soccer player came to the ER with a stab wound to the abdomen last night after being at a bar. The blade just missed vital areas. Jay said it was weird to put his finger in the little hole in the skin and be able to feel all the way back to the man’s liver. The blade hit some arteries and blood was pooling internally. Obviously, God isn’t finished with this young man yet. Pray for his heart and for the staff to be able to minister to him.

-A mother who lost a lot of blood during a delivery with placenta complications. She was transferred here from another hospital to address the bleeding. Members of the staff have given her three pints of blood.

-An 11-year-old boy who tripped and fell into a very large cooking pot of hot water. (Jungle villages cook as a community and use giant pots.) His mid-section has severe burns. Pray for his pain as the dressings are changed.

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