Pray for Gopal, a 7-year-old boy who had a bad fall several days ago, resulting in a severe head injury. He had bleeding in his brain and was unconscious. One of his pupils was "blown" (which is medical speak for the pressure in his head was too high and his life was in danger). One of the other surgeons here took him for emergency surgery early in the morning to evacuate the blood and try to take the pressure off his brain.
He survived the first 24 hours, though he didn't seem to be showing any signs of regaining consciousness, and we were still quite concerned for him. We started praying with his family and praying for him. Many prayers are going up for him. It seems like each day he's getting a little closer to waking up. His pupils are now just about equal in size (meaning the pressure and swelling in his brain has significantly decreased). Today he opened his eyes twice, not fully, but he definitely opened them. He also has been crying when we do things that hurt him, again an improvement from making no sounds at all. Today as we were washing out a wound on his arm (he also has a very severely broken arm), he actually said, "Mommy" in the midst of his cries.
Here at Tansen hospital our motto is, "We serve, Jesus heals." I have been very aware of this lately as I've cared for and operated on many patients who were close to death, and as we've been praying for them, they've recovered, despite being very sick before and after surgery. I wish I could say this happened with every patient. There are others that we pray for who don't survive, like so many of the burn patients I wrote about last week. I don't have answers to the "Why" question, but I do know that Jesus heals, and we're praying that He heals this little boy, so that he not only wakes up, but wakes up and walks out of here with normal neurological function.
He survived the first 24 hours, though he didn't seem to be showing any signs of regaining consciousness, and we were still quite concerned for him. We started praying with his family and praying for him. Many prayers are going up for him. It seems like each day he's getting a little closer to waking up. His pupils are now just about equal in size (meaning the pressure and swelling in his brain has significantly decreased). Today he opened his eyes twice, not fully, but he definitely opened them. He also has been crying when we do things that hurt him, again an improvement from making no sounds at all. Today as we were washing out a wound on his arm (he also has a very severely broken arm), he actually said, "Mommy" in the midst of his cries.
Here at Tansen hospital our motto is, "We serve, Jesus heals." I have been very aware of this lately as I've cared for and operated on many patients who were close to death, and as we've been praying for them, they've recovered, despite being very sick before and after surgery. I wish I could say this happened with every patient. There are others that we pray for who don't survive, like so many of the burn patients I wrote about last week. I don't have answers to the "Why" question, but I do know that Jesus heals, and we're praying that He heals this little boy, so that he not only wakes up, but wakes up and walks out of here with normal neurological function.
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