About a month ago a small baby came to us to have a tumor on his neck removed. This tumor was growing and slowly closing off his airway. You could hear how this tumor was affecting him by the gasping breaths he took. Because Mercy Ships specializes in tumor removal, he was taken to surgery to have this removed. He survived surgery but he is not doing well. In hindsight that tumor was probably supporting his trachea in a way. His trachea is not as strong as it should be and he needs medical intervention to keep it open. Currently he is on a special breathing mask (Cpap) that forces air into his lungs and keeps the airway open. He needs years of medical treatment and with Mercy Ships leaving in December you can imagine how this presents a problem. I don’t think the hospitals here can take over his care in the current state that he is in (he also has a feeding tube inserted in his stomach to give him the nutrients to help with healing). His mother has been staying here with him. Before this she had been living with her boyfriend after her father had kicked her out. When her father kicked her out he also declared a curse on her that her children would die and she would be barren. Her first daughter has since died and now her son (Greg) is in critical condition. That is a little picture of the spiritual warfare that goes on here. A main religion involves sacrifices and witchcraft.
Right now we have a 24 hour prayer schedule for the crew on board and I would also like to ask you to keep him in your prayers. God can heal this little one and through that can bring a whole family and village to the knowledge of His power and authority and come to worship of Him.
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I was wondering how he was doing. I didn't know the mom's story. thanks for sharing that. I will be praying.
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