Today coworker Amelie and I visited Sally in the Sheba Medical Center. She was awake and it was nice to see that she is doing well so far.
It was also a really big day for Sally because she was discharged from Sheba Hospital. I waited with her and her father for the ambulance to pick them up and after the ambulance came, everything was prepared for them for their drive to Hebron.
She and her father are now safely arrived in Hebron and have entered another hospital there where Sally will stay for the next month, waiting for the next surgery.
Please pray for blessings for little Sally and her family during the waiting time.
Little Sally is still in the ICU in the Sheba hospital. She has many health problems, but for now the Sheba hospital can‘t help her anymore. In one year, she would have her next cardiac procedure probably with a surgery included. Until then she is dependent to be in a hospital. Jonathan is searching for a good hospital close to their home in Hebron, where the support is good as needed and with good staff who care for little Sally the way she needs it. It still takes some time and patience, until Sally will be discharged from the Sheba hospital. The father of Sally likes to stay longer and prefers this very well known support at Sheba.
Anyways it’s a tough time for everyone to make the right decision for little Sally, so that we can make sure that she is in good hands.
Before Sally got her tracheostomy, she needed to be recicetated a couple of times. The doctors think it was because of respiratory failure that she couldn’t breathe on her own.
Now that she has a tracheostomy, Sally is doing way better. Right now she is breathing on her own, without the ventilator. And when she has another respiratory failure she can fall back on the ventilator.
If she continues to be stable and breath on her own, she will be moved to the pediatric ward. This would be a very big step forward! Sally’s father was happy today and very proudly talking about his beautiful daughter.
This morning at Sheba Medical Center, Sally underwent a successful tracheostomy procedure.
Yesterday, Sally’s father had to decide on whether or not to consent to doctors performing the tracheostomy. However, after consent was given, things went fast. The tracheostomy was already completed when I visited Sally today.
Everything went well and she is stable. I hope and pray so much, that this will finally lead to a good recovery for Sally. She’s already gone through so much. Please join in prayer for Sally!
When I entered the room, I found Sally’s father grieving next to the bed of Sally. It’s a very tough time that Sally’s father is going through. At the moment the doctors say Sally is dependent on the ventilator and her father has to make a decision to have a Tracheostomy surgery for Sally or not.
We can fully understand his dilemma. On one hand, Sally has had so many procedures already, that her father feels sorry for Sally to have even more. But at the same time, he wants the best for her.
We called Jonathan so that Sally’s father could talk to a man and fluent Arabic speaker; he needed advice and to have someone to listen to his concerns and worries. After the call, he told me that he is thankful for us and that Jonathan is a good man.
At the end I prayed for Sally at her bedside. Let’s consider Sally, her family and the next steps in prayer.
Today at Sheba Medical Center, Sally was extubated again. The doctors will watch carefully now as to how she is doing. I hope so much that she will breathe well on her own.
When coworker Willem and I came to visit Sally and her father, he was very concerned about her. Via ‘Google Translate,’ Sally’s father shared with me that his little darling daughter has already gone through so much. He was really worried.
Our little Sally needs a lot of prayer! For God nothing is impossible. Please pray that she will breathe well on her own and that she will finally improve.
Today I went to Sheba Medical Center and visited Sally.
The doctor told me that yesterday there was fluid building up around her heart which compressed the heart a bit. To drain this liquid, the doctors put in a tube and because they did this, Sally has already been improving and because of Sally’s improvement, the tube was removed today.
Unfortunately, Sally’s liver enzymes are very high and she has a bacteria in her body. Also her heart rate was quite high today.
I was really fascinated that through all of this, along with all the doctors running in and out of the room. Sally’s parents remained very calm.
Please keep continuing praying for little Sally and her beloved parents. And also please bless the doctors and nurses, pray that they can find out what is going on with Sally.
The doctor in the Pediatric ICU at Sheba Hospital told me today that Sally’s had to be resuscitated three times in the last 24 hours. One of these instances was full resuscitation with CPR.
She is in a very delicate state and she needs God’s healing.
“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and your staff–they comfort me.”Psalm 23:4
Sally is a girl from Hebron with heart problems and hydrocephalus (excess water in the heads ventricular). Her dad said that after she was born, they did a test for her to diagnose hydrocephalus. The doctors at a local hospital didn’t agree with the results of the diagnosis, but Sally’s dad insisted and finally Sally came to Sheba, where the diagnosis for hydrocephalus was indeed accepted.
I told him it is a good thing that they didn’t give up on their daughter.
The doctor said there was a risk of a bacterial infection in Sally’s blood. In addition, the drain from her head drained too much fluid (csf) from the head, so they closed it. There is now an expansion of the brain chambers so the team wants to replace the shunt button tomorrow morning. Sally is still intubated. During the conversation Sally looked around with curious and alert eyes.
We hope Sally will feel well and be cured of her various problems and be able to return home to Hebron.
Sally is a girl from Hebron with heart problems and hydrocephalus (excess water in the heads ventricular). Her dad said that after she was born they did a test for her to diagnose hydrocephalus. The doctors at a local hospital didn’t agree with the results of the diagnosis but Sally’s dad insisted and finally Sally came to Sheba, where the diagnosis for hydrocephalus was indeed accepted.
I told him it is a good thing that they didn’t give up on their daughter.
The doctor said there was a risk of a bacterial infection in her blood. In addition, the drain from her head drained too much fluid (csf) from the head, so they closed it. There is now an expansion of the brain chambers so the team wants to replace the shunt button tomorrow morning.
First thing, Sally is still intubated. During our conversation, Sally looked around with curious and alert eyes. We hope Sally will feel well and be cured of her various problems and be able to return home to Hebron.
Doctors in Sheba Medical Center’s Pediatric ICU tried to extubate Sally today to see how she is doing without oxygen. Unfortunately, she did not do well and the doctors needed to resuscitate her. Now she is intubated again and stable.
Please keep praying for dear Sally. We hope that she will be able to breathe on her own eventually.
This morning at our daily Shevet staff meeting, we sang the song, ‘God will make a way, when there seems to be no way.’
We pray that God will show the way for the life of Sally.
When I visited Sally and her dad at Sheba hospital this morning, I got to see her awake for the first time.
Her dad told me she is doing well; she had a fever yesterday, but is being treated with medications for it. They will try to extubate her today or tomorrow.
Please continue praying for this precious little girl.
Sally is recovering very well after her surgery at Sheba Hospital. The doctors will try to extubate her very soon, and she will hopefully be able to breathe on her own.
The doctor was very nice. He mentioned that Sally has been a complicated case with all the viruses and procedures she’s had. I agreed.
Please pray for strength and patience for Sally’s parents and a continuing good recovering for Sally.
Sally’s surgery was delayed at Sheba Medical Center for a week due to sepsis, but she was well enough today to have her operation.
This was a nice surprise for me when I visited her and her dad in the ICU there; her dad was happy to tell me that she had just come out of surgery and everything went well.
Please pray for a smooth recovery for this precious and fragile baby girl.
Little Sally is still in Sheba Medical Center Children’s wing with a case of sepsis. The doctors said she has bloody stools which might be because of the sepsis. So we still wait for her to get better and hope the antibiotics help. There are also some tests planned for tomorrow to find out about possible viruses.
We hope Sally is soon ready for the postponed surgery. Please pray for Sally and for a good and fast recovery from the sepsis.
Sally was supposed to have surgery today at Sheba hospital, but it was delayed because she appears to have developed sepsis.
The doctors began treating her with antibiotics and also performed a lumbar puncture because they believe she may have a central nervous system infection. This is quite a bit for her tiny body to handle.
Please pray for healing for this beautiful baby girl.
Sally was supposed to have a surgery today at Sheba Hospital, the surgeons would get rid of the fluid that built up around Sally’s brain.
But Sally’s condition was not good enough for the surgery, so the surgery is postponed until next week.
Our Arabic coworker Marwan spoke with Sally’s father today. He is very worried about his daughter. She has many health problems. It is a blessing that both parents are able to stay together with their newborn baby.
We ask for your prayers for this family, that they can feel the peace of God in their hearts.
The view from the hospital today made me think about the greatness of God. If He puts so much effort in our surroundings, how much more effort would He invest in his children.
Sally is in Sheba Medical Center Pediatric ICU. She’s been getting helped and is now stabilized and recovering pretty well.
The next step for Sally, when she’s ready, doctors plan to place a VP shunt (Ventriculoperitoneal) which goes from the brain to the abdomen. It should drain the extra fluid in the brain. The doctor was very nice and very caring towards Sally. I‘m again impressed by this kindness.
Please pray that this operation will be good and helpful for little Sally.
Little Sally had a catheterization this morning at Sheba Medical Center. The goals of the cath were met and it was considered successful. During the cath, everything went well but Sally lost some blood.
Back in the ICU room, Sally received some more blood. Both Sally’s parents were sitting with us in the waiting area. We are very happy that both could come to Sheba and support each other in this difficult time.
We are also thankful that Sally has been in the right condition to have a cath finally. Please pray for a good recovery now and for progress made that will eventually prepare Sally for her surgery.
Today my coworker Sabrina and I went to Sheba Children’s Pediatric ICU to see how Sally is doing.
A nurse in the ICU told us that Sally is very sick. She has a virus and an infection. Until she has recovered from these sicknesses, they will not have a plan for treatment.
Please be praying that God would place his hand upon this beautiful little baby and bring healing to her.
Today I met cute little Sally and her lovely mother for the first time at the Sheba Medical Center hospital since their arrival last Friday.
Sally’s mother is a young, really nice woman who loves her daughter. Sally underwent a CT scan today and in the following days, the hospital wants to do several other tests in order to be able to make the best plan of treatment for Sally’s heart.
Her mother is calm about this and knows that it takes some time for the doctors to develop a plan. I told her that they are really good doctors and nurses, many of them speak Arabic, which is really helpful.
It is likely that Sally needs to have a catheterization first, before having her surgery. Please be praying for her wonderful mother to adjust well into the hospital and for the medical staff to have a plan soon.
Little Sally came to Sheba Medical Center’s Pediatric ER doors by ICU ambulance Friday evening as Shabbat was starting. Doctors in Hebron reached out to Shevet Achim when they determined no local options existed for Sally’s life-saving treatment.
Sally has Ventricular Septal defect and a lung malformation. Presently she is in Sheba’s Pediatric ICU.
Your prayers are appreciated for this little life.
Today coworker Amelie and I visited Sally in the Sheba Medical Center. She was awake and it was nice to see that she is doing well so far.
It was also a really big day for Sally because she was discharged from Sheba Hospital. I waited with her and her father for the ambulance to pick them up and after the ambulance came, everything was prepared for them for their drive to Hebron.
She and her father are now safely arrived in Hebron and have entered another hospital there where Sally will stay for the next month, waiting for the next surgery.
Please pray for blessings for little Sally and her family during the waiting time.
