We to bring medications to Rafiq and his family near Jenin today. Rafiq is a very smiley little kid. We were sitting on their balcony around a table, and several times Rafiq walked around the table, one by one shaking our hands with a smile blazing on his face.
By the looks of it, you would not be able to tell how critical his condition is. Rafiq has very severe pulmonary hypertension. His cardiologist in Israel asked us to supply him with a last-resort medication which may help, and it’s costing our community nearly $8000 a month.
Other than a possible interventional catheterization, it sounds like not much more can be done for Rafiq. But we pray and trust God no matter what. Two years ago when Rafiq’s mother told his doctor in the West Bank that they would try to reach Israel, the reply was not to bother, he only had two months to live. His mother said that after coming to Sheba Medical Center it was as though Rafiq had “died and came back to life.” We praise God for this work! But we still pray for the little boy that his days will be full of joy, and that he will be miraculously healed by God, either now or in the resurrection.
