Today Abdallah, a new child to Shevet Achim, had a catheterization at Sheba Hospital.
Abdallah’s mother waited expectantly for him to come through the OR doors into the PICU hallway, but after many minutes she asked me to check with the doctor or nurse about how the procedure was going and when it would end. They did not know, but we were thankful for an Arabic-speaking nurse who informed us that Abdallah was already finished and had been moved back to his room on the eleventh floor.
When we traveled up to Abdallah’s room, we found him surrounded by doctors and nurses getting him settled in. Surprisingly, we found him awake! He was groggy and uncomfortable, but awake. An Arabic-speaking doctor explained that the catheterization was successful and Abdallah is doing well.
Please pray for Abdallah to recover quickly.