The past few days have been confusing for Hur, with steps forward, steps backwards, and some steps in new directions, but today we are hoping to continue her process of healing. Just a few days ago Hur was extubated, and them reintubated the next day due to issues with getting enough oxygen.
Doctors at Sheba Hospital also gave her a CT scan, where they found some thrombosis, and have begun anti-coagulation medications. They hope this will solve the problem, and with her continued stability they are going to try extubating her today, and hopefully for the final time.
We pray for her healing, and that God will forge this path of recovery for her, that he can clear the way so this sweet little girl does not need to beat every obstacle by herself.
At Sheba Hospital today, Hur’s aunt came to me with the news that Hur is reintubated. She couldn’t get enough oxygen to breath on her own yet. The doctors are trying to find out what went wrong.Right now they are thinking of something in the brain, so Hur went into a brain MRI today.
We ask for your prayer over Hur’s situation and for her aunt and the family.
The day after his surgery at Sheba Hospital, coworker Willem and I saw that a couple of nurses were making Hur ready to go to the operating room. We asked what was going on and found out that Hur’s chest was left open after surgery. Hur bled a lot from his surgical site, but now it stopped and the doctors felt safe closing the chest.
Hur’s aunt waited with us in the waiting area and after an hour, Hur was back in his room. His aunt is relieved that Hur is stable now. We ask for your prayer for the next days.
When I arrived at Sheba Hospital today, Hur’s aunt was already sitting in the waiting room, the place to sit during her niece’s surgery.
We had a good waiting time, and every now and then there were more Gaza grandmothers showing up to sit with Hur’s aunt.
After five and a half hours, the surgeon came out and told us that the surgery went without complications and that they could do a full repair. We only had to wait another hour for the chest closure. But this hour turned out to be three hours, due to a bleeding in the chest. Hur’s aunt was worried, but thank God, Hur is stable now and the chest is closed.
Please pray for the coming 48 hours, which will decide if Hur is recovering well from the surgery.
After a speedy admission to Sheba Medical, we were surprised and disappointed by the need to wait for Hur’s operation. With her state being near critical, we assumed that she would be operated on within the coming days, but when doctors discovered a bacterial infection that Hur was battling, that made us all have to step back and take a breath.
Since her admission ten days ago, we have been waiting for news and results, watching Hur beat her infection bit by bit, and today doctors gave us the good news that she might have beat her sickness. The doctors are very cautious with this news, but have cleared her for an operation in the coming weeks, and her rate of recovery will determine how fast that happens. Her aunt is very relieved by this news and although she keeps her composure, we can see the relief and joy in her eyes.
As of now, we wait for doctors to meet and decide on their plan of treatment for Hur, and hope that she will gain strength quickly so that she can follow the doctor’s plans as soon as possible. We know God gives strength to the weak, and two-week-old babies with a bad heart and an infection are about as weak as you can get, so we pray that God will give her strength to fight each battle.
Today I met little Baby Hur’s aunt. She was preparing some food for herself and immediately gave me an apple to enjoy and told me that Hur is ‘taaban ketir,’ which means ‘very sick.’
Hur has a bacterial infection and she receives antibiotics and blood transfusion to clean her blood. Hopefully she will recover well from this and then she is ready for surgery.
This weekend has been a painful waiting game for Hur’s family, with some level of mystery of her heart defect, and the hospital not being able to plan a route of recovery. The specialized surgeon is arriving to Sheba Hospital on Tuesday and they can plan a procedure then, but right now her family can just wait and pray.
Currently she is stable and expected to stay that way until the doctor arrives, but at this point there is so much we cannot know, and must persevere and endure through the darkness, so that we may soon see the light.
Little baby Hur, a beautiful nine-day-old girl, was emergency transferred to Sheba Hospital late last night. Coworker Bjorn and I found her sleeping with her aunt waiting patiently at her side.
We heard from the doctor that Hur’s ride from Gaza was rough and painful for her, but they’ve managed to stabilize her. The doctor team will discuss surgery on Sunday morning, and she’ll likely be operated on early next week. Pray for her!
The past few days have been confusing for Hur, with steps forward, steps backwards, and some steps in new directions, but today we are hoping to continue her process of healing. Just a few days ago Hur was extubated, and them reintubated the next day due to issues with getting enough oxygen.
