[CS-FSLUG] Prayer request

[David M.]

On Friday 20 August 2004 10:00 am, Eduardo Sanchez wrote:
> This is pasted from my blog with some minor editing.
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> On Wednesday morning, sometime after my wife and I finished dinner (we
> dine late at night, 9pm being a good time for that) and we were
> preparing for crash the bed after a stressful day’s work, we got a
> phone call. It was my sister-in-law, and it was meant for my wife.
>
> My father in law had apparently suffered a minor stroke. They called an
> ambulance which was due to arrive at the house anytime soon. Of course
> this caused my wife to go ballistic; she understandably wanted to be
> right there with her beloved dad. I had to instill some sense in her,
> telling her that she was in medical care with a particularly strong
> variety of flu, and her presence would do her dad more harm than good
> right now.
>
> The ambulance took my dad to the Institute of Social Security hospital
> (IPS, after its Spanish name). He couldn’t afford a private hospital.
> He was admitted into Emergency Room at around 11pm that Wednesday, so
> you think that took care of it, right? Wrong!
>
> My father in law was left in E.R. for hours. He was given oxygen and
> nothing else. Meanwhile, the whole family was frantically trying to get
> him inspected by a specialist who could determine his condition and to
> which sector of the hospital he should go. Meanwhile, his dossier was
> misplaced and almost lost; his diagnosis was lost; his tests were lost.
> An order to move him up to regular hospital care came two times, and
> two times the hospital beds were took by other folks. Another order was
> issued, to take him to Cardiology, but the E.R. droids were raising a
> stink because the doctor who signed the order was not a cardiologist.
> It was 6pm Thursday, and my father in law was still stranded in E.R.,
> without receiving anything that remotely resembled proper care.
>
> My wife was desperate. She went into the hospital to see what she could
> do, despite her health. She called me and asked me for help. After
> praying, I got an idea. I called a doctor, which is the new medical
> director of the Baptist Medical Center. He also happens to be member of
> our church and my student in Sunday School. Well, I called him and
> asked him if he please would call one of his colleagues working at the
> IPS Hospital, asking him or her to take some interest in my father in
> law’s ordeal?
>
> It turned out that one of this doctor's buddies back in medical school
> was the very Medical Director of the IPS Hospital. After some calls,
> this doctor called me telling me that the IPS Medical Director was
> looking into the matter, and he would see that my father in law
> receives proper care. Soon after that, my wife told me that he was
> being moved into the intensive care and coronary unit.
>
> My wife came back home in dire need of some serious rest. I bought a
> junk-food dinner, we ate, and after hugging her, we crashed the bed.
> She really slept like a stone ;).
>
> Please keep praying for my father in law’s health, and my wife’s too.

Absolutley.

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David M.