[CS-FSLUG] Prayer request

[K. Luckenbaugh]

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. 
>
>Blessings,
>
>Eduardo
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>
I'm on it.
-Kelly