We found out late last night that 11 year old Serhang has been declared inoperable. He is the only child of the 7 that are currently in Turkey for surgery who have to return to Iraq without the hope of receiving the surgery that he needs. Serhang was originally in the group of 4 who were supposed to be fairly easy cases with a good chance of a full recovery. Unfortunately, he was misdiagnosed and he is missing a pulmonary artery. Even if the surgery were possible, he would not be able to survive the surgery due to his pulmonary pressure being too high. Apparently that means that his blood pressure is too high in his lungs.
I am the family advocate for his family, so we will go with a translator to his village on Monday to see how he and his family are doing. His mom was very upset. I was with our translator when she called his dad to give him the news. She said he was very saddened but didn't have much hope that he would be operable. Without surgery his condition will only get worse and he will likely only have a couple years left to live. All we have left to do is to pray. As Jeff & I prayed last night for Serhang and his family I was really comforted by the Lord and reminded that He was not surprised by this, He did not misdiagnose Serhang and no one is inoperable to Him. So, let us pray to the Lord who still does miraculous things that he would cure Serhang so that his family, his village, the doctors in Turkey, and the watching world will know that Jesus Christ is the God who heals, saves, and delivers.
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I was reminded last night of the same thing as I prayer for Serhang and his family. Nothing is impossible for Him. So glad you guys are finally here! Love you. Ruth
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