Shad

PLC sent 5 kids (and helped send one 26 year old) for heart surgery 2 weeks ago. All of the children were able to receive the life saving heart surgeries they required. The older girl was determined to be inoperable, it was just too late for her, she had to wait too long. One of the most critical and difficult cases was a little boy named Shad. He is 10 years old couldn't wait any longer for this surgery. We weren't sure he would even be operable as his case was so difficult. The doctor determined that he could do the surgery but that it would not be a total correction for Shad.
Shad went through his first surgery only to have to have another emergency surgery the next day. He had begun to recover last week and was finally released from ICU and was talking excitedly about returning to Iraq. He crashed suddenly on Thursday morning and was rushed into another emergency surgery. He was in critical condition yesterday and his Dad had given up hope for his recovery. We don't know the details yet, but we received word that Shad passed away this morning. We had been fervently hoping and praying for a different outcome and I know we are all grieved by this news. But we know who holds life and death in His hands and we believe wholeheartedly in His all surpassing goodness. Join us in praying for Shad's father who is at the hospital with Jeremy as they work to get the body back to Iraq. Pray for his siblings and his mother as they are back here in Iraq grieving with their family. Pray that God would comfort and draw these ones near to Himself.