Prayers needed!

Anita, the new little girl I just posted a blog about, is currently in the hospital here in Shell. On Monday night she said her head was hurting and went to lie down. The Tias found her in bed having convulsions. I went and saw her in the hospital, and it's very strange. Her body will just slowly began to shake all over, and it lasts about 5-10 seconds. This happens repeatedly about every minute or 2. Dwight and I stopped in last night, and she is still having them.
The difficult thing is that we have no idea what her history is! She could have been on anti-convulsant medicine before coming here, and now we're seeing the results of its absence. Others have speculated that she was abused, and that the convulsions are a result of psychological damage. The tias are convinced that she was beaten and abused and she is shaking and in pain because of the fear she has. The doctors are having to start at square one with tests and different medicines, so please pray for them and for Anita.

Also, little Rosa had a little accident this past Saturday. She was in a wheelchair or stroller, and one of the othe little kids somehow managed to pitch her out of it face-first. Her face was all scratched up and she broke her leg....that already had a cast on it from a recent surgery. The doctor wasn't available for surgery until early Monday morning, but it went well once it happened. He took the cast off, and the previous surgery had worked perfectly on her kneecap. He put a plate in where the new break was, and she doesn't even need a cast.

The first night after surgery, she was in a lot of pain. She was asleep when I got there, but woke up and began to cry. It was so hard to see her lying there and not be able to do anything about it!

Yesterday I made a card, and all of the kids signed it during VBS. You should have seen her when i showed it to her! It was hilarious. She doesn't speak, but she just began to jabber nonsense as she pointed at everything on the card. I took Dwight in last night to see her, and she got so excited when she saw us through the window in the door. We pulled the card out and she did the same thing again...this time the jabber was to show Dwight. She then proceeded to scribble all over it with her crayons. :-)


Please keep both of these girls in your prayers! Also, please pray for Patti Sue as she deals with the coordination of their health care, medical bills, staffing Tia's to sit with them, etc.....