Betty

I adopted a new patient this week; her name is Betty, and she is a 21-year-old here for a Vesico-Vaginal Fistula repair. (see "Scanning the VVF records" for more info on VVF patients) I've only met Betty once. I don't know here entire story yet, but I'm pretty worried about her. She actually came to the ship about three months ago for a VVF repair. There were a lot of complications with her surgery, and it ultimately failed. Her second attempt at repair was this past Thursday, and I've learned that this one failed too. She lost a lot of blood and needed a transfusion. Coincidentally, my name came up as a possible blood donor and we were a perfect match, so I got to give Betty 400ml of my own blood. I haven't visited Betty since the procedure, because after donating I got pretty sick and have spent the past night and day in bed with a fever. I peeked through the hospital window this evening, and Betty looked like she was in a lot of pain. Apparently she received two more transfusions today. Please please pray for Betty. Pray that the Lord would miraculously heal her body and fill her with hope and joy.