It would seem that Danielle's burns are worse today and they have upgraded it to 2nd and 3rd degree. As I am typing this, they are preparing her for surgery. So we are just waiting it out....We will also have to wait to see when she will be able to fly back home. She can't go back to the convent and the apartment that she had due to the unsanitary conditions their. Those poor people have to boil their water before using it, so it wouldn't be to great to use for a burn victim. They have sent an American acting as an ambassador on Danielle's behalf to stay with her. We are hoping that we can have some one fly home with her too.
Thank you everyone who has kept her in their prayers....but we still need more, she has a long way to go. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: Peggy & The Girls Date: 12/25/2010 2:26:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Need Prayers Merry Christmas Everyone! I need a lot of prayers for my favorite niece. I just came home from our family's Christmas Eve Party, which my younger sister hosted. Her daughter who graduated from college this past summer, is a volunteer through her church to work in Bolivia. She has only been their for a couple of months and has been hit with one bad thing after the other. Her work consist of working with nuns, who devote their life to the very poor, mostly abused mothers and children. They live in a very very poor neighborhood, food is scarce as are a lot of necessities for every day living. Well we were all waiting for her to call in on Skype and when she didn't her mom knew something was wrong, since they always have their timing right for all calls. Finally my sister made an international call, and poor Danielle was hysterical. Just minutes before she had tried to light a very old oven and it blew up in her face! She was all alone, as the nuns and all the kids and other volunteers had gone to church services, which is 1 1/2 hours away. Danielle wanted to stay behind so not only that she would be able to see her family via Skype, but to bake some very special surprise cookies for all the children. After 45 minutes of trying to call anyone in Boliva, including the Boliva police to get her some help, we finally got through to some one in our government. A ambulance arrived from a local clinic. When they got her to the clinic, no doctors were on call because of the holiday. After many more calls, an ambassador managed to get a couple of doctors to her. All of this took more then 2 hours to get her the help she needed! Her eyebrows, eye lashes were burnt off, as was some of her hair. Her face had already started to blister and swell up. We kept talking to her all the time, to make sure she didn't go into shock from the pain and fear. The doctors finally started to treat her with pain killers, IV, antibiotics and clean the wounds. She has 1st degree burns on her face and some spots are 2nd degree. Her arms and hands are 2nd degree. Her arms and hands got it the worse when she was trying to put the flame out on her face and head. Even with the pain killers she is still in a lot of pain. Thank God that at the instance the oven blew she closed her eyes, or it could have been much worse! Danielle, is a very sweet, kind and totally giving person. She has always wanted to help out the less fortunate. God gave her that gift to care for the helpless and she does it so well. It is dangerous where she is too. Read any news article on the Bolivia government, especially their President and they don't like America, or Americans too much. She has had food poisoning twice, and was almost robbed, but a good samaritan intervened. She received a bad electric shock once when she was taking a shower, because the wiring is nothing but cords all over the place. All of this within just the first couple of months of being their. It's not an easy life for anyone who lives their. They struggle day to day to eat, for shelter, clothes and the necessities and of course their are a lot of bad people who take advantage of others all the time. Please unite with me in Prayer for her speedy recovery, and that the Good Lord will ease her pain too, and keep her safe and free from any more harm. Thank you all so much, Peggy
