She has my prayers
--- In [email protected], "Peggy & The Girls" <phr...@...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Thank you everyone who has kept her in their prayers....but we still need
> more, she has a long way to go.
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> Peggy
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: Peggy & The Girls
> Date: 12/25/2010 2:26:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Need Prayers
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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
>
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